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title: Managing Trusted Parties
description: "A **Trusted Party** is an upgraded contact linked to another **LifeReady user**. This allows you to give them permission to access your records in your Vault, help you recover your account, and act on your behalf in an emergency. In…"
url: "https://lifeready.io/guide/my-contact-book/managing-trusted-parties/"
updated: "2025-11-11"
category: MY CONTACT BOOK
---

# Managing Trusted Parties

A **Trusted Party** is an upgraded contact linked to another **LifeReady user**. This allows you to give them permission to access your records in your Vault, help you recover your account, and act on your behalf in an emergency.

In the **Contact Book**, you will see an icon next to certain contacts indicating they are a Trusted Party rather than a regular contact.

![](https://lifeready.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-56.png)

> By default, a **Trusted Party** has no access to anything in your account when first added. Access to your records and other permissions must be granted separately.

### Who Can be a Trusted Party?

A Trusted Party needs a **LifeReady account** but they do not need to be a paying customer. You can invite anyone to be your Trusted Party – they just need to create an account. Non-paying users have reduced functionality, but this does not affect how you work with them as Trusted Parties.

We recommend having **at least two Trusted Parties** to set up account recovery and your Legacy. Family members make a good starting point for your first Trusted Parties.

> You always have full control over what access each Trusted Party has, and this can be changed at any time.

### Inviting a Trusted Party

You can invite Trusted Parties by creating a new contact or through an existing contact. For existing contacts, refer to "Inviting a Contact to be a Trusted Party [link]."

To invite someone new as your Trusted Party, you will need their email address. The process is the same whether they have a LifeReady account or not.

1. Click '**Add New**' in the Contact Book and select **Invite a Trusted Party**.
2. Enter the person's email address when prompted and click 'Invite'.
3. You will see confirmation that the invitation was sent successfully.

![](https://lifeready.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-57.png)

The invitation will be emailed to the recipient. If they already have a LifeReady account, they will be prompted to log in and accept the invitation. If not, they will need to sign up through the link in the email.

> Trusted Party relationships are always **mutual** – when you invite someone to be your Trusted Party, you automatically become their Trusted Party once they accept the invitation.

### Removing a Trusted Party

To remove a Trusted Party, select their name from the Contact Book and click '**Remove Trusted Party**' from the options menu.

If a Trusted Party is associated with your Account Recovery or Legacy, you will need to remove them from those first before you can remove them entirely.

> Removing a Trusted Party also removes yourself as their Trusted Party. Consider confirming with them first that this is acceptable.