Account Settings

Account Settings is your personal control center in awork. Here you can customize your login, display, time tracking options, reports, and notifications to suit your needs.

How to open Account Settings

There are 2 ways to access your Account Settings:

click on your profile picture in the bottom left of the main menu (or your initials) and select Account Settings
or navigate to Settings (gear icon in the bottom left of the main menu) and select Account

Manage your account

Workspace Email

for notifications
publicly visible in your workspace

Account Email

for signing in and for important account emails
used across all your awork workspaces

Changing your email address requires verification. Enter the one-time code that was sent to your inbox.

Password

to change your password, you'll need your current password

If you'd prefer to skip passwords, link your Google or Microsoft account and sign in with one click.

Link from the start: When creating your account or accepting an invitation, select Sign in with Google or Sign in with Microsoft to link your account right away.
Link later

Click Set up next to Enable login via Google or Microsoft
Choose your preferred provider and complete the login process
Use the provider button on the awork login page

Disconnect link

Click Set up next to Enable login via Google or Microsoft
Click Disconnect from Google/Microsoft

If you disconnect the link and never set a password, awork will send you an email with a link to create one. Email/password login always works alongside linked accounts.

Check out this article for more information on setup: Passkeys

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Check out this article for more information on enabling it: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Customize display settings

Language

choose German or English

Time zone

Your time zone determines how dates and times are displayed in awork. It's set when you create your account. Manually adjust your time zone if you travel, as it won't update automatically.

Note: The first day of the week in Time > My Week follows your browser's language/region settings. English (UK) starts on Monday; English (US) starts on Sunday.

Dark Mode

Choose your preferred appearance:

Off always uses Light Mode
Auto uses your browser/operating system settings (default)
On always uses Dark Mode

For Dark Mode, you can also choose the variant: Standard or High Contrast

Open links in Desktop App

enable this option if you want links to always open in the desktop app (you need to have the Mac or Windows app installed)

Hide Start/Stop Timer

hide the stopwatch buttons (timers) for your user - both the stopwatch in the bottom right and the smaller timers in projects and tasks

Time format for totals

Control how tracked time totals are displayed in projects and tasks:

Tracked time totals are displayed by default in Auto mode and change depending on the amount:
- Under 8h as hour format (e.g., 5:30h)
- Over 8h as day format (e.g., 1.2d)
Hours always shows totals as 20:00h
Days always shows totals as 2.5d

Individual times and running timers will continue to be displayed in the 01:20:30 or 01:20h format.

Name display

First & Last Name (shows your full name in awork; the last name must be entered in your personal details)
First Name

Hide recommendations in Time > My Day

Turn off the toggle so you can see your appointments under Time > My Day and create a time entry directly from them.

Note: If your admin has disabled time tracking for all users, the settings Hide Start/Stop Timer and Hide recommendations in Time > My Day will be hidden.

The Projects section in the main menu is divided into Favorites, External Projects, and My Projects. Set in your Account Settings which projects are displayed in the menu:

Show Favorites
Show External Projects
Show My Projects

Sections are only displayed if they contain projects.

Set your availability

Weekly capacity (in hours)

Your weekly working hours play a role in team planning and represent the time available for scheduling in the Planner. The default is 40 hours per week. Working part-time or not working on certain days? Then adjust the number of hours.

Holiday region

Choose your region so you see the appropriate holidays in the workload overview.

Note: Changing your own holiday region requires write permissions for user planning. If your region isn't listed, users with the right permissions can set up custom holidays. Workspace administrators can edit this setting at any time.

Enable or disable reports and briefings

Stay updated with automated email summaries that you can enable or disable here:

Weekly Briefing arrives Monday morning with upcoming deadlines, overdue tasks, and a preview of the coming week
Weekly Report arrives Friday with completed tasks, tracked time, and the week's achievements
Monthly Report arrives on the 1st of the month with a complete monthly overview including tracked time and productivity statistics

Choose your notification settings

Enable or disable:

Automatically mark notifications as read when clicked
Automatically get notifications for tasks you created (Follower)

Decide which notifications for tasks, projects, docs, and general items you want to receive and through which channels:

In the awork web app
Push notifications in the awork app for iOS or Android
Email for direct delivery to your inbox
Slack for messages via the Slack integration (if linked)

Create tasks via email

Send an email to your personal task email address, and a private task will be automatically created. Check out this article for more details: Create tasks from emails

FAQ

Where do I find Account Settings?

Click on your profile picture in the bottom left of the main menu (or your initials) and select Account Settings or navigate to Settings (gear icon in the bottom left of the main menu) and select Account.

Do Account Settings apply to all my workspaces?

Yes. Your Account Settings control how you use awork across all your workspaces. Your Account Email is your primary identification across all awork workspaces.

Why is my Account Email different from my Workspace Email?

Your Account Email is the one you use to sign in to awork. Only you can change it in your Account Settings. With the same account, you can access multiple awork workspaces.

Within each workspace, you have your own user profile. This profile can contain different information depending on the workspace. If permissions allow, other users (like admins) can edit your workspace profile, for example to add contact information.

These changes don't affect your login email or your account settings. Notifications are always sent to the email address stored in your account.

That's why your account email address and your workspace email can be different.

Can I still log in with email and password after linking Google/Microsoft?

Yes. After successful linking, you can log in with Google/Microsoft, and email and password login will continue to work as well.

What happens if I disconnect Google/Microsoft and never set a password?

awork will send you an email with a link to create a password.

Why don't I see "Hide Start/Stop Timer" or "Hide recommendations in Time > My Day"?

If your admin has disabled time tracking for all users, these two settings will be hidden.

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Last updated July 30, 2026

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