How to edit Alternative ID

In this article, you will learn how to change your Alternative ID. 

You will need an active Sursfshark subscription in order to use Alternative ID. You can check subscription options on our pricing page.

If you have not set up an Alternative ID yet, check out our tutorial on how to do that.

NOTE: Once you generate a new Alternative email, the old one will not be accessible anymore. We highly recommend not using Alt email on accounts you constantly need. Generating a new Alt email will result in losing these accounts since the email will not be active anymore.

Edit your Alt persona 

On the browser extension

1. Open the Surfshark browser extension,  click on the Alternative ID tab, and click on the pencil icon next to the Alt persona:
   
   
    
2. Select your gender, age, country, and state, and click Confirm:
   
   
    

3. Tick the box Yes, I want to change my Alt persona and click Confirm:
   
   

On the web app

1. In your Surfshark account, go to the Alternative ID tab, scroll down, and click Change next to Alt persona:
   
   
    

2. Select your preferred details, and click Confirm:
   
   
    

3. Tick the box Yes, I want to create a new one and click Confirm:
    

   

    

On iOS

1. Launch the Surfshark application on your iOS device.
2. Tap the Antiscam tab located in the bottom navigation menu:
   
   
    
3. Tap the arrow next to Personal data masking:
   
   
    
4. Click on the pencil icon next to Alt Persona:
   
   
    
5. Scroll down, and click Change next to Alt persona:
   
   
    
6. Select your preferred details, and click Confirm changes:
   
   

Edit your Alt email

On the browser extension 

1. Open the Surfshark browser extension, click on the Alternative ID tab, and click on the pencil icon next to Alt email:
   
   
    

2. In the next window, you will be introduced to your alternative email. You can either keep the generated one or regenerate a different one. Once you are happy with your Alt email, click Confirm:
   
   
    

3. Tick the box Yes, I want to change my Alt email and click Confirm:
   
   

On the web app

1. Log into your account through the Surfshark login page. Then, go to  the Alternative ID tab, and click Manage under Alt email:
   
   
    

2. Here, you can either keep the generated one or regenerate a different one. You can customize your Alt email's generation by selecting Edit manually. 
   
   Here, you can also Pause the email's activity (the email will no longer forward any incoming emails to your linked email's inbox) or Delete it. You can do the same for any of the Alt emails in use. 
   
   Once you are happy with the changes made, click Confirm changes:
   
   
    

3. If you have Regenerated the Alt email, you will get a confirmation box. Tick Yes, I want to create a new one and click Create:
   
   

On iOS

1. Launch the Surfshark application on your iOS device.
2. Tap the Antiscam tab located in the bottom navigation menu:
   
   
    
3. Tap the arrow next to Personal data masking:
   
   
    
4. Tap the email tab at the top:
   
   
    
5. Tap the pencil icon:
   
   
    
6. Select Manage:
   
   
    
7. You can keep the generated Alt email, regenerate a new one, or select Edit manually to customize it.
   
   You also have the option to pause email forwarding or delete the address entirely. These actions are available for all your Alt emails.
   
   When you are finished, click Confirm changes to save:
   
   

You may also be interested in:

• What is Alternative ID?
• How to set up Alternative ID
• How to use Alternative ID