---
title: 'Registration & Account Access'
linkTitle: 'Registration & Account Access'
weight: 1
description: 'CVAT registration and account access.'
---

To start annotating in CVAT, you must create an account or log in to the existing one.

Check out:

- [User registration](#user-registration)
- [User registration with social accounts](#user-registration-with-social-accounts)
- [Account access](#account-access)
- [Password reset](#password-reset)
- [Change password](#change-password)

To create an account or log in, go to the [CVAT Online](https://app.cvat.ai/) login page:

![CVAT Online login page](/images/image001.jpg)

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By default, authentication and registration with
Google and GitHub work only for [CVAT Online](https://app.cvat.ai/).
<br>If you want to use Google and GitHub authentication on a local installation,
consult {{< ilink "/docs/enterprise/social-accounts-configuration" "Social auth configuration" >}}.
{{% /alert %}}

## User registration

To register:

1. Select **Create an account**.

   ![Create account](/images/image002.jpg)

1. Fill in all blank fields, accept terms of use, and
   select **Create an account**.

![Account form](/images/image003.jpg)

<br>A username generates from the email automatically. You can edit it if needed.

![Username generation](/images/filling_email.gif)

## User registration with social accounts

To register with Google or GitHub,
select the button with the service name
and follow the instructions.

## Account access

To access your account:

1. Go to the [login page](https://app.cvat.ai/auth/login).
1. Enter username or email. The password field will appear.
1. Enter the password and click **Next**.

To log in with Google or GitHub, select the button with the service name.

## Password reset

To reset password:

1. Go to the [CVAT Online](https://app.cvat.ai/) page and select
   **Forgot password?**

   ![Reset password](/images/reset-password.jpg)

1. Enter email you used for registration and select **Send**.
1. Open email and select on the link from CVAT.
1. Enter new password in both fields and select **Change password**.

   ![Reset password](/images/reset-password-01.jpg)

## Change password

To change password:

1. Log in to your CVAT account.
1. In the top right corner, select the username.
1. Select **Change password**.
1. Follow the instructions on the screen.

   ![Reset password](/images/change_password.jpg)