# What an account is


> A key ring, not a filing cabinet. Your account holds your identity and your workspace memberships, and nothing else.
Your account holds your email address, how you sign in, and the list of workspaces you belong to. That is all it holds.

Screens, content, playlists, labels, and apps do not belong to your account. They belong to [workspaces](/docs/workspaces/).

## Why the distinction matters

**Leaving an organization does not delete your account.** If your membership of a workspace is removed, the account still exists and your other workspaces are untouched. Nothing you made in the workspace you left is affected either; it belonged to the workspace, not to you.

**Your settings follow you.** Passkeys, two-factor, your time zone: all personal, and all working in every workspace you belong to.

**Somebody else's account cannot be borrowed.** There are no shared logins to hand over, because there are no passwords. Everyone gets their own account and is invited to the workspace.

## Account settings versus workspace settings

Two different places, and this is the single most common reason for looking in the wrong one.

| Yours, under your avatar menu | The workspace's, under Settings |
| --- | --- |
| Name, email, company, time zone | Workspace name and branding |
| Passkeys and two-factor | API tokens, SAML, Tailscale |
| Your personal support PIN | Members, integrations, notifications |

The full map is in [Where settings live](/docs/get-started/reference/where-settings-live/).