# Account Service

## Get Account

```http request
GET https://appwrite.io/v1/account
```

** Get currently logged in user data as JSON object. **

## Delete Account

```http request
DELETE https://appwrite.io/v1/account
```

** Delete a currently logged in user account. Behind the scene, the user record is not deleted but permanently blocked from any access. This is done to avoid deleted accounts being overtaken by new users with the same email address. Any user-related resources like documents or storage files should be deleted separately. **

## Update Account Email

```http request
PATCH https://appwrite.io/v1/account/email
```

** Update currently logged in user account email address. After changing user address, user confirmation status is being reset and a new confirmation mail is sent. For security measures, user password is required to complete this request. **

### Parameters

| Field Name | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| email | string | Email Address |  |
| password | string | User Password |  |

## Update Account Name

```http request
PATCH https://appwrite.io/v1/account/name
```

** Update currently logged in user account name. **

### Parameters

| Field Name | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| name | string | User name |  |

## Update Account Password

```http request
PATCH https://appwrite.io/v1/account/password
```

** Update currently logged in user password. For validation, user is required to pass the password twice. **

### Parameters

| Field Name | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| password | string | New password |  |
| old-password | string | Old password |  |

## Get Account Preferences

```http request
GET https://appwrite.io/v1/account/prefs
```

** Get currently logged in user preferences key-value object. **

## Update Account Prefs

```http request
PATCH https://appwrite.io/v1/account/prefs
```

** Update currently logged in user account preferences. You can pass only the specific settings you wish to update. **

### Parameters

| Field Name | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| prefs | string | Prefs key-value JSON object string. |  |

## Get Account Security Log

```http request
GET https://appwrite.io/v1/account/security
```

** Get currently logged in user list of latest security activity logs. Each log returns user IP address, location and date and time of log. **

## Get Account Active Sessions

```http request
GET https://appwrite.io/v1/account/sessions
```

** Get currently logged in user list of active sessions across different devices. **