Updating your email address and preferences
Stay connected and in control by keeping your email address and notification settings current. This page explains how to update your contact email, manage your communication preferences, and unsubscribe from non-essential emails.
How to change your primary email address
To update the email address you use to log in and receive notifications:
Log in to your Loop account
Click your profile picture in the top-right corner
Select Settings & Privacy
Click the Email tab in the left-hand menu
Enter your new email address and click Add
Click Validate — a confirmation email will be sent
Open the validation email and click the link to confirm
Return to the settings page and click Make Primary next to your new address
Once completed, this new address becomes your login and primary contact email.
Registered with the wrong email?
If you made a mistake during registration, here’s how to fix it:
If you haven’t validated your email yet:
Contact Support to request account removal. You can then register again using the correct email address.
If you’ve already completed registration:
Log in with your existing credentials and follow the steps in Section 1 to add and switch to your correct email address.
How to manage your email preferences
You can choose which emails you receive from Frontiers and our publishing partners.
Personal notifications from Loop
Log in to your Loop account
Click your profile picture > Settings & Privacy
Select Email Preferences
Use the toggles under Milestones to adjust notifications (e.g. article updates, activity alerts)
How to manage your communications from Frontiers
You can access your email preferences through both My Frontiers and Loop.
Loop
Click on the three bars at the top of your Loop page
Go to Email preferences
Click Open access publishers
Click the box icon next to Frontiers
My Frontiers
Click on your icon at the right side of your My Frontiers page
Go to Settings
Go to Email preferences
Click Open access publishers
Click the box icon next to Frontiers
How to remove an email address
To remove a secondary email:
Go to the Email tab in your Loop settings
Click the trash icon next to the secondary email you want to remove
To remove your primary email:
Add and validate a new email address
Click Make Primary next to the new address
Then delete the previous primary email
You must have one active email address to keep your account functional.
Need help?
If you're unable to update your email or preferences, or if something doesn’t look right in your account, email our Support team.