# Please let us use our passwords **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** website, new\ **Created:** [August 5, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353 "2026-08-05T08:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theanishmistry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/theanishmistry/32/51865_2.png) [@theanishmistry](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/theanishmistry)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/1 "2026-08-05T08:37:46Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/a/e/aecc189297f9c6de07e514432a52ecfa7ed83790.png) Why can’t I just use my password? I mean, it’s not banking or anything sensitive, so there should be an option for this enhanced security MFA/2FA is the worst #### ---
**Author:** ![JerramieMcgough](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/jerramiemcgough/32/56653_2.png) [@JerramieMcgough](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/JerramieMcgough)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/2 "2026-08-05T22:49:44Z")
Agreed getting tired of having to go to my email. Then there’s the ppl who have aol or yahoo emails that were not receiving the email, so they couldn’t login. ---
**Author:** ![spynotebook](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/spynotebook/32/20782_2.png) [@spynotebook](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/spynotebook)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/3 "2026-08-05T23:16:59Z")
I agree so much. It is such a pain to have to check email every time. ---
**Author:** ![dgw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/dgw/32/56624_2.png) [@dgw](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/dgw)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/4 "2026-08-06T02:56:47Z")
Would be _very slightly_ less obnoxious if I could at least link an Apple or Google account to my existing profile. Seems that an email code is now, and forever, the only option for me. And I keep getting signed out at least once a week on every device (phone/tablet/laptop/PC) ---
**Author:** ![llima27](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/llima27/32/56943_2.png) [@llima27](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/llima27)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/6 "2026-08-06T15:33:35Z")
I had to check my email to click on ME TOO… ---
**Author:** ![ekoegl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/ekoegl/32/19985_2.png) [@ekoegl](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/ekoegl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/7 "2026-08-06T17:54:56Z")
Just adding my voice to this. Having to get an email link literally every other time I try to access the site is incredibly annoying. It would be fine if it retained the log in for longer (e.g. don’t ask me again for 30 days) but right now it’s a major inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![Hank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/hank/32/57650_2.png) [@Hank](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Hank)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/9 "2026-08-07T18:34:27Z")
I agree. I don’t ever use those sign in with Google or Apple options. Never have, never will. Let me use the password I have set or implement passkeys. Also agree with the comment above about getting signed out on the web after a couple days. Why? ---
**Author:** ![RandyH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/randyh/32/49867_2.png) [@RandyH](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/RandyH)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/10 "2026-08-09T16:01:38Z")
I agree. Just let us use our passwords and stay logged in for at least a week. ---
**Author:** ![otakunet21](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/otakunet21/32/53600_2.png) [@otakunet21](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/otakunet21)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/11 "2026-08-09T20:23:03Z")
do you clear your browser cache or cookies often? i stay logged in for months at a time. only recently did it log me out unexpectedly ---
**Author:** ![lasnches\_12e97e](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/lasnches_12e97e/32/19985_2.png) [@lasnches\_12e97e](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/lasnches_12e97e)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/12 "2026-08-09T20:48:51Z")
I stayed logged in, it now has kicked me out and the mail option creates a new account even if the mail is the only one I have received any trakt emails (tried all my mails - they all create new acc), so now I can’t even log into my acc… (browser still has acc+pass saved …) ---
**Author:** ![RandyH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/randyh/32/49867_2.png) [@RandyH](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/RandyH)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/13 "2026-08-09T21:36:20Z")
The site has logged me out every few days since the update to V3. It is a pain in the butt to get back in. It used to keep me logged in for months as long as I went on the site regularly–at least once per week. One of the many issues I have with the new version. ---
**Author:** ![Seerjo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/seerjo/32/52701_2.png) [@Seerjo](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Seerjo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/14 "2026-08-10T00:37:42Z")
It feels like a constant reminder of how much you care about the user experience. not even passkeys at least. i keep getting signed out on firefox and i never clear cookies. ---
