# Open account settings and change your name

> On the Your Rooms page, click your avatar in the top-right corner to open the Account menu, then pick a section such as Personal information or Billing & subscription.

Category: Account and access
Web page: https://www.pactto.com/help/account-settings
All guides: https://www.pactto.com/help.md

## Find your account settings

Account settings live in the **Account menu**, which opens from your avatar on the **Your Rooms** page (the rooms list you see after logging in).

1. Go to **Your Rooms**. The Account menu is not available inside a room, but you do not need it there to change your name or photo: see [Change your name and photo](https://www.pactto.com/help/change-name-and-photo.md).
2. Click your avatar (your photo or initials) in the top-right corner.
3. The **Account menu** shows your name, your email and your plan. Below that it lists the settings sections available to your account, then **Log out**.
4. Click a section to open **Account settings** on that section. On a computer the sections are listed on the left side of the window so you can switch between them.

The menu closes when you click outside it, press **Esc**, or pick an item. The **Device settings** button next to your avatar is separate: it opens your camera, microphone and speaker settings.

## Sections you may see

Which sections appear depends on your account and plan.

- **Personal information**: your **Profile photo**, **Name** and **Email address**.
- **Billing & subscription**: your plan and credits. See below.
- **API keys (CLI)**: tokens for the Pactto CLI. See [Pactto CLI](https://www.pactto.com/help/pactto-cli.md).
- **MCP server**: connect Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant to your Pactto account. See [MCP server](https://www.pactto.com/help/connect-ai-assistant-mcp.md).
- **Help & support**: the Pactto Discord community and a form to contact the Pactto team. See [Contact Pactto support](https://www.pactto.com/help/contact-support.md).

## Change your name

Your name is what other people see in rooms, member lists and chat. Inside a room, change it in **Device settings** instead (see [Change your name and photo](https://www.pactto.com/help/change-name-and-photo.md)).

1. Open the **Account menu** and click **Personal information**.
2. Edit the **Name** field.
3. Click **Save changes**. The button stays disabled until the name is different from the current one and not empty.

Click **Cancel** to close without saving.

## Change your email

The **Email address** field is read-only. You cannot change your email from account settings.

## Billing & subscription

Open **Billing & subscription** from the Account menu to:

- See your current plan and when it renews or ends.
- Click **Change plan** to open the plans dialog (**Upgrade your plan** on the free plan, **Change your plan** on a paid plan). See [Plans and plan limits](https://www.pactto.com/help/plans-and-limits.md).
- Click **Cancel plan** to cancel a paid plan. If you change your mind before the plan ends, click **Undo cancellation**.
- See your credit balance and **RECENT USAGE**. Click **View all** to see the full history, or **Buy credits** to add more.
- Click **Manage billing** under **Billing history** to open your invoices, receipts and payment method. Pactto keeps these in Stripe, and the link opens in a new tab. If you have never been charged, this card says there are no charges yet.

## Good to know

- On a phone, Account settings opens as a list of sections; tap one to open it full screen.
- To log out, open the Account menu and click **Log out**.

## Related guides

- [Change your name and photo](https://www.pactto.com/help/change-name-and-photo.md): Inside a room, open Device settings (the arrow next to the microphone button) to change your Display name and upload a profile image; outside a room, use Personal information in the Account menu.
- [Change your profile photo](https://www.pactto.com/help/profile-photo.md): Open the Account menu, go to Personal information, click Upload new, pick an image, adjust the crop and click Save.
- [Contact Pactto support](https://www.pactto.com/help/contact-support.md): Open Help & support (from the Account menu or the help button next to the zoom controls in a room), fill in Category, Subject and Details, attach screenshots if useful, and click Submit request.
- [Plans, upgrading and plan limits](https://www.pactto.com/help/plans-and-limits.md): Pactto has a Free plan and a Pro plan; when you hit a plan limit (rooms, storage, editors per room) Pactto tells you which one and whose plan sets it, and you can upgrade from Billing & subscription.
- [Log in and log out of Pactto](https://www.pactto.com/help/sign-in.md): Log in at live.pactto.com/login with Google or with your email and password; log out from the account menu on the Your Rooms page.
- [Reset a forgotten password](https://www.pactto.com/help/reset-password.md): Click Reset it. on the login page, enter your email, open the reset email, enter the code and choose a new password.
- [Use the Pactto CLI and create an API key](https://www.pactto.com/help/pactto-cli.md): The Pactto CLI lets Claude Code, Codex, scripts, and CI read and update your rooms from the terminal; create an API key in Account settings under API keys (CLI) (Pro plan), then follow the setup at pactto.com/cli.
- [Connect Claude or ChatGPT to Pactto (MCP server)](https://www.pactto.com/help/connect-ai-assistant-mcp.md): Add the Pactto MCP server URL (https://live.pactto.com/mcp) to Claude, ChatGPT, or another assistant as a custom connector, sign in, and click Allow; it needs the Pro plan.
