# Can I use username / password to login instead of GitHub?

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/can-i-use-username-password-to-login-instead-of-github/6232>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 15, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/can-i-use-username-password-to-login-instead-of-github/6232 "2022-02-15T23:20:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![andypea](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/andypea/32/6157_2.png) [@andypea](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/andypea)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/can-i-use-username-password-to-login-instead-of-github/6232/1 "2022-02-15T23:20:38Z")

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I have an Observable account that I login to via GitHub. Is it possible to switch my account over to username + password based login?

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**Author:** ![mbostock](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mbostock/32/9_2.png) [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/can-i-use-username-password-to-login-instead-of-github/6232/2 "2022-02-16T03:49:10Z")

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We don’t offer password-based login, but you can email support if you want to switch to email-based login.