# 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

1. Go to [vatoide.com](https://vatoide.com/signup.html) and open the sign-up page.
2. Choose one of:
   - **Continue with Apple**
   - **Continue with Google**
   - Your **Name**, **Email** and a **Password** of at least 8 characters, then **Create account**.
3. 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](../agents/first-conversation.md).

## 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](devices.md).

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](devices.md).

## Switch to another account

On Vato Desktop:

1. Go to **Settings → Profile** and click **Sign out**.
2. Click **Sign in**. Your browser opens the Vato sign-in page.
3. 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.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The mobile app only sees computers signed in with the **same account**. After you switch accounts on one device, switch on the others too.

## Related pages

- [Devices](devices.md)
- [Delete your account](delete-your-account.md)
- [Installation issues](../troubleshooting/installation-issues.md)

Source: https://vatoide.com/docs/account/your-account