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<title>Add an account</title>
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<p>Adding an account will help link your online accounts with your GNOME
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desktop. Thus, your email program, chat program, and other related applications
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<p>Adding an account will help link your online accounts with your GNOME
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desktop. Thus, your email program, chat program, and other related applications
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will be set up for you.</p>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>Plus</gui> symbol in the lower-left
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<item><p>Click the <gui>Plus</gui> symbol in the lower-left
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portion of the window.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select your account type from the list.</p>
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<p>If you have more than one account type, you can add the other
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accounts at a later time.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Add...</gui></p></item>
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<item><p>A small website window will open where you can enter your
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<item><p>A small website window will open where you can enter your
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online account credentials. For example, if you are setting up a <em>
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Google</em> account, enter your <em>Google</em> username and password.</p>
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<item><p>If you've entered your credentials correctly, you will be prompted
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to allow GNOME access to your online account. Select <gui>Grant Access</gui>
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<item><p>If you've entered your credentials correctly, you will be prompted
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to allow GNOME access to your online account. Select <gui>Grant Access</gui>
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to continue.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the applications that you want linked to your online account.
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For example, if you want to use an online account for chat, but do not want
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to use an online account for your calendar, turn the <gui>calendar</gui>
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<item><p>Select the applications that you want linked to your online account.
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For example, if you want to use an online account for chat, but do not want
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to use an online account for your calendar, turn the <gui>calendar</gui>
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option off.</p></item>
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<p>After you have added the accounts, each application that you have selected
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<p>After you have added the accounts, each application that you have selected
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will automatically use those credentials when you start them.</p>
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For security reasons, GNOME will not store your password on your computer.
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Instead, it stores a token that is provided by the online service. If you
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want to fully revoke the link between your desktop and the online service,
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[See this help topic].
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For security reasons, GNOME will not store your password on your computer.
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Instead, it stores a token that is provided by the online service. If you
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want to fully revoke the link between your desktop and the online service,
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[See this help topic].
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