# Add Auto Log Out Feature

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/add-auto-log-out-feature/46994>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/add-auto-log-out-feature/46994 "2022-08-17T02:39:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MattW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@MattW](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattW)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/add-auto-log-out-feature/46994/1 "2022-08-17T02:39:32Z")

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Please add an “auto logout” feature that allows an app to automatically log a user off after X amount of time of inactivity. For example, allow an app creator to choose when users should be automatically logged out after inactivity (such as 3 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, Never, etc.). This would be a great feature to add for security purposes. This could be an optional feature, just as there are options for signing on as displayed in the image below.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/b/4b8780f72f60f68b1cfffdc83f5b1d4b5025b07d.png)

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**Author:** ![MattW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@MattW](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattW)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/add-auto-log-out-feature/46994/2 "2022-08-17T02:40:19Z")

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I wasn’t able to post in the “Features Request” topic, so I am posting it here. Please help!

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**Author:** ![iamtomgray](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/iamtomgray/32/47662_2.png) [@iamtomgray](https://community.glideapps.com/u/iamtomgray)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/add-auto-log-out-feature/46994/3 "2022-08-17T20:22:23Z")

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Hi @MattW, good idea. Though this won’t be on our roadmap for a while.

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**Author:** ![iamtomgray](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/iamtomgray/32/47662_2.png) [@iamtomgray](https://community.glideapps.com/u/iamtomgray)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/add-auto-log-out-feature/46994/4 "2022-08-17T20:23:44Z")

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This is something that most smartphones provide natively: lock the screen after X minutes, etc.

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**Author:** ![MattW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@MattW](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattW)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/add-auto-log-out-feature/46994/5 "2022-08-18T02:27:19Z")

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Thanks for the reply @iamtomgray! It’s not as big of a deal on smartphones, but the app stays on computer web browsers forever (unless a user remembers to log out). The app we are working on is mainly used with computers, so having an auto logout feature is really important for security.