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title: "How to manage your account security settings"
description: "Where to change your password, turn on two-factor authentication, sign out other browsers, change cookie consent or delete your account in Settings → Security."
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# How to manage your account security settings

Everything that protects your Fincanva account lives on one page: open **Settings**, then **Security**. From top to bottom it holds your sign-in methods under **Access** (password, two-factor authentication, and [passkeys](/docs/account-security/passkeys)), **Connected accounts**, **Active sessions** — the list of signed-in browsers, explained under [active sessions](/docs/account-security/active-sessions) — **Cookie consent**, a **Privacy** section shown only to visitors covered by US state privacy law, and **Delete account**. Each section below says what you can do there and links the page that explains it in full.

## Before you start

You need to be signed in. Changing your password asks for your current one, and turning two-factor authentication on or off asks you to confirm it's you first — with your password, or by an emailed link if your account has none.

## Steps

1. Open **Settings**, then **Security**.
2. Go to the section for what you want to change — each one is described below, in the order the page shows it.

## What you should see

The **Security** page, with its sections from top to bottom: **Access**, **Connected accounts**, **Active sessions**, **Cookie consent**, **Privacy** (only for a visitor covered by US state privacy law), and **Delete account**.

## Where do I change my password?

Under **Access**, on the **Password** row: **Change password** asks for your **Current password** and the new one twice. An account that has never had a password — whether it was created with Google or with an emailed link or code — shows "You signed in with Google. We'll email you a link to set a password." with a **Send reset link** button instead; the sentence names Google even when you signed up by email. Open the emailed link and choose a password.

What a password must contain, and how resets and emailed sign-in links work, is on [passwordless sign-in](/docs/account-security/passwordless-sign-in). Changing your password also signs out every other browser signed in to your account — see [active sessions](/docs/account-security/active-sessions).

## Where do I turn on two-factor authentication?

Under **Access**, on the **Two-factor authentication** row: **Enable 2FA** starts a three-step setup that pairs an authenticator app and hands you your backup codes. Once it is on, the same row offers **Generate new backup codes** and **Disable 2FA**. How the second step works at sign-in, and what to do if you lose your phone: [two-factor authentication](/docs/account-security/two-factor-authentication).

## How do I disconnect my Google account?

In **Connected accounts**, press **Disconnect** on the **Google** row. With no Google account linked, the section reads "You haven't connected any external accounts."

Disconnecting is refused when Google is the only sign-in method linked to your account — see ["You can't unlink your last account"](#you-cant-unlink-your-last-account) below. Signing in with Google in the first place is covered under [passwordless sign-in](/docs/account-security/passwordless-sign-in).

## Where do I change my cookie consent?

In **Cookie consent**, press **Manage cookie preferences**. It opens your cookie preferences, where you can switch any optional purpose on or off, and it is there for every signed-in user in every country. What each purpose covers: [how cookie consent works](/docs/account-security/how-cookie-consent-works-on-fincanva).

## How do I delete my account?

In **Delete account**, at the bottom of the page. Deletion is scheduled 14 days ahead rather than immediate, and during that window you can cancel it with **Keep my account** — signing back in alone does not cancel it. What is deleted, what is anonymized, and how to cancel: [account deletion](/docs/account-security/account-deletion).

## Common problems

### "You can't unlink your last account"

You pressed **Disconnect** on the **Google** row while Google is the only sign-in method linked to your account. Set a password first, on the **Password** row under **Access**, then press **Disconnect** again.

### Why is there no Privacy section on my Security page?

The **Privacy** section appears only for a visitor covered by US state privacy law, and holds the "Your Privacy Choices" opt-out that law grants. Anyone else never sees it — not even an empty heading. Who sees it and why: [Your Privacy Choices and Notice at Collection](/docs/account-security/your-privacy-choices-and-notice-at-collection).

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