# Account or anonymous device: recovery codes and adding a device - URL: https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/account-devices-recovery-code - Product: Samee (https://samee.abdohoo.app) - Section: Account, devices & privacy - Updated: 2026-10-01 > Without an account, each browser keeps its own sessions; a six-word recovery code moves them. An account (username and password, no email) shares them across devices. Add one with an 8-character code. You can use Samee without an account: the first time you open it, your browser registers anonymously and keeps its own sessions, tracks and practice. To move that data to a new phone, create a **recovery code** of six words. If you use Samee on more than one phone or browser, create an **account** with a username and password, no email needed: every device signed in to it sees the same sessions. A new device joins with an 8-character code or a QR code from one that is already signed in. ## Without an account Your data belongs to the browser (or installed app) you use. Nothing about you is asked. On **Progress**, **This device's data** offers three things: - **Create a recovery code**: six words that move this device's sessions to another phone. Keep them private: anyone with the code can see your sessions. - **Restore from another phone**: type the six words from your old phone and tap **Restore**. This device then shows the old phone's sessions instead of its own. - **Erase my data**: removes every session, finding, voice and track of this device from the server, after asking. ![This device's data on the Progress screen on a phone: the explanation of accounts and recovery codes, Create a recovery code, Erase my data and Restore from another phone opened, with a box for six words and a Restore button](https://abdohoo.app/media/library/samee/web-phone-device-data-recovery.webp)This device's data, on the Progress tab: create a recovery code, or restore one from your old phone.If you clear your browser's data without a recovery code or an account, the browser starts again as a new device and its old sessions can't be reached. ## Create an account 1. Tap the person icon at the top (**Account**). 2. Under **Create an account**, choose a **Username** (3 to 32 letters, digits, dots, dashes or underscores; capitals don't matter). 3. Type a password of at least 8 characters twice and tap **Create account**. 4. Samee shows **Save your recovery code**: six words. Write them down somewhere safe; they aren't shown again. Tap **I've saved it**. The sessions of this browser become the account's. ![The Account page on a phone for a visitor who isn't signed in: Sign in with username and password, Forgot the password?, and the start of Create an account](https://abdohoo.app/media/library/samee/web-phone-account-signed-out.webp)The Account page before signing in. An account is optional.## Add another device On a device that is **already signed in**: 1. Open **Account**. 2. Under **Add a device**, tap **Show a code**. A QR code and an 8-character code such as *ABCD-EFGH* appear. The code works **once, for 10 minutes**. On the **new** device, either: - **scan the QR code** with the phone's camera. Samee opens with **Add this device to your account**; tap **Join the account**; or - open **Account** in Samee, type the code under **Have a code from another device?** and tap **Join**. ![The Have a code from another device? box on the Account page with an ABCD-EFGH code field and a Join button, below Create an account](https://abdohoo.app/media/library/samee/web-phone-account-device-code.webp)Type the code from a signed-in device under Have a code from another device?You can also simply **Sign in** with the username and password. Either way, any sessions the new device already had join the account. ## Manage the account When you are signed in, **Account** shows: - **Devices**: every phone and browser signed in, marked **browser** or **Android app**, with when it was last used. **this device** marks the one you are holding. Tap **Sign out** next to any other device to remove it. - **Change the password**: your current password and a new one. - **Recovery code**: **Create a new recovery code** replaces the old one. - **Delete the account**: erases every session, finding, track and voice of the account and signs out all its devices. **Sign out** at the top signs this browser out. It then starts again with no sessions; sign back in to see them. ## Forgot the password? 1. Open **Account** and, under **Sign in**, tap **Forgot the password?** 2. Enter your **Username**, your six-word **Recovery code** and a **New password**. 3. Tap **Set the new password and sign in**. ![Forgot the password? opened on the Account page: Username, Recovery code (amber-cedar-…) and New password fields, and Set the new password and sign in](https://abdohoo.app/media/library/samee/web-phone-account-forgot-password.webp)Reset a forgotten password with the six-word recovery code.After eight wrong attempts in 10 minutes, Samee makes you wait before trying again. ## Which should I choose? Without an accountWith an accountSign-upnoneusername and passwordSeveral phones and browsersone device eachthe same data on allNew phonerecovery codesign in, or a device codeForgotten passwordnot applicablerecovery codeWhat Samee stores in each case is in [privacy and what Samee stores](https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/privacy-what-samee-stores). To install Samee on the new phone, see [install Samee](https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/install-samee-web-app). ## Frequently asked questions ### Do I need an email address for a Samee account? No. An account is just a username and a password of at least 8 characters. Because there's no email, the recovery code you are shown when you create it is the only way to reset a forgotten password. ### What happens to the sessions I made before creating an account? They become the account's. When you sign in on another device that already has sessions, those join the account too. ### I lost my recovery code. Can Samee reset my password? Not without it: Samee stores no email or phone number to verify you. If you are still signed in on any device, open Account there, tap Create a new recovery code and keep it safe; you can then use it under Forgot the password? if you ever need to. ### How do I move to a new phone without an account? On the old phone, open Progress, find This device's data and tap Create a recovery code. On the new phone, open Progress, tap Restore from another phone, type the six words and tap Restore. ### Someone else may have my recovery code. What should I do? Anyone with the code can see your sessions, so make a new one. With an account, Create a new recovery code replaces the old one; also change the password and sign out devices you don't recognise.