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Certain actions in Synapse require additional steps, such as Certification or Validation. Explore our accounts, certification and profile validation page to find out more information on the different levels of users.
Managing Your Profile
Visit your Profile Page, which can be accessed by clicking your name in the top right corner and selecting “Profile” from the menu. From there, you can click on “Edit Profile” in order to take any of the following actions:
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Important: Do not reuse passwords from other sites. We recommend generating a unique password and using a secure password manager to protect your Synapse account. |
Changing Your Settings
Settings include your password, your preferred date/time format, and your Synapse API key. You can also visit your settings page to add more than one email address to your Synapse account.
Adding Additional Email Addresses
Your Synapse account can have multiple email addresses associated with it. For each email, you will add it to your Synapse account and go through the email validation process. A notification will be sent to the chosen email address with a confirmation link. Follow the link to confirm ownership of the email account.
Adding Google Email Addresses to Enable SSO
Synapse integrates with Google’s Single Sign On (SSO) using OAuth 2.0, allowing you to sign in with your Google credentials. If you are already signed in to Google in your web browser, then you can sign in to Synapse without entering a password at all, once you have connected your Google account.
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If you use your Google credentials to create an account with Synapse, use your API key to login to Synapse from the programmatic clients.
API Key
Your Synapse API key is highly recommended to be used to login to Synapse from the command line, Python or R clients in place of a password. API keys are almost always more secure than a password and need to be protected similarly to a password.
To find your API key, from your user icon in the top right corner, select Profile and Settings. Your Synapse API key is available in the box furthest to the bottom of Settings and can be made visible with Show API Key.
Notification Email
Synapse sends platform notifications via email, but does so only to the single email address you have selected to be your Primary or Notification Email. You can manage this in Settings. This is the same email that Synapse will use to pass on messages sent to your username@synapse.org email address by other users, such as Mentions in discussion forums or direct emails sent by other users to you.
Deactivating Your Account
Please contact us to deactivate your Synapse account.
Creating, Updating, and Deleting Synapse Accounts
Anyone over the age of 13 may create a Synapse account. From your Synapse profile homepage, you can edit your profile information, update your email account, and change your password. All user activity on Synapse is recorded for auditing purposes. So, although they can be updated, Synapse accounts cannot be deleted. All of your public activities are and will remain publicly viewable. All of your activities within private projects are and will remain viewable to the people within that project.
See Also
Accounts, Certification and Profile Validation, Discussion
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