Account, sign-in, and permissions

Your ShootCal account holds your appointments, clients, tasks, session types, booking settings, invoices, contracts, and payment history. You can use the studio without connecting Google or Microsoft.

Signing in and connecting a calendar

Signing in identifies your ShootCal account. On the website you can create and sign in to your account with your ShootCal email and password, or with a Google or Microsoft identity; a verified provider identity can use the account without adding a password first, and adding one stays optional unless a tool explicitly asks you to set one up. Connecting a calendar is a separate choice, with a separate provider consent screen. Using Google or Microsoft to identify yourself does not by itself give ShootCal calendar access or make that provider's mail your sender.

Open Settings → Account on the website to connect, reconnect, or disconnect one calendar provider: Google or Microsoft. The provider handles its own password and shows the requested permissions. Review that screen before continuing. Provider consent is managed on the website for the Apple and Android apps too.

What a calendar connection does

A calendar connection syncs ordinary appointment schedule fields and lets ShootCal check selected external calendars for busy time. It does not make Google Contacts your client database or Gmail your required sender. Clients and paperwork stay in ShootCal. See Calendar sync for the fields involved and what happens when a connection needs attention.

Older accounts may have granted additional Google permissions for contact import, an explicit one-time Google task import, or paperwork copies. Those are distinct features; they are not a reason to require Google for your ShootCal account. Review the permission shown for the specific action you choose. Google contact email matching is an optional import step.

Sign out or disconnect

Signing out ends the active ShootCal session. Disconnecting a provider stops calendar sync and external conflict checks. It does not delete your saved ShootCal appointments, clients, invoices, or contracts.

You can also revoke access in the provider's own account settings. If access expires or is revoked, return to Settings → Account to review the connection. An unavailable external calendar must not be treated as proof that a time is free.

Shared account tools

ShootCal, Galleries, and the Lightroom Classic plugin use your ShootCal account. Follow the sign-in options shown by each tool. For the plugin's current sign-in steps, see Lightroom Classic plugin.

See Privacy, data storage, and security for storage details. Keep your account email current and use the account's password and recovery controls when available.