How the management login works

A management login is optional. It lets you see how your document is doing and change its settings — for a limited time.

Step by step

1. Set it up when you upload. Open Management login & analytics on the upload form. Choose a username and a password (use Generate for a strong one) and keep the recommended option (the login lasts until 7 days after your document expires) or pick a shorter time.
2. Save your details. After the upload you’ll see a card with your Manage link, username, password and the expiry time. Copy them or use Download as text file. They are shown only once and can’t be recovered.
3. Sign in any time before it expires. Open the Manage link (it looks like https://pdfhost.si/manage/AbC123xYzQ) and enter your username and password.
4. Use your dashboard. View page views, previews, downloads, referrers, devices and countries; change expiry, download limit or download permission; export a PDF report; or delete the document.
5. Access ends automatically. By default 7 days after your document ends — never more than 37 days after it goes live — or earlier if you chose a shorter time. Then the username and password are deleted. After that you can no longer view analytics or change settings.

Good to know

• The share link (the one you give to recipients) is different from the Manage link (private, for you). Never send the Manage link to recipients.
• The share link keeps working until the document’s own expiry or download limit — it is not affected when your login ends.
• You can choose less time but never more. On the dashboard you can also shorten or end access early.
• Shorter fixed times count from the moment you upload, so they must reach your publish time if you schedule publishing. The recommended option always does.
• Download the PDF report before your access ends if you want to keep the numbers.
• Lost your password? We don’t store it in a readable form and can’t reset it. Upload the document again with a new login if you need one.

Where should I store my details?

A password manager is best. A private note or the downloaded text file also works — just keep it somewhere only you can open, and delete it when the login expires.

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