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id: KB-PS-021
url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/getting-started/do-i-have-to-create-an-account
idioma: en
categoria: primeros-pasos
audiencia: usuario
nivel: basico
actualizado: 2026-08-13
tambienEn: [es, de, zh, fr, pt]
relacionados: [KB-TL-003, KB-TL-021, KB-PS-022]
citadoPor: [KB-PS-023]
---

# Do I have to create an account?

_To answer a request or sign, no. An account is only needed if you are the one doing the asking._

**Responde a:** do i need to register to upload a document · do i need an account to sign · do i need a username to reply · can i respond without signing up

**No, if all you are doing is responding.** Uploading the documents you were asked for, or signing something, happens from the link you received — no username, no password, nothing to install.

## When an account is needed and when it is not

| What you are doing | Account? |
| --- | --- |
| Uploading documents you were asked for | No |
| Signing a document sent to you | No |
| Viewing evidence or verifying a document | No |
| **Asking others for documents yourself** | **Yes** |

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **If a screen asks you to create an account in order to answer a request, something is off: stop and check where that link came from.** The normal path for a responder involves no sign-up at all. It is also one of the most useful signals for telling a legitimate request from an attempted scam.

## What you will be asked for

**En corto**

- Confirming it is you, usually with a code sent to your email or phone.
- That is not registering: it is checking once that the right person opened the link.
- And it creates no account and leaves you signed in to nothing afterwards.

> [!WARNING]
> A reasonable worry worth clearing up: **having no account does not mean nothing is recorded**. What you upload is logged — what, when and through which link — and that is precisely what protects both sides when someone later says «I did send that». No user account is convenience for you, not absence of a trail.

**What if I want to see later what I sent?**

Ask whoever requested it. While the link is live you can sometimes go back in.

**Will you send me marketing?**

Answering a request signs you up to nothing.

**Can I open it on my phone?**

Yes, and most people do: the link works the same.

## Ejemplos

**A supplier receives the request and spends half an hour looking for where to register.**

- Goes straight in through the link and uploads the documents

→ The reply arrives the same day instead of waiting on a sign-up that does not exist.

**A screen asks them to create an account to «access the documents».**

- Stops, checks where the link came from and calls their contact

→ A link that did not follow the normal path is discarded before any details are entered.

**A supplier saves the link and months later wants to get back in.**

- Asks whoever sent it for a fresh link

→ Access expires by design rather than staying open forever.

**A company wants its supplier to have a user account to see the history.**

- Grants portal access if it is genuinely needed

→ Answering once is kept distinct from working inside.

**Somebody forwards the link to a colleague so they can upload instead.**

- Checks first that it may be shared within their company

→ Whoever holds the document uploads it without breaking the trail.

**A signer believes they need to install something to sign.**

- Signs from the browser, with nothing to install

→ The signature is resolved there and then, from any device.

**A link arrives and it is unclear whether it is legitimate.**

- Checks with the known contact before opening it

→ Verification happens through a channel other than the link itself.