> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.timetracker.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Switching workspaces

> How to move between the TimeTracker workspaces you belong to, what happens when you belong to only one, and why your role can differ in each.

You can belong to as many workspaces as you like with one login. An agency and a
side business. Your own company and a client's, if they invited you.

Your identity is the same everywhere. Your **role is not**.

## The space picker

When you sign in, TimeTracker works out where to send you.

| Situation                                 | What happens                                    |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| You belong to **one** workspace           | You go straight in. No picker.                  |
| You belong to **several**                 | You see the picker and choose.                  |
| You were removed from the one you were in | You see the picker, with a note explaining why. |

The picker lives at `/spaces`. You can return to it any time to change workspace.

<Note>
  If the destination is unambiguous, TimeTracker skips the picker entirely. Belonging
  to one workspace should not cost you a click every morning.
</Note>

## Switching inside the app

Use the workspace switcher in the sidebar. Pick another workspace and you land in it,
with that workspace's data, that workspace's settings and **your role there**.

Nothing carries across. A timer running in one workspace is not running in the other.

## Your role can differ in each

This is the part that surprises people.

Maya is the **Owner** of Northwind Studio. She is also a **Member** of a client's
workspace, because they invited her to track time on a joint project.

Same login. Same name and avatar. Completely different permissions on each side.

So if a feature is missing after you switch, check your role in *that* workspace
before assuming something is broken. See
[roles and permissions](/concepts/roles-and-capabilities).

## Team member or client contact?

There are two very different ways to be in a workspace.

|                 | Internal member                    | Client contact                |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Who             | Your team                          | Someone at a client company   |
| Roles           | Owner through Contractor           | **Client**                    |
| Where they land | The full product, filtered by role | The client portal             |
| What they see   | Their workspace's work             | Only their own company's work |

TimeTracker knows which you are and sends you to the right place automatically. A
client contact never lands in the internal app, and cannot reach it by editing the
URL.

See [what clients can see](/portal/what-clients-can-see).

<Tip>
  It is possible to be both – a colleague at one company and a client contact at
  another. The picker shows both, and each takes you to the right kind of screen.
</Tip>

## What is shared and what is not

| Shared across your workspaces   | Separate in each workspace       |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Your name, email and avatar     | Your role                        |
| Your sign-in details            | Your rates                       |
| Your notification email address | Your notification preferences    |
|                                 | Your schedule and timezone       |
|                                 | Your time entries and timesheets |
|                                 | Everything else                  |

See [your profile](/account/your-profile).

## When a workspace disappears from your list

A workspace stops appearing if:

* You **left** it
* You were **removed** from it
* It was **deleted** by its Owner

In each case you land on the picker with a note explaining what happened, rather than
an error you have to guess at. If you think it is a mistake, ask an Owner or Admin of
that workspace – nobody else can restore your access.

## Creating another workspace

From the switcher, choose **Create workspace**. You become its Owner.

Remember that each workspace has its own subscription and its own seat count. Two
workspaces means two bills. See [seats](/billing/seats).

Before you create one, check you actually need it – most reasons people give are
better solved with [projects](/projects/overview) or [groups](/team/groups) inside a
single workspace. See [workspaces](/concepts/workspaces).

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can I be in two workspaces with the same email?">
    Yes. One login can belong to many workspaces, with a different role in each.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does a running timer carry across?">
    No. Time entries belong to the workspace they were recorded in. Stop the timer
    before you switch, or it keeps running where you left it.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Why do I see a picker when my colleague does not?">
    They belong to one workspace, so there is nothing to choose. You belong to
    several.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I set a default workspace?">
    If you belong to one, you always go straight there. With several, the picker lets
    you choose each time.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I was removed from a workspace by mistake">
    Contact an Owner or Admin of that workspace. Only they can invite you back. Your
    tracked hours stayed with the workspace.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I merge two workspaces?">
    Not automatically. Contact [support](/troubleshooting/contact-support) before you
    build up more history in both.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Workspaces explained" icon="building" href="/concepts/workspaces">
    What a workspace holds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create a workspace" icon="plus" href="/getting-started/create-a-workspace">
    Set up another one.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your profile" icon="user" href="/account/your-profile">
    The parts of you that are shared everywhere.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Leave a workspace" icon="right-from-bracket" href="/account/leave-a-workspace">
    Removing yourself.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>