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How to join a collection you've been invited to

Someone has invited you to their collection, and we have emailed you a six-digit code. Sign in to your own InVintory account, open Join a new collection, type the code in and tap Join. You are in straight away — there is nothing for the other person to approve.

You need an InVintory account of your own before the code will work. If you do not have one yet, download the app or go to app.invintory.com and sign up first — creating an account is free. The code is not tied to the address we sent it to, so if you signed up with a different email it still works.

On iPhone and iPad

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iPhone:  Home → your profile photo → Settings → Account settings → Join a new collection

On iPad, tap your profile photo in the top bar, then Settings. On iPhone with an older iOS, tap Profile, then the gear in the top right.

  1. On Home, tap your profile photo in the top right, then Settings and Account settings.
  2. Scroll to the Collections section and tap Join a new collection.
  3. Type the code into the six boxes. Tap Join in the top right.
  4. You get a Cheers! screen telling you which collection you joined and as what. Tap Continue and the app switches you into it.

The same code box is also on the collection switcher: tap the collection name at the top of the home screen to open Change Collection, then tap Join.

On Android

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Android:  Home → your profile photo → Settings → Account settings → Join a new collection

Type the code and tap Join. Android switches you into the new collection as soon as it is accepted.

On the web app

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app.invintory.com → Settings → My collections → Join a new collection

Paste the code into the Enter code box and click Join.

If the code is refused

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What you are told What to do
The code is invalid or has expired Codes last 30 days. Ask whoever invited you to open Collaborators and resend it — that issues a fresh code. Check the digits too; the code is six digits and nothing else.
The code was already used A code works once. If somebody redeemed it already, ask for a new invite.
You are already part of this collection Nothing to do — the collection is already on your account. Switch to it from the collection switcher rather than joining again.

If the email never arrived, check spam, then ask the person who invited you to read the code out: it is shown beside your name under Invited on their Collaborators screen.

After you join

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Switch between your collections from the collection name at the top of the home screen. What you can change in the collection you joined depends on the role you were given — Admin, Editor or Viewer — and the person who invited you can change it at any time.

A code from a wine club rather than from a person goes into the same box but does something different: depending on the invite it either links one of your storages to the club, or adds you to the club’s own team.

Next steps

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