# Avoid pin

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/avoid-pin/10879
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [June 15, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/avoid-pin/10879 "2020-06-15T00:35:23Z")
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### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/avoid-pin/10879/3 "2020-06-15T01:16:58Z")

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Just in case you were talking about using public with email without a pin and without signing in through Google…

> [@PIN request](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pin-request/10310/5):
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> First of all, a public app should never be asking for an email unless a user explicitly clicked on the sign in button in the menu. Second, it is normal behavior for any sign in, whether it’s the sign in button on a public app or a sign in on an app that’s set to public with email or whitelist, to require a pin. It has always been this way and the pin is there to ensure that there is no unauthorized use of someone else’s email. I wouldn’t want someone to sign into an app using my email without…

If you don’t want to deal with a pin, you can use @ThinhDinh’s suggestion or switch your app to public or password. The only this is you will lose some features that require an authenticated signed in user.

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