Profiles or history aren’t syncing
If profiles, documents or interviews don’t show up on your other devices, check the account you’re signed in to, the sync status and changes waiting to be sent.
Your profiles, documents, folders, history and practice sync through your Interview Pilot account. When something doesn’t show up on another device, it’s usually signed in to a different account, signed out, or hasn’t synced yet.
1. Check that every device uses the same account
Each device only shows the work of the account it’s signed in to. Compare the email address on each one:
| Device | Where to find the email |
|---|---|
| Mac and Windows | Account in the workspace sidebar |
| iPhone and Android | Profile tab, then tap your profile picture or initials and choose My Account |
| Web | Account settings, at platform.interviewpilot.app/account |
If you signed in with Apple using Hide My Email, that’s a separate account from one with your own email address. Sign out and sign in with the account that has your work. See Signing out.
On iPhone and Android, Interview Pilot also works signed out. Then everything stays on the phone and nothing syncs until you sign in. See Use the phone app without an account.
2. Check the sync status
If the workspace shows Cloud data couldn’t sync. Try again to keep this device up to date., click Refresh. If the message comes back, quit Interview Pilot from Account › Quit App and open it again.
While your Mac is offline, there’s no message. Interview Pilot keeps showing what’s on the Mac and tries again on its own.
If the workspace shows Cloud data couldn’t sync. Try again to keep this device up to date., click Refresh. If the message comes back, quit Interview Pilot from Account › Quit App and open it again.
While your PC is offline, there’s no message. Interview Pilot keeps showing what’s on the PC and tries again on its own.
Open the Profile tab, tap File Settings, and look at Cloud Sync.
| Status | What to do |
|---|---|
| Enabled | The phone is up to date. Check the other device. |
| Syncing... | Wait a moment. |
| Unavailable | Check your internet connection. Your changes are kept and sent later. If Sign In / Register appears in the Profile tab, your session ended: sign in again with the same account, and waiting changes are sent. |
| Local storage only | You’re signed out. Sign in to sync. |
Open the Profile tab, tap File Settings, and look at Cloud Sync.
| Status | What to do |
|---|---|
| Enabled | The phone is up to date. Check the other device. |
| Syncing... | Wait a moment. |
| Unavailable | Check your internet connection. Your changes are kept and sent later. If Sign In / Register appears in the Profile tab, your session ended: sign in again with the same account, and waiting changes are sent. |
| Local storage only | You’re signed out. Sign in to sync. |
The web works directly with your account, so it has no sync status. Reload the page to see changes made on other devices.
3. Bring the other device up to date
Devices pick up changes when they next sync, for example when you open Interview Pilot or switch back to it. If a change hasn’t appeared yet, switch to Interview Pilot on the other device, or reload the page on the web.
A change made offline is sent from that device once it’s back online. Open Interview Pilot there while it’s connected.
4. Don’t sign out with changes waiting
If you sign out while changes are still waiting to be sent, Interview Pilot shows Unsynced changes. Choose Cancel, connect to the internet, then sign out again. Sign Out Anyway discards those changes for good.
5. If the web says the item changed
This item changed on another device. Refresh the page before trying again. means a newer version was saved from another device while you had the page open. Reload the page, check the item, then make your change again.
When the same item is edited on two devices, Interview Pilot keeps both edits if they’re to different details. If they’re to the same detail, the edit that reaches your account last is kept. A deletion wins over edits made elsewhere.
What doesn’t sync
Some things stay on each device by design, so they never appear elsewhere:
- App settings, such as appearance, interview language and how Copilot writes answers.
- The profile selected for interviews.
- Audio recordings made on a phone.
- On iPhone and Android, the original document files. Only the text read from them is saved to your account.
See How sync works across your devices for the full list.
Still missing?
If an interview or practice session is missing, check Recently Deleted in History. Deleted interviews stay there for 30 days. See Restore a deleted interview from Recently Deleted. If an item still doesn’t appear, contact us with the email you sign in with, the devices you use and what’s missing.
Related articles
How sync works across your devices
See what your account keeps in sync across Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and the web, what stays on each device, and what happens to changes made offline.
Signing out
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Use the phone app without an account
Use Interview Pilot on iPhone or Android without signing in, see what needs an account, and what happens to your data when you sign in or switch accounts.
Sign-in problems
Fix desktop sign-in that doesn’t finish, sign-in errors, a forgotten password, too many attempts, and signing in to the wrong account.
Still need help?
Email our support team with your device, what you were doing and any message you saw.
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