Login Methods
Connect Google, Apple, and Microsoft to the same Wave account so any of them signs you in — and you never land in an empty second account.
Wave signs you in with Google, Apple, or Microsoft. Whichever one you tapped the first time is the account that holds your recordings — and by default, it's the only one that opens it. Connecting the others on the Login Methods screen means any of them gets you into the same library, from any device.
Why it's worth doing
The most common "all my recordings are gone" report isn't lost data. It's a second, empty account: you signed up on your phone with Apple, then later tapped Log in with Google on the web and landed somewhere new and empty. Both accounts are real, both are yours, and your sessions are sitting in the first one.
Connecting your logins removes that failure mode. Once Google, Apple, and Microsoft all point at one account, it doesn't matter which button you press. If you're already staring at an empty library, start with my recordings disappeared after I got a new phone.
Connect another login
You can connect from any device. The linking is stored on your account, not on the phone or browser you did it from.
What happens if you sign in with a provider you never connected
Wave tries to reunite you with your existing account rather than making a new one, as long as the two sign-ins carry the same email address.
- On the web, it's automatic. Wave asks you to sign in once with your original provider in a second popup, links the new one on, and drops you into your normal library.
- On your phone, Wave asks first: Account Already Exists tells you which provider that email is registered with and offers Sign In & Link. Tap it, sign in with the original provider, and the new login is attached.
Two situations break the match, and both end with a separate empty account instead:
- The emails genuinely differ (a work Microsoft address and a personal Gmail, say). Nothing links them automatically — connect them yourself from Login Methods, which works regardless of email.
- You used Sign in with Apple with Hide My Email, so Apple handed Wave a
privaterelay.appleid.comaddress that can't match anything. See Apple Private Relay.
Remove a login method
On the same screen, tap Remove (Disconnect on the web) next to a connected provider and confirm — "You'll no longer be able to sign in with Google. You can reconnect it anytime."
Wave never lets you remove the last one. If only one is connected, the remove control isn't shown at all, and trying anyway returns You must keep at least one login method.
FAQ
On the web the message reads "This Google account is already a separate Wave account. Sign in with Google instead to use it." That provider is signed up as its own Wave account with its own recordings, so Wave won't fold it into the one you're in — merging two populated accounts isn't something you can do yourself. Sign out and sign in with that provider to see what's in it, and contact support if the recordings you want are split across both.
No. Wave only signs you in through Google, Apple, or Microsoft — there's no Wave password to set or reset. Facebook sign-in was removed; if that's what you used, sign in with whichever of the three matches the email on your Facebook account.
On your phone, Settings shows a row under Account like "Signed in with Google" with the address attached. On the web, the Account tab shows it under Login, along with the note "Your login email cannot be changed." The web sign-in page also puts a Last used badge on the button you chose last time.
No. Connect once, anywhere, and every device honors it. See using Wave on multiple devices.
Was this article helpful?