# "Email login" in application instances. What does it do?

**URL:** <https://www.five.org/t/email-login-in-application-instances-what-does-it-do/137>\
**Category:** How do I?\
**Created:** [November 18, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://www.five.org/t/email-login-in-application-instances-what-does-it-do/137 "2022-11-18T09:43:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Collins\_1760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Collins\_1760](https://www.five.org/u/Collins_1760)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://www.five.org/t/email-login-in-application-instances-what-does-it-do/137/1 "2022-11-18T09:43:03Z")

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There’s a button in instances that says “email login”. Could you explain what this is?

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**Author:** ![Jo-Anne](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.five.org/jo-anne/32/45_2.png) [@Jo-Anne](https://www.five.org/u/Jo-Anne)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://www.five.org/t/email-login-in-application-instances-what-does-it-do/137/2 "2022-11-21T00:57:04Z")

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Hi Collins\_1760,

When you create a multiuser application, by default, a user for your application will log in with their username and password. Please see the image below.

![sign-in](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/five/original/1X/ba125494bb09cc92dfaf4de80181c73e28becc96.png)

If you make the Email Login switch true, instead of a user for your application using their username and password to log in, they will use their email and password. Please see the image below.

![sign-in-email](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/five/original/1X/ef0d514190cc2b4be4b575b95039082049bfa8c1.png)

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**Author:** ![Collins\_1760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Collins\_1760](https://www.five.org/u/Collins_1760)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://www.five.org/t/email-login-in-application-instances-what-does-it-do/137/3 "2022-11-23T02:34:22Z")

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Awesome! Thanks for getting back on that, I’ll try it on Five.

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**Author:** ![Jo-Anne](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.five.org/jo-anne/32/45_2.png) [@Jo-Anne](https://www.five.org/u/Jo-Anne)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.five.org/t/email-login-in-application-instances-what-does-it-do/137/4 "2022-11-27T23:12:33Z")

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You’re Collins\_1760!