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# Managing your own user account

## Introduction

Having registered from a Patchworks account - or having been [added to a company profile as a user](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/creating-a-new-user-account-for-your-company-profile.md) - a user account is created for you. If required, you can [access your account settings](#accessing-your-account-settings) and:

* [Update your name and/or email address](#changing-your-account-name-or-email-address)
* [Enable/disable two-factor authentication](#enabling-disabling-two-factor-authentication)
* [Change your password](#changing-your-password)

## Accessing your account settings

To access your account settings, click your login name in the top, right-hand corner of the dashboard, then select the **account settings** option:

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## Changing your account name or email address

**Step 1**\
Access your [account settings](#accessing-your-account-settings) page.

**Step 2**\
Update information in the **general** panel as needed:

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{% hint style="info" %}
Remember that the email address specified here is used to log into the Patchworks dashboard.
{% endhint %}

**Step 3**\
Click the **save** button.

## Enabling/disabling two-factor authentication

If you want to enable/disable two-factor authentication for your account, move down to the **extra** panel and select the **multi-factor authentication** tab:

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For more information please see our [two-factor authentication (2FA) page](/product-documentation/registration/two-factor-authentication-2fa.md).

## Changing your password

**Step 1**\
Click your login name in the top, right-hand corner of the dashboard, then select the **change password** option:

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**Step 2**\
Complete the **change password** form by entering your existing password, followed by the new [password](broken://pages/sNrlmpgLbYhnny02igKi) required and confirmation of this:

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{% hint style="info" %}
When setting your password, the following rules apply:

* A minimum length of 8 characters&#x20;
* At least 1 lowercase letter (a - z)&#x20;
* At least 1 uppercase letter (A - Z)&#x20;
* At least 1 number (0 - 9)&#x20;
* At least 1 special character (!, $, #, or %)
  {% endhint %}

**Step 3**\
Click the **submit** button to save changes.

{% hint style="info" %}
You may notice that there's a **reset password** option at the top of your [account settings](#changing-your-account-name-or-email-address) page. This option triggers a password reset email which includes a link to the password reset form shown above - so you achieve the same thing but with an extra step.&#x20;
{% endhint %}