---
title: "Sign in"
description: "The four ways to sign in to Pyn, what happens after you do, and how long a session lasts."
sidebar:
  label: Overview
  order: 0
area: account
feature: sign-in
appPath: /sign-in
lastVerified: 2026-10-22
version: "2026-10-16"
audience: employee
related:
  - account/sign-in/sign-in-with-google-or-microsoft
  - account/sign-in/sign-in-with-a-magic-link
  - account/sign-in/sign-in-with-sso
  - account/sign-in/fix-a-sign-in-problem
  - integrations/sso
intercom:
  - id: "6002155"
    title: Sign into Pyn using Google or Microsoft (Pyn 1)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/6002155-sign-into-pyn-using-google-or-microsoft-pyn-1
    note: "Pyn 1 article, kept for reference"
  - id: "16729319"
    title: Sign into Pyn (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16729319-sign-into-pyn-pyn-2
  - id: "16838066"
    title: Enabling Single Sign On (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16838066-enabling-single-sign-on-pyn-2
---

The sign-in page at `/sign-in` offers four buttons. Each one proves you own an email address; Pyn then opens the workspaces that address is linked to. There is no password to set or remember.

![The sign-in page offers Google, Microsoft, a magic link and SSO.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/account/sign-in/account-sign-in-options.png)

## The four options

| Button | Who it is for | What happens |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Continue with Google** | Anyone whose work email is a Google Workspace account | Google asks you to choose an account, then returns you to Pyn. |
| **Continue with Microsoft** | Anyone whose work email is a Microsoft 365 or Entra account | Microsoft asks you to sign in, then returns you to Pyn. |
| **Continue with Magic Link** | Anyone, including addresses that are neither Google nor Microsoft | Pyn emails you a link. Opening it signs you in. |
| **Continue with SSO** | Companies whose IT team has connected Okta or another OpenID Connect provider | You enter your work email and Pyn sends you to your company's identity provider. |

Which option you use does not change what you can do once you are in. Pyn matches you by email address, so if you were invited as `jon@example.com`, any option that proves you own `jon@example.com` reaches the same workspace with the same role.

## What happens after you sign in

Pyn shows **Signing In** for a moment while it looks up your workspaces, then:

- **One workspace**: you land on [Home](https://support.pynhq.com/home/).
- **More than one**: you land on **Switch Workspace** and pick one. See [Switch workspace](https://support.pynhq.com/account/workspaces/switch-workspace/).
- **None**: you land on **Create a Workspace for your team**. See [Create a workspace](https://support.pynhq.com/account/workspaces/create-a-workspace/).

If someone invited you, the workspace is already linked to your email, so you land on Home and your status in **Settings**, **Current Users** changes from **Pending** to **Active**.

## How long you stay signed in

A session ends one day after you signed in, whether or not you kept using Pyn. After that the next page you open sends you back to the sign-in page. You can end a session earlier from the profile menu; see [Sign out](https://support.pynhq.com/account/sign-in/sign-out/).

## Pyn 1 (Classic)

The sign-in page ends with a line for people who still use the earlier product: "If you are a user of the Pyn "Outbox" product, you can log in at: Pyn Outbox." That link goes to `app.pynhq.com/outbox`, which is Pyn 1 (Classic), not the product described on this site.

## Related

- [Sign in with Google or Microsoft](https://support.pynhq.com/account/sign-in/sign-in-with-google-or-microsoft/) for the two one-click options.
- [Sign in with a magic link](https://support.pynhq.com/account/sign-in/sign-in-with-a-magic-link/) when your email is not a Google or Microsoft account.
- [Sign in with SSO](https://support.pynhq.com/account/sign-in/sign-in-with-sso/) when your company has connected its identity provider.
- [Fix a sign-in problem](https://support.pynhq.com/account/sign-in/fix-a-sign-in-problem/) for every message the sign-in page can show.
- [SSO](https://support.pynhq.com/integrations/sso/) for how an admin connects Okta or an OpenID Connect provider.

## Related Intercom articles

- [Sign into Pyn using Google or Microsoft (Pyn 1)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/6002155-sign-into-pyn-using-google-or-microsoft-pyn-1) — Pyn 1 article, kept for reference
- [Sign into Pyn (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16729319-sign-into-pyn-pyn-2)
- [Enabling Single Sign On (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16838066-enabling-single-sign-on-pyn-2)