Frequently asked questions about Yoto accounts

<h1 id="frequently-asked-questions-about-yoto-accounts">Frequently asked questions about Yoto accounts.</h1><h2 id> </h2><h2 id="isPasted">Why do I need an account?</h2>We require customers to create an account so that we can ensure any Yoto Cards that you have purchased are correctly added to your account, meaning you can access them from your Yoto App&apos;s card library.Rest assured that we keep your information safe and never share it with anyone else, but we do use 3rd party programs in order to keep your information safe.&#xA0;<a href="http://yotoplay.com/legal/privacy-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to read our full privacy policy (link opens in a new tab).</a><h2 id="-1"> </h2><h2 id="how-do-i-create-and-access-my-yoto-account">How do I create and access my Yoto account?</h2>You can sign up and log into your account from our website, <a href="http://yotoplay.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">yotoplay.com</a>, using the button in the shape of a person, found in the top-right corner. It&apos;s the one between the search icon and the wishlist.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/Aa90l7EQnv7JWorj/hc/9JWjXVxGb7DvMqmO/2025070307-0c15f97c-132e-446f-955e-c5b4af281e1a-yotoaccount.png" style="width: 200px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> You can also create an account from the Yoto App, before log in.If you have forgotten your password, click on Login, and select the Forgot your password? option. Remember to check your spam folder for the password reset email!Note: becoming a Yoto Club member does not automatically create an account. You will need to use the same email address that you used to purchase your Club membership to also create an account on our website. <h2 id="can-i-change-my-accounts-email-address">Can I change my account&apos;s email address?</h2>The email address of your Yoto account cannot be changed.If you have lost access to your old email address, please create a new Yoto account. By adding your new Yoto account to the Family Account, you will retain access to your devices and library.&#xA0;<a href="https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/adding-users-to-a-family-account-10967">See this article on how to add users to Family Accounts.</a> Once you have added the new account to your family, you can remove the old account.&#xA0;<a href="https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/removing-a-user-from-a-family-account-33388">See this other article on how to remove users from the Family Account.</a>If you contact us, we will assist you with moving the Yoto tokens points from the old account to the new one.The order history, wishlist, saved address, and Yoto Club subscriptions, however, cannot be moved&#x2014;but we will do our best to help you close down the old account.<h2 id="-2"> </h2><h2 id="how-do-i-delete-my-account">How do I delete my account?</h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-block: 0px 24px; margin-inline: 0px; scroll-margin-top: 84px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted">To delete your account:&#xA0;<ul style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-block: 0px 24px; margin-inline: 0px; scroll-margin-top: 84px; padding-inline-start: 32px; list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inter; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-block-end: 8px;">Open the Yoto App</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inter; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-block-end: 8px;">Go to the Settings tab</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inter; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-block-end: 8px;">Tap the three dots menu next to a user&#xA0;</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inter; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-block-end: 8px;">This will show the menu with the remove options</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inter; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-block-end: 8px;">Select &quot;Delete my Yoto app account&quot;&#xA0;</li></ul>Note: if you inadvertently delete your account, contact us, and we may be able to reinstate it.

Account FAQs

<h1 id="isPasted">Common log-in issues.</h1>If you&apos;re not able to log in to your Yoto account and are not receiving a password reset email when requested, here are some things to try. You&apos;d be surprised how often these work!<ul><li style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px;">Make sure you&apos;re using the email that you signed up with: you can check this in the Settings tab of your Yoto App.</li><li style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px;">Check for typos in your email or password. We&apos;ve all typed .con instead of .com sometime!</li><li id="isPasted" style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px;">Check your spam folder or other folders of your inbox. The password reset email may be waiting for you.</li><li id="isPasted" style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px;">Try to Sign up instead of Log in. Sometimes the log in doesn&apos;t work because the account doesn&apos;t exist yet.&#xA0;</li></ul><h4 id> </h4><h2 id="too-many-log-in-attempts">Too many log in attempts</h2>If too many log in attempts are unsuccessful, the account will be temporarily blocked for its safety. If this happens, don&apos;t worry! Just get in touch and we&apos;ll unblock it for you. <h2 id="removing-an-email-address">Removing an email address</h2>If the original email address you used is incorrect or not in use any more, and you wish to remove it from your Family account:&#xA0;<ul><li style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px;">Go to the Settings section of the app</li><li style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px;">Tap the three dots menu next to the email address you wish to remove &#xA0;</li><li style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px;">Tap Leave this&#xA0;family account</li></ul><a href="https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/removing-a-user-from-a-family-account-33388">Click here for the full article on removing users from a Family Account.</a>

