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Account Settings

Your account settings page provides access to all your personal account configuration options, from basic profile information to billing and security settings. To view your user account settings, navigate to https://playcanvas.com/account. You should see something like this:

Account Settings

Profile Picture​

Upload and manage your profile picture that appears across PlayCanvas. Click on your current profile picture to upload a new image.

Account Info​

Username​

Your unique PlayCanvas username that appears in URLs and identifies you across the platform. You can change your username, providing that username has not already been taken. If it has, you will see the message Already used.

Your Full Name​

The display name shown on your profile and in collaborations. You can edit this whenever you choose.

Email Address​

Your primary email address for account notifications and login. Click "Edit" to change your email address. If you sign in with username+password, you'll need to verify the new email address before the change takes effect.

Password​

Update your account password for security:

  • Current Password - Enter your existing password
  • New Password - Choose a new password of at least 8 characters
  • Confirm Password - Re-enter your new password to confirm
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Use a strong password with a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters for better security. Consider using a password manager to make this process easier.

Skills​

Tag yourself with the skills that best match your experience:

  • Coder - Programming and scripting
  • Artist - 3D modeling, texturing, animation
  • Designer - UI/UX and game design
  • Musician - Audio and music composition

These skills are displayed in your public profile header.

Current Plan​

View your current subscription plan.

For free accounts, this shows "Free $0 / month" with basic plan limitations.

For accounts on the Personal plan, this shows "Personal $15 / month".

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To cancel your Personal plan, click the Cancel link and confirm. Your account will drop back to the free tier and the end of your current billing cycle.

Billing Info​

Users on the Free plan will see "No credit card stored in your account" until a paid plan is purchased.

Users on the Personal plan with see something of the form "Card ending in - 0000". Click Edit to update billing info:

  • Card details
  • Billing address
  • VAT number (if supported in your country)

Invoices​

Access your billing history and download invoices. By default, your 3 latest invoices are displayed. Keep clicking Load More... to load the next 10 invoices.

Seats​

View and manage team members across your projects:

  • Lists all users who are team members on projects you own
  • Shows which specific projects each user has access to
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Click the x icon to the right of a listed user to remove them from all of your projects that they are on the team of.

Usage​

This section tracks your account resource consumption. The usage meter shows current consumption against your plan limits.

Storage Breakdown​

  • Public Projects - Number created vs. limit
  • Private Projects - Number created vs. limit (plan-dependent)
  • Assets - Storage used for 3D models, textures, audio
  • Apps - Published application data
  • Code - Script and code storage
  • Checkpoints - Version history storage
  • Splats - Gaussian splat data (uploaded from SuperSplat)

API Tokens​

Manage programmatic access to your PlayCanvas account:

  • Generate new API tokens
  • View existing token permissions
  • Revoke access for unused tokens

See the API Documentation for details on using API tokens.

Email Preferences​

Configure which notifications you receive:

  • My Projects - Updates about your own projects
  • Watched Projects - Notifications from projects you follow
  • New Comments - Comments on your projects or posts
  • New Stars - When users star your projects
  • My Organizations - Organization-related updates
  • Exciting PlayCanvas Stuff - Platform news and updates

Uncheck any categories you don't want to receive emails about.

Organizations​

Convert Account to Organization​

Transform your personal account into an organization account:

  • Allows team collaboration
  • Enables advanced permission management
  • Requires designating a new owner
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Converting to an organization means you can no longer log in with this account. Make sure you have another account ready to become the organization owner.

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You cannot convert a user account into an organization if it currently manages other organizations. Transfer those organizations to be owned by another user account first.

Delete Account​

Permanently remove your PlayCanvas account:

  • All projects and data will be deleted
  • This action cannot be undone
  • Consider downloading important projects first
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Account deletion is permanent and irreversible. Make sure to backup any important work before proceeding.

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You can't delete a user account if it currently manages any organizations. Please delete the organizations first or transfer their ownership to another user account.

For billing-specific questions and detailed subscription management, see Billing.