Your account
Create your Vato account, understand approval, and manage your profile and sign-in on each device.
One Vato account signs you in to Vato Desktop, the mobile app, the website and Vato Connect. This page explains how to create it, what the approval messages mean and how to sign out or switch accounts.
Create an account
- Go to vatoide.com and open the sign-up page.
- Choose one of:
- Continue with Apple
- Continue with Google
- Your Name, Email and a Password of at least 8 characters, then Create account.
- Vato signs you in and opens your profile page.
Your Vato account is not your AI account. You connect Claude, Codex and other providers later, inside Vato Desktop. See Start your first conversation.
Account approval
A Vato administrator may need to approve new accounts before they can use Vato. Until then, the apps show one of these messages:
| Where | What you see | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Download page | Account approval required | Your account can't download the app yet. |
| Vato Desktop | Approval required with Your account is waiting for approval from a Vato administrator. | Your account is waiting for approval. |
| Vato Desktop | Access to Vato was denied for this account. | Your account was not approved. |
| Vato Desktop | Access to Vato is suspended for this account. | An administrator suspended your account. |
Vato Desktop checks your status again on its own. Once your account is approved, click Try again to finish signing in.
If an account is suspended while Vato is open, the app goes back to the approval screen on its own.
Your profile
Your profile page on the website shows your Name, Email, Member since date and User ID, and whether your email is verified. From there you can also:
- Open the companion app in your browser.
- Manage Vato Apps.
- See your Connected devices. See Devices.
To open it:
- On the website, sign in and choose Profile.
- In Vato Desktop, go to Settings → Profile and click Manage on web.
Settings → Profile in Vato Desktop shows your name, email and Email status.
In the mobile app, your name and email appear at the top of the Settings tab.
Sign out
Signing out only affects the device you are using.
| Where | How |
|---|---|
| Vato Desktop | Settings → Profile → Sign out |
| Mobile app | Settings, tap Sign out, then confirm Sign out of Vato on this phone? |
| Website | Your profile page, then Sign out |
To sign out everywhere else at once, use Sign out other devices on the website. See Devices.
Switch to another account
On Vato Desktop:
- Go to Settings → Profile and click Sign out.
- Click Sign in. Your browser opens the Vato sign-in page.
- If the browser is still signed in, it asks Continue to Vato IDE?. Click Use a different account, then sign in with the other account.
If Vato Desktop shows Reconnecting…, you can also click Sign in with another account on that screen.