Your account

This is the Account Settings screen — where your login details live. If you clicked the ”?” on the settings screen, you’re in the right place. Here you change your username, email, and password, handle Google sign-in, and get to 2FA.

The screen has three blocks, top to bottom:

• Login Details — username, email, password, and Connected Accounts.
• Security and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).
• Privacy & Data — export your data and delete your account.

You have to be logged in

Without a login, the screen shows nothing but “Log in to access settings.” Sign in and come back.

Every confirmation shows up as a floating notice at the top of the screen. If you don’t see anything happen, the notice already disappeared — there’s no permanent “saved successfully” message on the screen.

Changing your username

Your username is how people find you on the platform. It’s the only thing on this screen you change without typing a password.

1. Click Change Username.
2. Type the new one in the field (the placeholder shows @username).
3. Wait half a second: Available (green) or Unavailable (red) shows up.
4. Click Save Username.

If it says Unavailable and you try to save anyway, the app warns you: “This username is already taken.” Pick another one.

Your username gets cleaned up automatically

The system tidies up whatever you type before saving, and it doesn’t tell you it did: it strips accents (André becomes andre), strips the @ if you type one, lowercases everything, and only accepts letters, numbers, dots, dashes, and underscores. If nothing is left after that cleanup, the change fails. Once you save, take a look at how it came out.

Changing your email

Right below the username, the app shows you your current email.

1. Click Change Email.
2. Fill in New email address.
3. Fill in Current Password — the password is required here.
4. Click Save Email.

If you leave either field blank, the app asks: “Please fill in all fields.” When it works, you’ll see “Details updated successfully.”, the form closes, and your session carries on with the new email — no need to log back in.

Both emails get the alert

When you change it, we send a security alert (“Your FindMyGig account email was changed”) to both the new address and the old one. That way, if it wasn’t you, whoever owns the old email finds out right away.

Two messages still show up in English (that’s expected, not something wrong with your account):

• “Incorrect current password” — the current password you typed is wrong.
• “Email taken” — that email is already in use by another account.

Changing your password

1. Click Change Password.
2. Fill in Current Password, New Password, and Confirm New Password (each field has an eye icon so you can check what you typed).
3. Click Update Password.

If the new password and the confirmation don’t match, the app warns you: “The passwords don’t match.” Blank field: “Please fill in all fields.”

Breached passwords get blocked

We check your new password against public breach databases. If it has already shown up in a known leak, the change doesn’t go through and you’ll see: “This password has appeared in known data breaches. Choose a different password.” It doesn’t mean your account was breached — it means that password is too well-known and already sits on the lists attackers run through. Make up a different one.

The advice on the screen itself is the right one: a long, random password. After the change, you get an email letting you know (“Your FindMyGig account password was changed”).

Google sign-in (Connected Accounts)

Still inside Login Details, the Connected Accounts block has a single row: Google. It shows Google Account Linked or Google Account Not Linked, with a toggle beside it — teal when it’s on, gray when it isn’t.

Google is the only one here. There’s no Apple linking on this screen.

Linking

Flip the toggle on, pick your Google account in the popup, and that’s it.

Linking Google changes your email

When you link, your FindMyGig account email becomes the email of the Google account you picked. That’s why the notice says “Google account linked successfully! Your email has been updated.” If you use one email on FindMyGig and a different one on Google, it’s worth knowing this before you flip the toggle.

If it fails, the message comes in English: “This Google account is already linked to another profile.” or “The email from this Google account is already used by another profile.”

Unlinking

Flip the toggle off and the Unlink Google Account window opens. It asks for one single field: a New Password (8 characters minimum). Then click Confirm Unlink.

Here’s the thinking: if you got into FindMyGig through Google only, you don’t have a password of your own — so removing Google without creating one would lock you out. That’s why the password comes bundled into the same step.

Unlinking always overwrites your password

This window is the same for everyone, and it doesn’t ask for your current password. Meaning: even if you already have a password, whatever you type there becomes your new password, replacing the old one. If you just want to drop Google and keep your usual password, there’s no way to do that — so type a password you’ll remember.

When it works, you’ll see “Google account unlinked successfully.” and you stay logged in.

If you signed up with Google only and never created a password

Notice that changing your email, changing your password, and deleting your account all ask for your current password. If you never created one, there’s nothing to type in those fields. The way to get a password of your own is exactly the Unlink Google Account flow above — it creates your native password and drops the Google link in one move.

Where 2FA lives

Scroll down a bit: the Security and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) block sits right below Login Details, on this same screen. There’s no separate page — when the wallet tells you to “Set up 2FA”, it drops you exactly here.

The step by step (QR code, manual key, 6-digit code) is all in the dedicated article: Enabling two-factor verification (2FA).

Disabling 2FA takes two things

To remove 2FA, we ask for your current password + a valid code from your authenticator app. That way, someone who gets hold of your open session can’t take down your protection.

Privacy & Data

The last block on the screen.

Export My Data

Click Export JSON and your browser downloads the file findmygig_data_export.json with a copy of the personal data FindMyGig stores about you (it’s your right under Brazil’s LGPD, Art. 18, V). You’ll see “Download started!” and the file lands in your downloads folder.

Delete My Account

It’s in the red box at the very bottom. It’s permanent: your personal data is anonymized and the account is deactivated. Bookings and financial records stay on file for audit purposes.

1. Click I want to delete my account.
2. Type Your current password in the field that opens.
3. Click Delete permanently.

When it works, you’re logged out immediately and land on the home page.

The account won’t go if anything is still open

If you have active bookings, open projects (as a freelancer or as a client), or a wallet balance, the deletion is blocked — and the message comes in English (ACTIVE_BOOKINGS, ACTIVE_ORDERS, WALLET_BALANCE). Close out whatever is open and withdraw your balance before trying again. And if your account is Google-only, with no password of your own, the deletion won’t go through either: create a password first through Unlink Google Account.

Related

• Enabling two-factor verification (2FA)
• Your money’s security
• Creating your account and profile