**Author:** ![jasm24](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/jasm24/32/49867_2.png) [@jasm24](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/jasm24)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/15 "2026-08-10T00:52:00Z")
Agree, please let’s have another secure method This one is uncomfortable Thanks ---
**Author:** ![The\_Argentinian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/the_argentinian/32/50275_2.png) [@The\_Argentinian](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/The_Argentinian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/16 "2026-08-10T02:08:02Z")
Another vote for a passkey if you _must_ move on from passwords. ---
**Author:** ![dgw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/dgw/32/56624_2.png) [@dgw](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/dgw)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/17 "2026-08-10T04:59:23Z")
Same here, V2 would keep me logged in for ages but V3 (especially since V2 got killed off for good) won’t consistently remember my login. Again… wouldn’t be _as_ annoying if we had the old credential-based login system! ---
**Author:** ![theanishmistry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/theanishmistry/32/51865_2.png) [@theanishmistry](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/theanishmistry)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/21 "2026-08-10T11:21:39Z")
It’s terrible UX, adding extra steps to do the same function. Before it was: 1. Type email address 2. Type password 3. Press Enter/click Submit 4. Trakt away If you use 1Password/LastPass/Password manager, then you don’t even need steps 1 and 2 Now If using code: 1. Enter email address 2. Press “email link” 3. Log in to email/switch to email tab 4. Press refresh (if email isn’t there) 5. Open email 6. Copy the code 7. Switch back to the tab you were in 8. Paste 9. Press Enter/Submit 10. Trakt away If using “magic” link 1. Enter email address 2. Press “email link” 3. Log in to email/switch to email tab 4. Press refresh (if email isn’t there) 5. Open email 6. Click the link 7. Tab opens with Track 8. Switch back to the tab you were on 9. Close the tab 10. Switch back to the tab the email sent you to 11. Trakt away If you’re pro “magic” link, then it should be OPTIONAL ---
**Author:** ![Chat-mots](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/chat-mots/32/54094_2.png) [@Chat-mots](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Chat-mots)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/22 "2026-08-10T11:23:52Z")
Please allow for both password or email magic-link! I don’t know the proportion of people on Trakt using password managers, but with one email magic-link is really a chore. Don’t remove the password ;-; Maybe TOTP 2fa or email magic-link if people want more security ? ---
**Author:** ![dgw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/dgw/32/56624_2.png) [@dgw](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/dgw)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/23 "2026-08-10T14:22:24Z")
Passkeys (though I don’t like them for other reasons) are less inconvenient than email links/codes. Still, we _had_ perfect credential-based login. I think the real reason is Trakt doesn’t want to be responsible for storing passwords any more—which, y’know, fair with all the hackers out there looking for databases to steal. But it still sucks to go backwards in UX on logins _too_, on top of everything else in v3 ---
**Author:** ![saltferry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/saltferry/32/57214_2.png) [@saltferry](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/saltferry)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/24 "2026-08-10T17:55:58Z")
There was a long old thread about this issue ([https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-dont-force-us-to-log-in-using-apple-google-or-magic-links/44569](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-dont-force-us-to-log-in-using-apple-google-or-magic-links/44569)) but it seems to have been deleted for some reason. Based on what I remember from that deleted thread, the username/password system is not coming back. But support for passkeys is in progress according to the roadmap. That will make signing in much more convenient for us with password managers. ![bild](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/7/d/7d1d3bf52d4e4d065ec8879b16946077e893b375.png) ---
**Author:** ![saltferry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/saltferry/32/57214_2.png) [@saltferry](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/saltferry)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/25 "2026-08-10T18:13:59Z")
The email based solution has UX issues, as clearly described by @theanishmistry in [this comment](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353/21). If someone gets access to my email account, they can sign in to every service that uses email codes/magic links. You should not have to rely on another system to be able to sign in to the service. The email with the sign in code/magic link might fail to be generated or fail to be sent from Trakt, and even if it is sent, there’s no guarantee that it will be delivered to my inbox. Or my email provider might have some issues, causing downtime in their service and stopping me from even accessing my email. The only fallback right now is to use an Apple or Google account, which not everybody have, or want to have, or don’t want to use for the purpose of signing in to Trakt. Luckily, as I mentioned in my other reply, support for passkeys is on the way, so this should hopefully not be an issue for much longer. [Next page](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/please-let-us-use-our-passwords/120353.md?page=2)