Introduction
You can grant permission to one or more trusted individuals to update your ORCID record, acting as a delegate or proxy for managing your account. Other ORCID users can grant permission for you to update their records. A trusted individual does not need to be another researcher, but must have an ORCID iD.
Trusted individuals have access to your ORCID record, and will be able to edit any information on it, and make connections with external systems. For security reasons, a trusted individual may not edit anything that requires you to enter your ORCID password, including: adding email addresses, resetting your password, and deleting your account (which requires access to your email).
Adding a trusted individual
1. Sign into your ORCID account and go to directly to Go directly to https://orcid.org/trusted-parties or click on your name on the top right-hand corner of the page
2. Click on Trusted parties on the dropdown menu
3. Scroll down to the Trusted Individuals section. In the search box, enter either the ORCID iD, email address, or name of the person you want to make a trusted individual
4. Click on the Search ORCID for trusted individuals button
5. If you enter an ORCID iD or email, a pop-up box will ask you to confirm that you want to add that user as a trusted individual. Click on Add as trusted individual to confirm.
If you search for a trusted individual by name, a list of matching ORCID records will be listed. Click on +Add as trusted individual next to the name of the user you wish to make a trusted individual.
If you need to check that you have the right person, click on the user's ORCID iD to be taken to their public ORCID record
After you have added a trusted individual to your ORCID record, their name and ORCID iD will appear in the Trusted individuals section.
Removing a trusted individual
To remove a trusted individual from your account, go to https://orcid.org/trusted-parties, scroll down to the Trusted individuals section and click on Revoke access next to the name of the person you wish to remove.
Please note that the trusted individual will not be able to change your password (unless they already know your current password; we strongly advise not disclosing this to anyone, including your trusted individuals).
The trusted individual will not able to perform any operation that requires access to your email address, such as verifying your email address or deactivating your ORCID account
Find out more about delegating control to a trusted individual.