Account settings

Overview

Settings in the account menu is where you manage your profile, sign-in details, display preferences, Stage input, plan limits, and API keys. Account deletion lives there too.

On iPhone and iPad, open More and tap your name at the top of Settings. Your profile, email, plan, and API keys are there; Stage input and the Nashville numbers default are in More › Stage settings.

Creating an account

Open Sign in, enter your email, and choose Continue with email. The same flow creates a new account or signs you into an existing one. No password is required. A new account is created only after you confirm the email link.

Signing in

Email link

Keep the sign-in screen open while you check your inbox. The email link expires after 15 minutes. Open it and confirm the sign-in you requested; opening the link alone does not sign you in.

If you open the email on another device or browser, check the matching code and approve there, then return to the original sign-in screen. Approval signs in the browser that requested it, not the browser where you read the email.

Sign in with your phone

Choose Sign in with your phone, scan the QR code with a phone already signed in to Akordo, and confirm the account and matching code. Return to the waiting browser to continue. QR requests expire after 10 minutes.

Passwords

If you already have a password, you can still sign in with it. Passwords are optional and can be added in Settings. They need at least 8 characters with uppercase and lowercase letters, a number, and a symbol.

A browser session lasts 30 days. Sign-in attempts are rate limited, and repeated password failures lock the account briefly. If you forget your password, use Forgot your password? in the password sign-in flow. The reset link works once and expires one hour after it was sent.

Account & Security

Profile

Your display name appears wherever your account is shown: in groups, on shares, and in setlist teams. It can be up to 120 characters. If you leave it empty, your email address is used instead.

Upload an avatar with Change avatar. JPEG, PNG, and WebP images under 5 MB are accepted. Zoom and drag to crop, then Save avatar. Clear avatar removes it.

Email address

Changing your email requires verification:

1. Enter the new address. Confirm with your current password, or choose Email a confirmation code and paste that code into Password or email code.
2. Choose Send verification email.
3. Open the link at the new address and press Confirm email change. Opening the link alone does nothing, which keeps mail scanners from confirming on your behalf.

Until you confirm, the old address stays active. The pending change shows in Settings with its expiry, and Cancel request withdraws it. After confirming, sign in with the new address. Password resets go there from then on.

Password

Enter and confirm your new password. Supply your current password, or choose Email a confirmation code and use the code instead, then choose Update password. This also lets an account without a password add one. The browser you used stays signed in. Every other browser is signed out, and OAuth connections and API keys are revoked, so reconnect your integrations afterwards.

A password reset from the login page signs out every browser and revokes every connection.

Email confirmation codes

Codes sent from Settings work once and expire after 10 minutes. They confirm only the action and details you requested. Fill in the new email or password before requesting a code; if you change those details, request a new code.

Preferences

Song display defaults

Default to numbers for new songs opens songs in Nashville numbers instead of chord letters. You can still switch on any individual song with the ABC / # toggle. Numbers need a key on the song.

Appearance

Choose System, Light, or Dark. System follows your device. This setting is saved on the device rather than your account.

Stage input

Enable MIDI pedal / page-turner input asks the browser for MIDI access and lists connected MIDI devices. Assigning MIDI messages to Stage actions is not available on the web yet, so this is a preview. Pedals that act as Bluetooth keyboards work without it. See Stage mode.

Usage and limits

The Workspace & plan card shows what you have used against your plan:

• Songs, setlists, and groups, as used and limit
• Arrangements per song and tunings per arrangement
• Audio storage, maximum audio file size, total audio attachments, and audio tracks per arrangement
• Whether MCP access is enabled

On iPhone and iPad, open More, tap your name, then Plan & usage to see your plan limits. The account summary describes your personal plan. For a group-owned arrangement, the Recordings sheet shows the effective upload limits for that group. Group uploads count toward both your storage and the group’s storage; the group’s owners determine its plan limits.

Unlimited audio storage does not remove the maximum file size. A transport limit of 500 MB per file still applies, and your plan may specify a smaller maximum. Pending uploads can temporarily reserve space and count toward attachment limits. The server checks current limits when you upload.

For upload steps and the difference between files and YouTube links, see Recordings.

Akordo is free. Every account starts on the same plan, and higher limits, API access, and MCP access are granted by the Akordo team. If you need more, ask through Help & Feedback in the account menu.

API keys

API keys let scripts and AI assistants use your account. They are available when your plan includes API or MCP access; otherwise the section explains that access is not enabled.

Creating a key

1. Enter a name for the key, such as "Claude Code" or "Setlist sync script".
2. Choose Create key.
3. Copy the key from the dialog. It is shown once and cannot be recovered later.

Keys created here can call both the HTTP API and MCP.

Recent sign-in required

Listing, creating, and revoking keys requires a browser session that signed in within the last 15 minutes. If Settings asks you to sign in again, do so and come back.

Managing keys

Each key shows its name, prefix, access (API v1, MCP, or both), when it was created, when it was last used, and when it expires. Keys expire after at most 90 days. Choose Revoke to disable a key immediately. There is a limit on how many keys an account can hold at once.

Tips

• Name keys by where they are used so you can revoke the right one
• Revoke keys you no longer use
• Rotate keys by creating a new one, updating the app, then revoking the old one
• Treat keys like passwords and never paste them into shared documents

For connecting AI tools, see AI assistants. For the HTTP API, see API v1.

Delete your account

Deletion is permanent. Before you start, hand over or delete every group where you are an owner. Akordo refuses to delete an account that still owns any group, even one with other owners, so have another owner change your role first or delete the group.

1. Open Account & Security and find Delete account.
2. Enter your current password or request and enter an email confirmation code.
3. Type DELETE MY ACCOUNT exactly. It is case-sensitive.
4. Choose Permanently delete account.

Akordo rechecks your confirmation and your live browser session before committing. An API key or OAuth token cannot delete an account.

What happens to your data:

• Personal-only songs, setlists, imports, uploaded audio, preferences, credentials, and profile are deleted
• Content that also belongs to a group or to other collaborators stays with them, with your ownership, membership, and name removed
• Security records that must be retained are anonymized and expire on their normal schedule

Self-service bulk export is not available yet. To request an export before deleting, send a message through Help & Feedback.

Getting help

Help & Feedback in the account menu opens a conversation with the Akordo team. Choose Question, Idea, or Bug, add a subject and message, and send. Replies arrive in the same thread. See Troubleshooting.

Next steps

• AI assistants to connect Claude or ChatGPT
• API v1 for the HTTP API
• Groups to collaborate with your band