# Accounts and sign-in

> Create a MyBuildX account, pick your role during setup, sign in with a password, an email code, or Google, and use the same account in BuildX Studio.

Source: https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/start/accounts/

Your BuildX account lives at mybuildx.com. One account signs you in to MyBuildX (the contractor workspace) and to BuildX Studio (studio.mybuildx.com). buildx.pro has no accounts of its own.

## What you can do

- Create an account at https://mybuildx.com/sign-up with an email code, **Continue with Google**, or a password.
- Sign in at https://mybuildx.com/sign-in with **Sign in with Google**, **Password**, or **Code to email**.
- Pick your role in **Set up your account**: **General Contractor**, **Subcontractor**, **Supplier**, or **Customer**.
- Use the same account in BuildX Studio.
- Ask for your account to be deleted by email.

## Create an account

1. Go to https://mybuildx.com/sign-up (**Create your My BuildX account**).
2. Choose one way in:
   - Enter your email, press **Send code**, type the 6-digit code, then **Create account**.
   - Press **Continue with Google**.
   - Under **or use a password**, enter your name, email and a password of at least 8 characters, then **Create account**.
3. You land on **Set up your account**.

Creating an account means you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy linked on the page. If the page says **Self-serve sign-up is paused**, use **Code to email** on the sign-in page instead: it creates your account the first time you verify a code.

## Set up your account

Setup has three steps. You must finish it before the dashboard opens.

1. **Pick a role.** General Contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, or Customer. The role decides which pages you see.
2. **Add details.**
   - **Business name** (or **Your name** for customers), required.
   - **Phone (optional)**.
   - **City**, required. Pick it from the suggestions.
   - **Service radius (miles)** for contractors and subs, 1 to 250.
   - **Main trade** (contractors), **Primary category** (suppliers), or **Project type** (customers), required.
   - **Specialties (optional)** and **Also take work in (optional)** for contractors and subs.
3. **Review and finish.** Check the summary, complete the verification check, and press **Finish & go to dashboard**.

You can change these details later in [Settings](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/account/settings.md). For contractor, sub and supplier accounts, the setup screen notes that your profile will show on contractorsnearme.ai and contractor.id. It goes public only after you publish it (see [Directory profile](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/directory-profile.md)).

## Sign in

1. Go to https://mybuildx.com/sign-in.
2. Pick a method:
   - **Sign in with Google**.
   - **Password**: works only for an account that already has a password.
   - **Code to email**: enter your email, press **Send code**, then **Verify code**. Codes expire in 10 minutes. Press **Resend code** if one doesn't arrive.

## Roles

| Role | What you get |
|---|---|
| General Contractor | The full workspace: Leads, Inbox, Bid Invites, Bid Board, Jobs, Estimates, Invoices, Takeoff, Reviews, Analytics. |
| Subcontractor | Inbox, Jobs, Estimates, Takeoff, Portal, Videos. No Leads, Bid Invites, Bid Board, Invoices or Reviews. See [Subs: getting started](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/getting-started.md). |
| Supplier | Home, Settings and Help. Supplier tools aren't available yet. See [Suppliers: getting started](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/suppliers/getting-started.md). |
| Customer | Home, Portal, Plans, Settings and Help. |

Every role has Home, Settings and Help. You choose your role during setup. There's no button to switch to a different role afterward. If your account holds more than one role, the menu at the top of the sidebar lists them under **Your roles**.

## Use the same account in Studio

BuildX Studio at https://studio.mybuildx.com signs you in with your MyBuildX account. From MyBuildX, **Open in Studio** on the [Takeoff](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/takeoff.md) page takes you there already signed in. See [Getting into Studio](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/getting-in.md).

## Delete your account

Deletion is by email request. The steps are on https://mybuildx.com/delete-account:

1. Email legal@mybuildx.com from your account email.
2. Use the subject **Delete my MyBuildX account**.
3. Say whether you're deleting your own login or a whole company workspace you created.

BuildX replies within 2 business days. After deletion starts, you have 7 days to sign back in and cancel it. Any active subscription is cancelled.

## Good to know

- Changing your email in **Settings → Account** sends a confirmation link to the new address. The new email takes effect when you open that link.
- There's no phone number sign-in.

## Related

- [Plans and pricing](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/start/plans-and-pricing.md)
- [Settings](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/account/settings.md)
- [Home](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/home.md)