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Getting Started

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  • Add your sites
    • Add a website to Watchful
    • Add a WordPress site to Watchful
    • Add a Joomla! site to Watchful
  • Set up your dashboard
    • How to edit site details in Watchful
    • Add site tags in Watchful
    • How to validate account emails
    • Customizing the Watchful interface

Updating Your Sites

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  • Automatic updates
    • Configure automatic updates

Backing Up Your Sites

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  • Scheduling backups
    • Scheduling multiple site backups
    • Site backups with All-in-One WP Migration
    • Site backups with XCloner
    • Site backups with Akeeba
  • Backup overview & compatibility
    • Supported backup plugins
    • Choose a backup method in Watchful
  • Backup monitoring
    • Monitor stale backups

Securing Your Sites

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  • Respond to an unexpected file change alert
  • Vulnerability Scanner
    • Vulnerability Scanner checks

Monitoring Your Sites

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  • Notifications
    • Customize email notifications
  • Uptime & site monitoring
    • Monitor site uptime

Reports & Insights

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  • Reports & activity logs
    • Create client reports
    • Configure custom SMTP settings
    • Activity Logs and data retention
    • Add notes to activity logs and reports
  • SEO & audits
    • Use the Early Warning Audit
    • Monitoring website quality with Lighthouse

Site Management

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  • Bulk site tools
    • Install software on multiple sites with the Bulk Installer
  • Managing your sites
    • Deleting and restoring sites

Apps, Integrations & API

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  • Developer guides
    • Creating custom apps for Joomla!
    • Creating custom apps
    • Creating custom apps for WordPress
  • Using Watchful Apps
    • Legacy custom apps
  • API
    • Use the Watchful REST API

Account & Billing

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  • Account settings
    • Beta-testing new Watchful features
    • Personalizing account preferences
    • Changing your username or password
    • How to validate account emails
  • Billing & payments
    • Adding funds to your account
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    • What is Watchful’s refund policy?
    • Update your billing information
    • How do I change my PayPal account?
  • Plans & subscriptions
    • Changing your Watchful plan
    • Cancel your subscription or delete your account
  • Account lifecycle
    • Understanding the account clean-up process
  • Account security
    • Authenticating with Social Sign-in
    • Enabling two-factor authentication

Troubleshooting

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  • Connection problems
    • Troubleshoot site connection problems
    • Allowlist Watchful IP addresses and user agents
  • Backup problems
    • Troubleshoot Akeeba Backup
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Cancel your subscription or delete your account

You can cancel your Watchful plan or permanently delete your Watchful account from the Danger Zone in your account settings.

These are two separate actions:

  • Cancel Subscription stops your Watchful plan.
  • Delete Account permanently removes your Watchful account.

You must cancel your subscription before you can delete your account.

Cancel your Watchful subscription

To cancel your Free or Premium plan:

  1. Log in to your Watchful account.
  2. Click your name in the top-right corner of the Watchful interface and select Account & Subscription.
  3. Select the Danger Zone tab.
  4. Click Cancel Subscription.
  5. Follow the on-screen prompts to confirm the cancellation.

Once your subscription has been cancelled, you can leave the account in place or continue with account deletion.

Delete your Watchful account

Account deletion is only available after your subscription has been cancelled.

To permanently delete your account:

  1. Log in to your Watchful account.
  2. If your subscription is still active, follow the steps above to cancel it first.
  3. Click your name in the top-right corner of the Watchful interface and select Account & Subscription.
  4. Select the Danger Zone tab.
  5. Click Delete Account.
  6. Follow the on-screen prompts to confirm the deletion.

Deleting your account is different from cancelling your subscription, so make sure you intend to permanently remove the account before confirming the final step.

Not ready to delete your account?

If you only want to stop paid Watchful usage, you do not need to delete your account. Cancelling your subscription is sufficient.

Keeping the account allows you to retain access to your Watchful account without permanently deleting it.

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