Synchronising to a TweetDeck account  is a great way to backup your groups and searches, and also means that these items will be available to you on the TweetDeck iPhone app and other TweetDeck desktop installations. Your TweetDeck account is also used to allow you to log in to the TweetDeck Support site, to enable you to comment in our forums and raise support tickets.

Please note that Twitter Lists are not synchronised to your TweetDeck Account, as these are stored in the Twitter database and not on our servers.

All you need to sync your TweetDeck groups and searches is a TweetDeck Account.

Sign in or Register for an account by clicking Settings icon  and going to the Sync tab.

To sign in to your TweetDeck account

Enter your TweetDeck account email and password, then click Verify Account

If everything worked OK, you will see a message saying "Account verified successfully!".

Click Save Settings and TweetDeck will automatically start to synchronise your Groups and Searches.

To create a new TweetDeck account

Click on the Don't have a TweetDeck Account link to show the account registration form

Enter an email address and password, then click Create Account.

If everything worked OK you will see a message saying "Account created successfully!".  TweetDeck will now automatically start to synchronise your Groups and Searches.

Click Save Settings and TweetDeck will automatically start to synchronise your Groups and Searches.