Understanding your Overleaf account

Your Overleaf account is where your projects are saved. It also provides you with an identity within Overleaf for sharing and joining collaborations.

• Your Overleaf account might be on the free plan or can become associated with a subscription and gain access to premium features.

• If your Overleaf account is managed as part of a professional subscription, your account remains managed by your group administrator and cannot be moved. See our our information for managed users to learn more.

• If your Overleaf account is not managed, you can leave a subscription and revert to the free plan without losing access to your projects or current collaborations.

Each user has their own account

In Overleaf, every individual user has their own Overleaf account. It is not appropriate or secure for you to share your account with someone else by adding an email address that you do not own to your Overleaf account, or by sharing your login and password with someone else. To collaborate on Overleaf, you should use the project sharing features. If more than one person on your team needs access to the premium features, please consider a group subscription.

Account settings

You can view your account settings in the Account > Account Settings area, accessed from the Project Dashboard. You can also access this page from the url: www.overleaf.com/user/settings.

In the Account Settings page you can:

• add additional email addresses;

• change your primary email account;

• check on the status of various integrations (premium features);

• update your account information;

• delete your account.

See this article for more information on keeping your Overleaf account secure.

If you have a managed account, you cannot add or modify your account's email addresses and you will be restricted to specific login options. To learn more about Overleaf managed user accounts, see our information for managed users.

Changing email addresses on your account

If you become a member of an institution, it’s easy to add your institutional email address to your account. Likewise, if you leave an institution, it’s easy to remove that address from your account. This way, your Overleaf account can travel with you. Just make sure the primary email address on your Overleaf account is one where you can still receive mail at so you can continue to access your account and receive important notifications

Subscriptions

Your Overleaf account can join a subscription to receive premium features. If you join an Overleaf Professional group subscription, your account may become managed by the subscription administrator. Overleaf managed accounts have restrictions that are described in our information for managed users. If your Overleaf account is not managed, when you join or leave a group subscription, you can still keep the same account. You can also keep the same Overleaf account as you join or leave institutions, or change emails.

Your subscription information

You can view your subscription status in the Account > Subscription area accessed from the Project Dashboard. You an also access this page from the url: www.overleaf.com/user/subscription. This page provides information about your current subscription status.

If you are the manager or administrator of a group or institutional subscription, you will be able to access the subscription management tools from here.

If you are a member of an institution that offers an Overleaf Commons or institutional subscription, but have not yet joined it, please see this page to learn more about how to join your institution's Overleaf Commons subscription.

Managed Overleaf accounts

Managed Overleaf accounts are user accounts that are managed by your group or organization. They’re designed to help organizations ensure their work remains secure and accessible to them, even if someone leaves the organization. Overleaf group subscription administrators and managers can read more on our page User Management in Overleaf. End users can find out more by reading Understanding Managed Overleaf Accounts.