Your profile

Change your name, email address, username, password and profile picture.

In your profile you maintain your own user data: salutation, profile picture, first and last name, email address, username and password. Every logged-in user can open their own profile – no extra permission is needed.

Screenshot: Page "Profile settings" with salutation, profile picture, name, email address, username and new password
Screenshot: Page "Profile settings" with salutation, profile picture, name, email address, username and new password

Open your profile

  1. Click your name (with your profile picture) in the top right corner.
  2. Click Settings (Einstellungen).
  3. The page Profile settings (Profil Einstellungen) opens. The menu on the left also leads to your other personal settings:
Screenshot: Opened user menu in the top right corner with the button "Settings"
Screenshot: Opened user menu in the top right corner with the button "Settings"
Screenshot: Left-hand menu of the personal settings with Profile, Basic Settings, DSGVO, Telegram Settings and API access
Screenshot: Left-hand menu of the personal settings with Profile, Basic Settings, DSGVO, Telegram Settings and API access

Change your data

  1. Choose the salutation Mrs. (Frau) or Mr. (Herr).
  2. Optional: upload a profile picture with Choose file (Datei wählen). JPG and PNG images are accepted.
  3. Change First name (Vorname), Last name (Nachname), E-mail address (E-Mail Adresse) or Username (Benutzername) as needed.
  4. Click Save (Speichern). X-Sitter confirms with Your profile has been updated. (Dein Profil wurde aktualisiert.).

Change your password

  1. Enter your new password in the field New password (Neues Passwort). Click the eye icon to show what you have typed.
  2. The bar below the field shows how strong the password is.
  3. Click Save (Speichern).

Leave the field empty if you do not want to change your password.

Screenshot: Field "New password" with the eye icon and the password strength bar
Screenshot: Field "New password" with the eye icon and the password strength bar

Fields and options

Field Meaning
Mrs. / Mr. (Frau / Herr) Your salutation.
Profile picture Shown next to your name in the top right corner. JPG or PNG.
First name / Last name (Vorname / Nachname) Your name as other users see it, e.g. in histories and on picklists.
E-mail address (E-Mail Adresse) Can be used to log in. Also needed for Forgot password. Must be unique in X-Sitter.
Username (Benutzername) Can be used to log in instead of the email address. Must be unique. Either the email address or the username must be filled in.
New password (Neues Passwort) Only fill in if you want to change your password.

Good to know / Troubleshooting

Message Cause Solution
Please enter an email address or a username. (Bitte eine E-Mail-Adresse oder einen Benutzernamen angeben.) Both login fields are empty. Fill in at least one of them.
That email address already exists in the system. (Die E-Mail-Adresse existiert bereits im System.) Another user already uses this email address. Use a different address.
That username already exists in the system. (Der Benutzername existiert bereits im System.) Another user already uses this username. Choose a different username.