1<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" 2 type="topic" style="task" 3 id="accounts-add"> 4 5 <info> 6 <link type="guide" xref="accounts" group="add"/> 7 8 <revision pkgversion="3.5.5" date="2012-08-14" status="draft"/> 9 <revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2012-09-18" status="candidate"/> 10 <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2013-09-20" status="candidate"/> 11 <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/> 12 <revision pkgversion="3.33.3" date="2019-07-21" status="final"/> 13 14 <credit type="author"> 15 <name>Jim Campbell</name> 16 <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email> 17 </credit> 18 <credit type="editor"> 19 <name>Michael Hill</name> 20 <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> 21 </credit> 22 <credit type="editor"> 23 <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name> 24 <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email> 25 <years>2014</years> 26 </credit> 27 <credit type="editor"> 28 <name>Shaun McCance</name> 29 <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email> 30 <years>2015</years> 31 </credit> 32 <credit type="editor"> 33 <name>Klein Kravis</name> 34 <email>kleinkravis44@outlook.com</email> 35 <years>2020</years> 36 </credit> 37 38 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> 39 40 <desc>Allow applications to access your accounts online for files, 41 contacts, calendars, and more.</desc> 42</info> 43 44 <title>Add an account</title> 45 46 <p>Adding an account will help link your online accounts with your 47desktop. Thus, your email client, calendar and other related 48 applications will be set up for you.</p> 49 50 <steps> 51 <item> 52 <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and 53 start typing <gui>Online Accounts</gui>.</p> 54 </item> 55 <item> 56 <p>Click on <gui>Online Accounts</gui> to open the panel.</p> 57 </item> 58 <item> 59 <p>Select an account from the list on the right.</p> 60 </item> 61 <item> 62 <p>Select the type of account you want to add.</p> 63 </item> 64 <item> 65 <p>A small website window or dialog will open where you can enter your 66 online account credentials. For example, if you are setting up a Google 67 account, enter your email address and password. Some providers allow 68 you to create a new account from the login dialog.</p> 69 </item> 70 <item> 71 <p>If you have entered your credentials correctly, you will be prompted 72 to allow GNOME access to your online account. Authorize access to 73 continue.</p> 74 </item> 75 <item> 76 <p>All services that are offered by an account provider will be enabled 77 by default. <link xref="accounts-disable-service">Switch</link> 78 individual services to off to disable them.</p> 79 </item> 80 </steps> 81 82 <p>After you have added accounts, applications can use those accounts for 83 the services you have chosen to allow. See <link xref="accounts-disable-service"/> 84 for information on controlling which services to allow.</p> 85 86 <note style="tip"> 87 <p>Many online services provide an authorization token which GNOME stores 88 instead of your password. If you remove an account, you should also revoke 89 that certificate in the online service. See <link xref="accounts-remove"/> 90 for more information.</p> 91 </note> 92 93</page> 94