# Register a backup email address

Add a personal email address to your Junify account that you can use to move your account to a new phone.

## When to use this

- When you want to be ready in case you lose, forget, or replace your phone.
- When you plan to switch to a new phone soon.

## Steps

These steps show the screens on an iPhone.

1. Open **My Profile** at the bottom right of the Junify app's home screen.

   ![The Junify app's home screen, with tabs along the bottom](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/01-open_my_junify.webp?v=8bb3e8484415)

2. Tap **EDIT** at the top right, next to your name.

   ![Your profile screen, with your name at the top and a list of options below](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/02-edit_profile.webp?v=3cea7d8dbe46)

3. Tap **Backup Email Address**. It shows a dash (-) because you have not registered an address yet.

   ![The screen for editing your profile, with no backup email address set yet](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/03-open_backup_email.webp?v=75e0315e5d5b)

4. Enter your personal email address in **Your Email Address**.

   ![The screen for setting up a backup email address, with a field for the address](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/04-enter_email.webp?v=d257634ab480)

5. Tap the check mark at the top right of the screen. A confirmation email is sent to the address you entered.

   ![The backup email setup screen, with an email address entered](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/05-send_confirmation.webp?v=631b38d4ab16)

6. The Junify app asks you to check your email. Open the confirmation email and tap the link in it.

   ![A screen asking you to check your email and tap the link to confirm the address](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/06-open_mail_link.webp?v=db9364bfb979)

7. In the Junify app, the screen changes to show that your address is confirmed. Tap the × at the top left to close it.

   ![A screen saying that your email address is confirmed](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/07-close_confirmation.webp?v=7f67ab49a6b9)

8. You are back on the screen for editing your profile. **Backup Email Address** now shows the address you registered.

   ![The screen for editing your profile, now showing your backup email address](https://www.junify.com/help/member/images/register-backup-email/08-email_registered.webp?v=c5ceac7825d3)

## Things to know

- Junify does not accept an address that another person in your organization already uses.
- The link in the confirmation email works for 24 hours, so tap it within that time.

## Related tasks

- [Invite a member by email](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/invite-member)
- [Invite a member by phone number](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/invite-member-by-phone)
- [Join your team from the invitation email](https://www.junify.com/help/member/join-via-email)
- [Join your team with a 6-digit code](https://www.junify.com/help/member/join-via-code)
- [Offboard a member who is leaving](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/offboard-member)
- [Change a member's groups](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/change-member-groups)
- [Restore a member's account on a new phone](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/restore-member-account)
- [Edit a member's details](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/edit-member)
- [Make someone a group leader](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/assign-group-leader)
- [See the members of the groups you lead](https://www.junify.com/help/group-leader/view-supervised-groups)
- [Resend an expired invitation](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/resend-invitation)
- [Let a member sign in without their phone](https://www.junify.com/help/admin/send-backup-login)
- [Restore your account on a new phone](https://www.junify.com/help/member/restore-account)