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You can also find a link to edit your profile under Settings, which can be accessed by clicking your name in the top right corner and selecting Settings from the menu. From your Setting page, you can manage your password, preferred email, your preferred date/time format, and your Synapse API key.

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Synapse also sends platform notifications via email, such as @mentions in discussion forums, but it only sends them to the single email address you have selected to be your primary email. You can manage this preference on your Settings page.

Logging in

API Key

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Personal Access Tokens

You can log in to the Synapse  command linePython or R clients instead 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.

Personal Access Tokens

You can log in to Synapse from the programmatic clients using a  using a personal access token instead of your username and password. Using a token is highly recommended over a username and password since a token can be easily revoked if it is compromised. Additionally, each token can be scoped so that it only grants permission to certain parts of your Synapse account, whereas your username and password have access to your whole account.

To generate a personal access token in the web client, navigate to your Settings page, scroll to the bottom of the screen, and click the Manage Personal Access Tokens button. You can view a list of the existing tokens and their permissions, or click Create New Token to generate a new personal access token with customized access to your Synapse account.

See Client Configuration for more information on configuring Synapse clients using an access token.

API Key

Synapse also currently supports a legacy API key that can be used in place of a password, however api key support is considered deprecated in favor of personal access tokens.

Should you need it, you can find your API key through the user icon in the top right corner of the web client, selecting 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.

Deactivating Your Account

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