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# Managing your account

**To manage your Covata user account through 'Safe Share for Windows':**

1. Ensure that Safe Share for Windows has been [started](/2.16/windows/starting-the-application-and-signing-in.md#starting-the-application) and that you are signed in.
2. Right-click its

   ![Safe Share for Windows - signed in](https://mintcdn.com/cocoondata/UCzlmDjgVturBxhL/images/91b3a11c5563-taskbar-icon-signed-in.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=UCzlmDjgVturBxhL\&q=85\&s=49c3af3c89f37a30e7b74646756c210e)

   taskbar notification area icon and choose **Manage Account** from the pop-up menu:

   ![Managing your Covata user account](https://mintcdn.com/cocoondata/nH8pbjLreDSHB6fD/images/595b81c242ad-taskbar-popup-menu-signed-in.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=nH8pbjLreDSHB6fD\&q=85\&s=a9c6948ff6f11f8dfb3d202eed8105f3)

   The Safe Share web application opens (as if [accessing the web application](/2.16/windows/starting-the-application-and-signing-in.md#accessing-the-web-application)), showing the [My Account](/2.16/user/managing-your-account.md) feature of the [Safe Share web application](/2.16/user.md).

You can manage the following aspects of your Covata user account through the **My Account** feature of the Safe Share web application:

* [Account details](/2.16/user/managing-your-account.md#updating-your-account-details-from-windows) such your first, last and other names, as well as your mobile number.
* Change your existing [password](/2.16/user/managing-your-account.md#changing-your-password-from-windows).
* View [information about your remote storage usage and quota](/2.16/user/managing-your-account.md#viewing-your-storage-usage-and-quota-from-windows).
* View [information about your last sign-in](/2.16/user/managing-your-account.md#viewing-your-last-sign-in-details-from-windows) to the Covata Platform.
* Modify your [email notification preferences](/2.16/user/managing-your-account.md#modifying-your-email-notification-preferences-from-windows).
* Revoke the right that [client applications](/2.16/user/managing-your-account.md#revoking-client-applications) were initially granted by you to access the Covata Platform's resources through your Covata user account.

## Managing your contacts

Whenever you [share personally owned content](/2.16/windows/storing-and-sharing-content-securely.md#sharing-secure-content) with other people, their email addresses are automatically added to your list of **Contacts**, which makes it easier to specify these people as collaborators the next time you share your content with them.

You can also manually add, edit or delete any of these personal contacts through Safe Share for Window's **Contacts** feature.

**To access the 'Contacts' feature:**

1. Ensure that Safe Share for Windows has been [started](/2.16/windows/starting-the-application-and-signing-in.md#starting-the-application).
2. Open the **Safe Share** dialog box by right-clicking any file or folder on your desktop or elsewhere within Windows Explorer and choosing **Safe Share** from the pop-up menu:

   ![Sharing a file from desktop](https://mintcdn.com/cocoondata/nH8pbjLreDSHB6fD/images/6044307f2202-sharing-a-file-from-desktop.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=nH8pbjLreDSHB6fD\&q=85\&s=dcc9ce0fafc0d4ea3c89caab3f4bee7b)
3. On the **Safe Share** dialog box, click the **Contacts** button to open the **Contacts** dialog box:

   ![Contacts dialog box](https://mintcdn.com/cocoondata/XFCH1-fsOPTworsw/images/c58c537ab68f-contacts-dialog-box.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=XFCH1-fsOPTworsw\&q=85\&s=a37508d92a2ef56d7540aee97941d198)

**To manually add a new 'Contact':**

1. Access the **Contacts** feature.
2. In the **Contacts** dialog box, click the **New** button.
3. In the resulting **New Contact** dialog box, specify an optional **First name** and **Last name** and mandatory **Email address** fields.
4. Click **Save** on this dialog box to add your new **Contact**.

**To edit an existing 'Contact':**

1. Access the **Contacts** feature.
2. In the **Contacts** dialog box, select the **Contact**'s email address and click the **Edit** button.
3. In the resulting **Edit Contact** dialog box, edit the optional **First name** and **Last name** and mandatory **Email address** fields as required.
4. Click **Save** on this dialog box to update your existing **Contact**.

**To delete an existing 'Contact':**

1. Access the **Contacts** feature.
2. In the **Contacts** dialog box, select the email address(es) of the **Contact(s)** to be deleted and click the **Delete** button.
3. Verify the deletion on the **Delete Contacts** message box. \

   The contact's email address will no longer be available for selection when [sharing your content](/2.16/windows/storing-and-sharing-content-securely.md#sharing-secure-content).

**To add multple contacts to the 'Safe Share' dialog box from the 'Contacts' dialog box:**

1. Access the **Contacts** feature.
2. In the **Contacts** dialog box, select the email address(es) of the **Contact(s)** to be added to the **Safe Share** dialog box.
3. Click the **Choose Selected** button, which closes the **Contacts** dialog box and returns you to the **Safe Share** dialog box, with these contacts added. \

   **Note:** Continue on with [specifying the permissions](/2.16/windows/storing-and-sharing-content-securely.md#selecting-a-permission-set) that these contacts will have on the item you are sharing.

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