I can't log in to my Yoto account

<h1 id="a-quick-guide-to-family-accounts">A quick guide to Family Accounts</h1>When you set up a player to get it online and pair it with the phone you are using for the Yoto app, you automatically create what we call a &#x2018;Family Account&#x2019;.&#xA0; <img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/uploads.gorgias.io/Aa90l7EQnv7JWorj/FA_Set_up-3b73b611-e4f0-44a3-884b-939b50f9eb68.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Pairing smartphone and Yoto player"><a href="https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/pairing-your-phone-and-your-player-10966">Click here for a&#xA0;</a><a href="https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/pairing-your-phone-and-your-player-10966">guide to pairing your phone and your Yoto player</a> A Family Account can be just one member and one player, or you could add more players and multiple members to the same account.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/uploads.gorgias.io/Aa90l7EQnv7JWorj/FA_multi_member_multi_players-e1985db5-d5fc-47ff-ae34-2c6ef801a0a5.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Adding multiple accounts to the Family Account"> <h4 id="a-family-account-lets-anyone-who-is-a-member-use-the-yoto-app-to">A Family Account lets anyone who is a member use the Yoto app to:</h4>Control your player/s Use the app to play content, adjust the volume, set a sleep timer etc. for any players in the Family AccountManage player settings Control features behind the scenes, like setting sleep and wake times, customizing the color of the nightlight and setting maximum volume.Access cards you buy from Yoto instantly When you purchase cards from the Yoto Store (using the same email address as you use for the app) those cards will be added to your Library straight away, so you can enjoy listening to them before the actual cards arrive in the post

What are Family Accounts?

Set up your Yoto player so that more than one person can be linked to the same account

Adding users to a Family Account

How to add a second or more Yoto players to your Family Account

<h1 dir="ltr" id="isPasted">How to add a second or more Yoto players to your Family Account.</h1> If you own more than one player, you can set them up in the same Family Account!<h2 id> </h2><h2 id="benefits-of-adding-a-second-player-to-your-family-account">Benefits of adding a second player to your Family Account</h2>If you have had your player for a while, you will know the benefits of Family Accounts, and how they allow more than one parent to manage settings on the player, as well as see and play all of a family&apos;s audio content directly from the phone.If you own more than one player, you can add all of your players to the same Family Account. This lets you manage them from a single screen in the Yoto app with a single login (per user).<h2 id="-1"> </h2><h2 id="how-to-add-a-second-player-to-your-family-account">How to add a second player to your Family Account</h2>You can set up a second player and join it to your Family Account as part of the Set Up a Player process.&#xA0;<a href="https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/setting-up-your-player-3098">Click here for our full guide to setting up a new player.</a><img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/uploads.gorgias.io/Aa90l7EQnv7JWorj/Setup_player_-_intro-1d128695-2515-4134-a301-5a2c195b2584.png" style="width: 500px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Yoto app - set up a player"> To pair your phone and join the player to your family account, simply tap the Pair My Phone button.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/uploads.gorgias.io/Aa90l7EQnv7JWorj/Player_paired_button-be31004e-7c6c-4037-a993-dde4e4ee38a6.png" style="width: 500px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Yoto app - pair my phone"> <h2 id="what-your-account-will-look-like-in-the-app">What your account will look like in the app</h2>Once you have set up your second player in your Family Account, you will be able to see it in the Settings tab in the app, as well as details of all paired users and any other players.You will also be able to access the settings pages for each Yoto player in your account, in order to manage settings and personalize features such as bedtime/wake time and the setting of the color of the nightlight (on Yoto Players (3rd Generation)).<a href="https://yoto-support.gorgias.help/en-US/articles/general-troubleshooting-2298">If you get stuck or the Player or app is behaving differently to what is described above, click here to visit our troubleshooting section.</a>If you need help, don&apos;t hesitate to contact us!

Adding players to your Family Account

How to remove a user's account from a Family Account

Removing a user from a Family Account

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