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

# Accounts and recovery

> Understand account sign-in, document passphrases and recovery information.

Your account identifies you to the service. Your document passphrase unlocks
encrypted cloud document access on a device. Signing into the same email address
does not by itself unlock that device's cloud keys.

## Connect another device

Sign into the same service and account, then follow the Connect documents prompt
with your existing document passphrase. Desktop sign-in opens your system browser
for account approval before returning to the app.

Personal devices can remember access through their protected device storage.
Shared sessions keep access for that session. Explicit Lock, Forget and sign-out
change access differently from simply closing a personal editor window.

## Keep a recovery kit

Recovery setup provides a recovery file and a separate code. Keep both, and make
sure you can obtain them without relying on the device you might need to recover.
Follow the recovery dialog on a fresh signed-in client if you lose the passphrase.

Resetting an account password does not replace the document passphrase or its
recovery kit. Do not create replacement document keys to work around an unlock
problem with existing documents.

## Local copies

Cloud encryption protects cloud transfer and storage. Local EPUB files and local
editing/recovery state are not an encrypted vault. Locking cloud keys does not
erase local files or replace operating-system device protection.


## Related topics

- [Get started](https://docs.skydreamcloud.com/getting-started.md)
- [Sync and offline work](https://docs.skydreamcloud.com/guides/sync-and-offline.md)
- [Install on Ubuntu](https://docs.skydreamcloud.com/installation/ubuntu.md)
- [Standalone CLI](https://docs.skydreamcloud.com/cli/overview.md)
- [Skydream guides](https://docs.skydreamcloud.com/index.md)


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