Skip to main content

Manage your account

Each server you use has its own account page. There you set your password, pair another device, see your signed-in devices, and sign out.

A server's account page on a computer: Password, Pair another device, Proxy headers, signed-in devices, Listening sync and API keys

Opening it​

  • On a tablet or computer: pick the server in your profile menu (top right).
  • On a phone: open the Me tab and choose Account. If you use more than one server, tap its name in the row at the top.
  • Anywhere: Settings > Accounts and devices, then tap the server.

Password​

Accounts made by invite often have no password. That's fine day to day, but a password is your reliable way back in. With one, you can sign in on any device with no new invite.

  1. On the Password card, tap Set a password (or Change password).
  2. Enter a password of at least 8 characters. To change one, enter your current password first.
  3. Save.

Setting a first password signs nothing out.

Changing a password signs out your other devices. This device stays signed in. Every other device needs to sign in again, and so do household members signed in on those devices. Your API keys and calendar link keep working. If someone else knew your old password, this locks them out.

Pair another device​

To sign in another phone, tablet or browser without a new invite:

  1. Tap Show a pairing code.
  2. On the other device, tap Scan a QR code in the iOS or Android app and scan the code, or send the device the link. The device's camera app opens the web player instead. The code works once, for 10 minutes.
  3. The other device signs straight in.

If the code expires, tap Make a new code.

Your watch​

On a phone with a paired watch, a card signs the watch in to this server. On an iPhone it's the Apple Watch card. See Listen on your Apple Watch. On an Android phone it's the Wear OS watch card. See Listen on your Wear OS watch.

At home and away​

If the server has home and away addresses, an At home and away card lists them. In the apps, the one in use is marked In use. See At home and away.

Proxy headers​

For a server behind a sign-in proxy, the Proxy headers card holds the headers this device sends with its requests. See Behind a sign-in proxy for what they are for.

  1. Tap Add headers (or Change headers).
  2. If the server has more than one https:// address, pick the one that goes through the proxy under Send to.
  3. Enter each header's name and value, then tap Save headers.

The card then lists each header's name and the address it's sent with requests to. It never shows a saved value again. When you change the headers, a saved value's field says Kept as it is, and the value stays unless you type a new one. Remove headers stops this device sending them.

The card needs an https:// address. If this device reaches the server only over plain HTTP, the card says so and offers no Add headers. A demo account shows the card only when it already has headers.

Signed-in devices​

Every device signed in to your account on this server, with when it was last used. API keys aren't in this list.

To cut off a lost or sold phone, tap Sign out on its row and confirm. It loses access at once. If you signed in household members on that phone, they're signed out too, unless you untick them.

To sign out this device, use Sign out at the bottom of the page.

Listening sync​

The Listening sync card shows whether what you heard on this device has reached the server, and when it last synced. Listening waits on the device while you're offline and goes by itself when the server is reachable. See Listening on more than one device.

The Listening sync card: last synced now, and one listen under Couldn't sync, with Discard

Anything the server turned down is listed under Couldn't sync, with the reason. Usually the downloaded copy is a different edition from the server's, or the listen is over 90 days old. Your place on the server isn't affected. Discard removes one from the list.

Personal API keys​

API keys let dashboards and tools reach your server for you, such as a Home Assistant tile. See Create API keys.

Signing out​

Sign out of the server, at the bottom of the page, disconnects this device. Before it does, the app:

  • warns you if you have no password, since you'd need a new invite to get back in, and offers Set a password;
  • tries to send any listening that hasn't synced, and asks before losing it.

Signing out deletes this server's downloads on this device. Your books, progress and bookmarks stay on the server. To get back in, see Getting back in after signing out.

A kids account​

A kids account from someone's household has a simpler page. It has no password, no Pair another device and no API keys. The grown-up who manages it sets up its devices from their Household page.

Server version​

The foot of the page shows the server's AudioSilo version.