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Svodly Cloud account

You only need an account when using the Svodly Cloud — for syncing between devices and for shared access to a book. On desktop and mobile you can work without an account; in the web version an account is required. Here's what's important to know about it.

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Computer: “Sync” → “Devices”: “Desktop · current” (switched off with “Disconnect” above), the phone and the web → “Revoke” next to “Web” → “Revoke session” → “Revoke” — the row disappears.
Phone: “Settings” → profile → “Devices”: “This phone · active session”, “Desktop”, “Web” → “Revoke” next to “Web” → confirm — the row disappears. Below it — “Sign out”.

Sign-up

In the English interface an account is created by email and password:

By email and password

  1. Open Sync → the “Create account” tab (on the phone — Settings → Connect to the cloud → “Create account”).
  2. Enter your email and choose a password (at least 8 characters). On the computer you type the password twice; on the phone, tick the agreement to the terms.
  3. An email with a six-digit confirmation code will arrive. Enter it in the app.
  4. Done — your account is activated and sync is connected.

If an account with this email already exists, instead of an error you will see the “This email is already registered.” notice with a “Recover password →” button: it sends a reset code to your email right away and opens the code entry — then proceed as in “Password recovery” below. The notice can be closed with its cross.

Computer: “Sync” → “Create account” → email, password and the repeat → “Create account” → “Enter the confirmation code” → six digits from the email → “Confirm” → the cloud is connected and the book goes to the cloud.
Phone: “Settings” → “Connect to the cloud” → “Create account” → email, password, agreement to the terms → “Email verification”: the code from the email → “Verify code” → the book loads, Summary.

Sign in with Apple — on iPhone and Mac

The iPhone version and the Mac app show a “Sign in with Apple” button under the sign-in form in any interface language. On iPhone you confirm with Face ID or your Apple ID password, no browser involved. On Mac, the Mac App Store version opens the same Apple window with Touch ID, while the version downloaded from the website opens the sign-in in your browser — confirm it there and the browser brings you back to the app. In the Apple window you can choose “Hide My Email” — the account is then created on a private Apple relay address, and Svodly emails reach your mailbox through it. With the same Apple ID, iPhone and Mac share one account.

There is no Apple button on Android, in the browser or on Windows and Linux computers. To sign in there to an account created with Apple, open Sign in → Forgot password: the code goes to your Apple ID email; set a password and sign in by email. Sign in with Apple on iPhone and Mac keeps working.

Sign-in with Yandex ID and VK ID is offered only in the Russian interface. Sign-in with Google has been removed: the law allows users in Russia to be authorized only through Russian services. If you used to sign in with Google, open Sign in → Forgot password, set a password with the code from the email and sign in by email — your books and account data stay in place.

Sign-in

On any device with the same account:

  1. Sync → Sign in (on the phone — Settings → Connect to the cloud).
  2. Enter your email and password.
  3. The session stays open for 90 days.

After 90 days the app will ask you to sign in again. If you use the app at least once in that period — the session is extended automatically.

Password recovery

Svodly is a finance app, not a password vault. Password reset works like at ordinary services: a code to your email, a new password, access restored. No 24-word phrases and no master keys.

How to reset

  1. On the sign-in screen enter the email for your account.
  2. Press “Reset password” (on the phone — “Forgot your password?”).
  3. An email with a six-digit code will arrive. The code is valid for 15 minutes.
  4. Enter the code in the app.
  5. Choose a new password (at least 8 characters) and save it — the app signs in to the cloud right away.

After you change the password, all your open sessions on other devices are closed automatically — this protects you in case an attacker gained access to one of the devices. You'll need to sign in again on each device.

Computer: “Sync” → “Sign in” → email → “Reset password” → “Enter the reset code” — the code from the email → “New password” → “Save and sign in” → the cloud is connected.
Phone: “Settings” → “Connect to the cloud” → email → “Forgot your password?” → “Reset password”: the code from the email → a new password and the repeat → “Save password” → signed in, Summary.

If the email doesn't arrive

If you forgot both your password and email

This is the hardest case. Svodly stores no ties other than email — there's no way to find an account by other data. If the email is gone for good, consider the account lost.

The local book on the device does not disappear in this case — it lives with you independently of the cloud. Register a new account and connect the same book — the data will be sent to the new cloud without loss.

This is a scenario where a periodic export to JSON is especially useful. The file lives with you locally and doesn't depend on any account.

Change your password

Enter the current password and the new one — all sessions on other devices will close. Where to do it:

While the button is disabled, the fields say why: “Passwords do not match”, “The new password matches the current one” or “At least 8 characters”. The desktop app has no password change — change it on the web or on the phone, and recover a forgotten password with a code (see above). The account email can't be changed in the app.

The desktop app has no password change: change it on the web (profile menu → “Change password”) or on the phone.
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Phone: “Settings” → profile → “Change account password” → “Change password”: the current password, the new one and the repeat, a strength meter → “Save” → “Password updated”.

Active sessions

The “Devices” card in Sync (on the phone — Settings → profile → “Devices”) shows which devices currently have your account open; devices unused for more than an hour are not listed. “Revoke” closes any other session — for example, a forgotten work laptop: the device leaves the cloud at its next refresh and has to sign in again.

Signing out on a device also closes its session on the server — it no longer appears in the sessions list, while the local book stays on the device. On the web it is “Sign out” in the profile menu (at phone width — in “Settings”), and the confirmation window can also “Sign out on all devices”; in the phone app — Settings → Profile → “Sign out”. The phone signs out even without a connection; the session can then be closed from this list on another device.

Delete your account

If you want to fully delete your account and all data tied to it on the server:

  1. Web and desktop: Settings → Delete account. Phone: Settings → “About” → “Delete account”.
  2. Tick that you understand the consequences and confirm with your password. If the account has no password — you sign in with Yandex ID, VK ID or Apple — tap “Send code to email” and enter the code from the email: it is valid for 15 minutes. When an account created with Apple is deleted, Svodly revokes its access to your Apple ID — the app disappears from “Sign in with Apple” in your Apple ID settings.
  3. Press “Delete” — this action is irreversible.

The account and its data on the server are deleted right away and can't be restored. No access to the app or to the account email? Write to hello@svodly.ru from the account address and we'll delete it manually. What is deleted and what is kept — on the “Account deletion” page (in Russian).

On the computer the books stay — the app works without the cloud as well. The web version and the mobile app wipe the data on that device together with the account: export a copy beforehand if you need one.

Computer: “Settings” → “Delete account” → “Danger zone”: what will be deleted, “Data on this device will not be deleted” → “Delete account” → the checkbox and the password → “Delete” → “Account deleted. The books on this computer stay.” → “Sync” shows the sign-in form again.
Phone: “Settings” → “About” → “Delete account” → “Delete account?”: the “I understand the data cannot be restored” checkbox and the current password → “Delete account” → the data on the phone is wiped and the app opens the first onboarding step.
Shared books you own are deleted from the cloud together with the account: their members lose access, and the copies on their devices stay without sync. Ownership of a book can't be passed to another member (see “Shared access”).

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