How do I manage my Persona account?

Revision Information
  • Revision id: 23006
  • Created:
  • Creator: Ibai
  • Comment: Updated screenshot
  • Reviewed: No
  • Ready for localization: No
Revision Source
Revision Content

BrowserID is an easy way to sign into lots websites using just your email address and a single password. This article explains how to reset your BrowserID password and how to manage different email identities.

Note: See, What is Persona and how does it work? to learn (surprisingly enough) what BrowserID is, how it works and how you can create an account.

How do I reset my BrowserID password?

So there you are trying to sign in to your favorite website and you've forgotten your Browser ID password. Don't worry, you can just reset it.

  1. Click the "forgot your password?" link on the sign in screen.

    BrowserID PW Reset 1
  2. Click the Reset Password button.

    BrowserID PW Reset 2
  3. Go to your email and find the message from BrowserID. Click the link they sent to you and you'll be taken browserid.org where you can enter a new password.
  4. Type your new password in the entry fields and click Finish.

    BrowserID PW Reset 3
  5. Now you can use your new password to complete your login at your favorite website.

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.

  1. Click the Sign in button in your favorite site. (for example http://myfavoritebeer.org)
  2. In the Sign in window, click the Use a different email link.

    DifferentEmail
  3. Type your new email and click the Add button.

    AddEmail
  4. Go to your email inbox and search for an email with "Complete Login to website using BrowserID" in the subject line.
  5. 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.

  1. Go to https://browserid.org and click the Sign In button.
  2. Type your BrowserID username and password and click Sign In.
  3. On the Account Manager page click Edit.

    BrowserID-remove-account
  4. Click the Remove next to the email address that you want to remove from your account.

    RemoveAccount
  5. Click the OK in the confirmation dialog that appears.

    ConfirmRemove