Genius Scan
  • Getting Started
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Genius Scan at a glance
      • Scan documents
      • Take quality scans
      • Quick edit actions
  • Document Management
    • Viewing & Editing Documents
      • Edit, crop and rotate a scan
      • Renaming documents
      • Change a document's page size
      • Delete a document
      • Delete a page
      • Sign and annotate your scans
      • Set up a default filter
    • Organizing Documents
      • Sorting documents
      • Tagging documents and managing tags
      • Create and manage folders
      • Select multiple documents
      • Search your documents
    • Managing Multi-Page Documents
      • Select multiple pages
      • Adding pages to an existing document
      • Merging and splitting documents
      • Reordering pages
      • Moving pages between documents
    • Text Recognition / OCR
      • Enable text recognition
      • Copy text of my scans
      • Search scans with their content
      • Scan and extract a business card
      • Apply Text Recognition on all your old documents
    • Importing pictures and files
      • Import pictures and files (PDF, JPEG...)
      • Import Word, Excel, Web Documents
  • Exporting & Sharing
    • Export Formats & Options
      • Export Scans as PDF
      • Export Scans as JPEG
      • Export Scans as Text
      • Adjusting export settings
    • Export Destination & Shortcuts
      • Manual export instructions
      • Share a document by email
      • Update the email used to export a document
      • Configuring export shortcuts
      • Auto-export rules and configuration
      • Check a document's export history
      • Verify if your documents have been backed up
      • Automatically delete a document after export
    • Service-Specific Guides
      • Export to another app
      • Export to WhatsApp
      • Export via WebDAV
      • Export via FTP
      • Export to the photo gallery
      • Export to Canvas
      • Export via SFTP/FTPS
      • Export to a computer
      • Export to your device memory
      • Export to QuickBooks Online
      • Print documents
    • Expense Reports
      • Set up expense report
      • Generate an expense report
  • Cloud Storage & Backup
    • Back up Overview
    • Built-in Cloud Overview
      • Synchronization & Backup
      • Offloading documents
      • How documents sync across devices automatically
      • Search and filter documents
      • Resolving synchronisation conflicts ⚠️
    • Manual Back-up
    • Transfer Documents to a New Device
  • Subscription, Plans & Account Management
    • Plan Details & Comparison
      • How to subscribe to an advanced plan
      • What happens when my subscription expires?
      • What plan do I have?
      • Cancel your subscription
      • Upgrade or downgrade my subscription
      • Get a receipt from your purchase history
      • Ask for a refund
      • Share my purchase with my family
    • Account Management
      • Create your account
      • Delete your account
      • Update your email address
      • Reset your password
    • Buying Multiple Licenses Online
      • Buy licenses online
      • Manage your licenses
      • Manage billing information
      • Understand pricing & renewal
  • Security & Privacy
    • Document Protection
    • Privacy & Security Overview
    • Privacy Policy
  • Advanced & Developer Resources
    • Genius Scan SDK
    • Configure Genius Scan with a MDM
    • Launch Genius Scan from another app (Developers Guide)
  • Other topics
    • Accessibility Features
    • Troubleshooting & FAQ
      • Troubleshoot Scanning
        • Better automatic document detection
        • How to remove shadows from my scans?
        • My scans are upside down, how can I fix that?
        • What is the DPI of my Scans?
        • How to disable the shutter sound?
        • The camera doesn't work
      • Troubleshooting Email Problems
        • Emails are not sending, or your recipient receives them after a long time
        • The Send button is inactive when I try to email a scanned document
        • An error message tells me my email is not configured
        • I receive multiple emails from Genius Scan
        • I can't send an email on Android
      • I thought I signed up for an account but I can't log in anymore
      • How to recover lost or deleted documents?
      • Genius Scan is taking too much space, what can I do?
      • How to improve the quality of Text Recognition?
      • How to fix the Genius Scan iCloud Drive folder not appearing?
      • Genius Scan is stuck updating
      • How to restore the purchase of the Genius Scan premium features?
      • Why isn't Text Recognition running?
      • How to change Genius Scan's language?
    • Known Issues
      • Send a bug or crash report
      • Scans are blurry on iPhone 15
      • Unable to log in to Expensify
      • Unable to log in to Evernote
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  • Why you may not have an account despite having used Genius Scan in the past:
  • If you still believe that you have an account, check your credentials
  • But I know I had an account! I had documents in Genius Scan!
  • But I subscribed to Genius Scan Ultra.
  • What can I do if I have no account?
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  2. Troubleshooting & FAQ

I thought I signed up for an account but I can't log in anymore

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When you attempt to log in to a Genius Cloud account, you get an error message telling you that this account doesn't exist:

This means your email and/or password are invalid, or you don't have an account.

Why you may not have an account despite having used Genius Scan in the past:

  • ⚠️ Genius Scan offers an account-free experience by default. Your documents are stored locally on your device but are not saved into any cloud account.

  • ⚠️ Even if you purchased additional features, this did not necessarily create an account for you. To have an account, you must have explicitly created a Genius Cloud account (available only as part of the Genius Scan Ultra subscription).

If you still believe that you have an account, check your credentials

  • If we find your account, you will receive an email with a link to reset your password.

  • If you see the following message or don't receive any email to recover your password, this means that there isn't any account associated with this email address. Try any alternative emails that you may have used. If you keep seeing this message, this means that you don't have an account:

But I know I had an account! I had documents in Genius Scan!

Because Genius Scan offers an account-free experience by default, you may have used Genius Scan and scanned tons of documents without an "account." Your documents were just stored locally on your device.

If you deleted the app and reinstalled it or changed devices without transferring the data between your devices, you may have lost your documents.

But I subscribed to Genius Scan Ultra.

Subscribing to Genius Scan Ultra allows you to create a Genius Cloud account but doesn't do so automatically. You still need to create your Genius Cloud account manually. If you have not created your Genius Cloud account while subscribing to Genius Scan Ultra, you can still create one by tapping the sync button at the top of Genius Scan's main screen.

What can I do if I have no account?

Try :

If you are trying to recover your documents, there are a few solutions that you can find in the following tutorial: Otherwise, it's OK not to have an account. You can use Genius Scan without an account, even if we recommend getting a Genius Cloud account for safety and peace of mind.

resetting your password
I lost all my documents. How can I recover them?
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