Sign up and manage your Postman account

Signing up for a Postman account enables you to begin collaborating with others from the outset. On paid plans, you can find discoverable teams you can join. Or you can continue building your free team, which you automatically get on sign-up. If you have more than one Postman account, you can link and switch between your accounts.

Learn more about account settings. Also, see more about installation options and settings.

Sign up for a Postman account

Before you sign up for a Postman account, either download and open the desktop app or go to the web app.

1. Begin your sign-up using one of the following options:

   • Email - Enter your email address and create a username and password, then select Create Free Account.

     You'll be asked to verify your account before you can use Postman. Enter the 6-digit verification sent to your email and select Verify Account. If you haven't received a verification code, you can select Resend verification code.

     If you experience verification issues, submit a help request.

   • GitHub - Select Sign up with GitHub to be redirected to the GitHub authorization page, where you can select an email associated with your GitHub account.

   • Google account - Select Sign Up with Google and follow the instructions.

   • SSO - Select Sign In with SSO if your organization has a team set up with single sign-on (SSO).

2. Select Create free account.

3. Add your name and role and let us know whether you've used Postman before, to help us customize your Postman experience. Select Continue.

Your new Postman profile will be visible to collaborators and anyone with access to the resources you share or publish. To learn more about your Postman profile and how to customize it, see Customize your Postman profile.

Join a team

If you sign up with your company email and your company has a Postman account with team discovery enabled, you'll get a list of teams you can join.

If you join a team or sign up for a Postman account through an invite, you will land on a team workspace. Learn more about workspaces.

If you're signing up with a Free or Basic plan, after you sign up, a team will be created for you. Then, you'll have the option to invite people to your team. Learn more about how to create a team and collaboration within teams.

Sign in to Postman

You can sign in to the Postman desktop app by selecting Sign In in the upper-right corner or by selecting Home in the upper-left corner, then Log In. You can also go to Postman's website and select Sign In in the upper-right corner of the page.

When you sign in using the Postman desktop app, the app will open a new screen that directs you to Sign in from your browser to continue. Your default browser will automatically open a webpage asking you to sign in to Postman. If your browser doesn't open within a few seconds, select either open it manually or copy the URL.

You can opt out of the sign-in process by selecting Skip and take me to Postman Desktop App.

Sign in to Postman in your browser by entering your account credentials or signing in with Google. If you're signing in to a Postman Enterprise team with single-sign on (SSO) enabled, opt to Sign in with SSO. To learn more, see Sign in to an SSO team.

If this is your first time signing in to Postman with SSO, you might need to link your account to Postman.

Select Stay signed in if you want to remain signed in until you are inactive for 30 days before being asked to re-authenticate. Clear this checkbox if you don't want to remain signed in on the computer you're working on. Note that Postman will prompt you to sign in again after 30 minutes.

Your team may have set up a maximum session duration for all team members. In that case, sessions will be revoked based on the team setting.

If you've set up two-factor authentication (2FA), Postman will prompt you to enter the verification code from your authenticator app and select Verify.

If you've lost access to your device and can't access your authenticator app, select Use a recovery code. If you've lost your recovery codes, email Postman support from a registered email address for help.

After you sign in, you will be redirected back to the Postman desktop app.

If you're a member of multiple Postman teams with varying authentication methods, you must sign in to those teams separately. To do so, select your avatar in the Postman header, then select the team to proceed.

You must complete the process of signing in within five minutes once you begin the process in the Postman desktop app. If you go beyond this time, you must return to the Postman desktop app and restart the sign in process.

Link your account to Postman

If you sign in to Postman with SSO for the first time, and use an email address associated with an existing account, you may need to link your identity provider (IdP) account to Postman. This is required if your email address doesn't use a domain or subdomain that your organization has verified.

To link your IdP account to Postman, do the following:

1. Sign in to Postman with SSO.
2. Enter your Postman account credentials, and then select Sign in to link your SSO account.

You only need to link your IdP account to Postman the first time you sign in with SSO.

Switch between accounts

You can sign in to multiple accounts at the same time in Postman. Select your avatar in the top right to switch between accounts or select + Add Account to sign in with another one.

Upgrade your account

If you have a free account, you can upgrade it by navigating to Postman and selecting Upgrade in the Postman header.

If you have a paid account, you can upgrade your Postman plan by navigating to your billing dashboard and selecting Edit Plan. To learn more about upgrading and managing your Postman plan, view the Billing guide.

The cost of your upgraded plan or additional seats will be prorated based on the time left in your team's current billing cycle. For more information, contact Postman's sales team.

Delete your account

Deleting your account is an irreversible operation. Any data synced to your account will be deleted and inaccessible.

You must leave all Postman teams that you're a member of prior to deleting your account. To do so, see Leave a team.

If you're a member of an Enterprise team with SCIM enabled, you must contact a Team Admin to remove your Postman account from that team.

Once you're no longer a member of any Postman team, you can permanently delete your Postman account in your account settings. Select your avatar in the Postman header, then select Settings > Account. Select Delete Account. Before deleting your account, Postman will prompt you to sign in again to confirm that you own the account.