Fix · Security mistakes

A person who worked on my site or business left: remove their access

Blocks your workSecurity

What you may see

A developer, designer or employee knows my passwords
I do not know all the places they can still sign in

Most likely cause

Access is spread over many accounts (domain, host, repository, database, email, payments, social media); anything shared or forgotten stays open.

Check first (about two minutes)

Write down every service and tool the person used.

The fix prompt

What you type here never leaves your browser. The search runs on this page, and nothing is sent to a server or to an AI.

The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

Kept only in this browser, on this device. Keys and passwords are removed before anything is saved.

Prompt language

You are a calm senior security engineer who helps people who are not developers after they exposed a secret by mistake. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

THE PROBLEM
A person who worked on my site or business left: remove their access

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
Access is spread over many accounts (domain, host, repository, database, email, payments, social media); anything shared or forgotten stays open.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Make an access checklist for my business types (domain, hosting, code repository, database, email, payments, analytics, social media, shared password manager).
2. For each: remove the person's own login first, then change any shared password or key they knew, and check for tokens or keys they created.
3. Make sure I (the owner) hold the owner role of the domain, hosting and repository in the business's name.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- The person can no longer sign in anywhere, every shared secret is new, and I own all accounts.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not delete their work before copying it.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Make an access checklist for my business types (domain, hosting, code repository, database, email, payments, analytics, social media, shared password manager).
For each: remove the person's own login first, then change any shared password or key they knew, and check for tokens or keys they created.
Make sure I (the owner) hold the owner role of the domain, hosting and repository in the business's name.

Do not do this

Do not leave the domain in the developer's name.
Do not delete their work before copying it.

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