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Control Center uses a 6-digit PIN on desktop, StartOS, and Umbrel. It stops anyone else on your computer or network from opening it.

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Set your PIN

Set up your PIN screen with six empty digit boxes

Enter 6 digits, then enter them again.

Save your PIN in a password manager.

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Unlock

Enter your PIN each time you open Control Center.
Enter your PIN screen with a Forgot PIN? link

Enter your PIN.

Wrong PIN? You get 5 tries. After that, you wait 30 seconds. Each further wrong try doubles the wait, up to 1 hour.

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When the app locks

  • You select the padlock icon at the top right.
  • You close the desktop window.
  • You reopen a closed tab, or duplicate a tab.
  • The app or server restarts. Everyone is signed out.
Reloading the page does not lock it. There is no idle timeout.

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Change your PIN

Open Settings → Security → Change PIN. Enter your current PIN, then the new one twice. Other tabs and browsers are signed out. On StartOS and Umbrel, Sign out everywhere signs out every browser at once.

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Forgot your PIN?

Select Forgot PIN? on the sign-in screen. Your accounts and history are kept on every platform.
  1. Select Reset PIN.
  2. Enter your computer’s administrator password when asked.
  3. The app restarts. Set a new PIN.