How do I manage my Persona account?
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See also What's BrowserID and how does it work?
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How do I sign in?
If the Sign in pop up is empty, simply close the pop-up window and click the Sign in button again. If this still doesn't work:
- try to load your Firefox browser in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox to ensure that no add-on is blocking it.
- ensure that javascript is enabled in your Firefox browser
How do I reset my BrowserID password?
In the unfortunate situation that you lose your BrowserID password, don't worry, you can reset it.
- Click the "forgot your password?" link on the Sign in screen.
- Type the email you use to sign in to BrowserID.
- Click the button.
- Go to your email inbox and search for an email with "Complete Login to http://browserid.org using BrowserID" as a the subject line.
- Click the link provided in the email.
- Type your new password in the entry fields and click .
How do I add another email address to my BrowserID account?
The cool thing about BrowserID is the ability to set up multiple email addresses to use as your login identity. If you want to add another email address to use when you login to BrowserID-enabled sites, just add a new email to your BrowserID account.
- Click the Sign in button in your favorite site. (for example http://myfavoritebeer.org)
- In the Sign in window, click the Use a different email link.
- Type your new email and click the button.
- Go to your email inbox and search for an email with "Complete Login to website using BrowserID" in the subject line.
- To confirm addition of this email address to your BrowserID account, click the link provided in the email. Now you can use this email address as your identity when logging into websites with BrowserID.
How do I remove an email address from my BrowserID account?
When you no longer want to use an email address to Sign in to websites, you can delete it from your BrowserID account.
- Go to https://browserid.org and click the button.
- Type your BrowserID username and password and click .
- On the Account Manager page click .
- Click the next to the email address that you want to remove from your account.
- Click the {OK button} in the confirmation dialog that appears.