> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.myclerkbook.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Profile and sign-in

> Your name and business name, and where your email address, password and connected accounts are changed.

Your profile lives at
[Settings](https://myclerkbook.com/app/settings/profile), reached from the
account menu in the app.

## What is on your profile

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Your name" icon="signature">
    The name on your entries and in the audit trail. It is taken from what you
    gave at sign-up and is never asked for again.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Business name" icon="briefcase">
    Optional. It is used where a document or an export needs a trading name
    rather than a personal one.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Both are yours to change at any time, and changing either changes nothing about
your entries.

<Note>
  **Changes are saved when you press Save, not as you leave a field.** A page
  that writes on blur cannot be abandoned: someone who opens it, changes their
  mind and navigates away has already saved.
</Note>

## Where sign-in details are changed

Your email address, your password, your connected sign-in accounts and your
multi-factor settings are held by **Clerk**, the authentication provider
myClerkBook uses. They open in Clerk's own panel, from **Sign-in and security**
in the account menu.

<Note>
  That panel looks different from the rest of the app because it is Clerk's,
  and that is deliberate. Credentials are held by the provider whose job it is
  to hold them, so myClerkBook never stores your password and cannot read it.
</Note>

## How you can sign in

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Email and password" icon="envelope">
    Your email address is verified before the account is active.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Username and password" icon="user">
    A username instead of an email address, if you prefer.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Google" icon="google">
    The only social provider offered. myClerkBook receives your email address
    and basic profile, and nothing else.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

The sign-in page is the authority on which methods are available. If a method
is not on it, it is not offered.

## Correcting anything we hold

Correction is a right under POPIA and GDPR, and it is answerable from the
product rather than by request: every entry in your book is editable in place,
and the fields above are editable on your profile. Where something is wrong and
you cannot reach it yourself, email
[legal@myclerkbook.com](mailto:legal@myclerkbook.com).

<Card title="Next: notification preferences" icon="arrow-right" href="/your-account/notification-preferences">
  What myClerkBook sends, and where each switch lives today.
</Card>