Sign in to Mattermost 

Available in Mattermost Free and Starter subscription plans. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

You’ll receive a Mattermost URL from your System Admin or from an email invitation. Once you have your organization’s Mattermost URL, navigate to that URL in a browser, then enter your credentials.

Tip

We recommend bookmarking the Mattermost URL so signing in to Mattermost is easy in the future.

After signing in, the team that appears first on your team sidebar will open. If you have not joined a team, the Team Selection page opens where you can view a list of teams that you can join.

Reset your password 

If you’ve forgotten your password, you can reset on the sign-in screen by selecting I forgot my password, or by contacting your System Admin for help.

Email address or username 

When enabled by your System Admin, you can sign in with the username or email address used to create your account.

Sign in to Mattermost with your username or email address, or reset your password.

Single Sign-On (SSO) 

When enabled by your System Admin, you can sign in using your GitLab, Google, Office 365, AD/LDAP, or SAML credentials.

GitLab SSO 

Available in Mattermost Free and Starter subscription plans. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

When enabled by your System Admin, you can sign in with your GitLab account using a one-click sign in option.

Sign in to Mattermost using your GitLab credentials.

Google SSO 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available in the Mattermost Professional subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Mattermost Enterprise Edition E20

When enabled by your System Admin, you can sign in with your Google account using a one-click sign in option.

Sign in to Mattermost using your Google Apps credentials.

Office 365 SSO 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available in the Mattermost Professional subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Mattermost Enterprise Edition E20

When enabled by your System Admin, you can sign in with your Office 365 account using a one-click sign in option.

Sign in to Mattermost with your Office 365 credentials.

AD/LDAP SSO 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available in the Mattermost Professional subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Mattermost Enterprise Edition E10 and E20

When enabled by your System Admin, you can sign in with your AD/LDAP credentials. This lets you use the same username and password for Mattermost that you use for various other company services.

Sign in to Mattermost with your AD/LDAP credentials.

SAML SSO 

Available in the Mattermost Enterprise subscription plan. Available in the Mattermost Professional subscription plan. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Available in legacy Mattermost Enterprise Edition E20

When enabled by your System Admin, you can sign in with your SAML credentials. This lets you use the same username and password for Mattermost that you use for various other company services. Mattermost officially supports Okta, OneLogin, and Microsoft ADFS as an identity provider (IDP) for SAML, but you may use other SAML IDPs as well. Please see our SAML Single Sign-On documentation to learn more about configuring SAML for Mattermost.

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