Account, email, and data
Open Profile from the account menu to manage settings that belong to you. Settings is the administrator's separate area for instance-wide behavior.
Update your name and avatar
Under Profile → Account, update Username and choose Save Changes. The name can appear as uploader attribution on share pages when the administrator enables it.
Choose Change Avatar and select an image to update your photo. Flare checks that the supplied content is an image. An avatar may appear wherever the instance presents your identity, so use an image you are comfortable associating with your account.
Changing your username does not automatically change file URL paths. For a memorable upload path, use Vanity URL under account upload defaults.
Change your password
In Profile → Account → Change your password, enter your current password, choose a new password of at least eight characters, and confirm it. Choose Update Password.
For an account managed entirely through SSO, change your identity-provider password with that provider. Flare's local password form requires an existing local password; it is not an SSO account-linking or local-password creation flow.
Recover a forgotten password
If your instance offers password recovery, use the login page's recovery option, enter your account email address, and follow the emailed reset link. Recovery availability depends on the administrator's email configuration and policy.
Follow the result shown on the reset page. Invalid, expired, incomplete, or already used links require starting the recovery process again. If email recovery is unavailable, contact your instance administrator.
Sign in with SSO
Your administrator may offer an OpenID Connect identity provider. Choose its sign-in button and complete the provider's flow. Account identity is based on the provider and its subject identifier, not merely the email address it returns.
An existing local account with a matching email is not automatically converted or linked to SSO. Continue using its password login. If your instance automatically redirects to SSO, /auth/login?local=1 opens the local-login route.
There is currently no user-facing flow to link an existing local account to an SSO identity. An administrator precreating a local account with the same email also does not create that link.
Verify your email
When email features are enabled, Profile → Account shows your address and verification status. Choose Verify my email if offered, complete any current-password confirmation, and open the message sent to your inbox.
For SSO accounts, Flare may require a recent SSO sign-in instead of a password before a sensitive email action. If prompted, sign in with the provider again and retry.
Your administrator can make verification optional, require it for new users, or require it more broadly after a grace period. Follow the deadline shown in your account. If verification is required before continuing, the verification page provides the next available steps.
If the message does not arrive, check spam, confirm the address, and wait for the resend cooldown before requesting another. If you no longer control that inbox, contact the administrator rather than repeatedly requesting mail.
Change your email address
When email features are disabled, edit the email field with your basic account information and save.
When email features are enabled:
- Choose Change email address in the email controls.
- Enter the new address and any requested current password.
- Follow the confirmation links Flare sends.
- If the instance requires approval from both addresses, check both your current and new inboxes.
Your current address remains active until the change is approved. The controls show the pending address and offer Cancel pending change. A policy requiring old-address approval may first require you to verify your current email.
These behaviors depend on the administrator's email settings. If the action is unavailable, use the explanation shown in the interface or contact the administrator.
Check storage and usage
Open Profile → Your data to see space used, your available quota when enabled, total files, and shortened-link count. The usage bar highlights accounts approaching their quota.
Uncapped Storage means the instance is not enforcing the displayed account quota. Physical disk or object-storage capacity and the maximum size of an individual upload still matter.
To free space, download anything you need and delete unwanted files. Switching files to private, moving them into folders, removing tags, or deleting short links does not reclaim uploaded-file storage.
Export your data
Choose Export All Data under Profile → Your data. Flare prepares a ZIP download and shows preparation and download progress. Keep the page open while it works, and allow enough disk space on your device.
The archive contains:
user-data.jsonwith basic account details, file metadata, saved OCR text, and shortened URLs with click counts.- Available uploaded files under
files/, grouped by upload date.
This is a personal content export. It is not a full instance backup or a one-click restore package. Current exports do not include folder/tag organization, upload profiles, appearance preferences, API credentials, or webhook configuration. Export profile recipes separately if you want to keep those settings.
Inspect the archive and open important files before deleting their originals. Files that are missing from storage or cannot be retrieved can be skipped during export. If an expected file is absent, download it individually if possible and ask the administrator to check storage.
Integrations and connected tools
Profile → Uploads contains capture tools and the account upload token. Replacing that token disconnects generated configurations using it; re-download them afterward.
Profile → Integrations contains named API tokens, webhooks, and delivery history. Use separate named tokens when different custom tools need independent permissions or revocation. Tokens and webhooks belong to your account, including when the account is an administrator.
Delete your account
Under Profile → Your data, choose Delete account and review the confirmation. Confirming permanently removes your account and its files and short links from Flare, then signs you out. There is no account-restore button.
Export and inspect anything you want to keep first. If this is an administrator account, make sure another administrator can manage the instance before removing it.
Account deletion is not a guarantee of erasure from operator backups, external caches, or every storage backend. Ask the operator about their storage-cleanup and retention procedures if complete data removal matters for your use case.
For a normal end to a session, use Log out instead of deleting the account.