# Phork It! Help Center (English)

> Guides and answers for Phork It!: save recipes from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and websites, plan your week, shop with one list and cook step by step.

Step-by-step guides for the Phork It! recipe app. Each article below is Markdown; the same address without `.md` is its web page. All of them in one file: https://phorkit.com/help/en/llms-full.txt. The site's own overview: https://phorkit.com/llms.txt.

## Getting started

New here? Get the app, set up your account and save your first recipe.

- [What is Phork It!?](https://phorkit.com/help/en/getting-started/what-is-phork-it.md): Phork It! turns recipe videos and recipe websites into real recipes you can plan, shop for and cook. Here's how it works and what "phork" means.
- [How to get Phork It! on iPhone, Android or the web](https://phorkit.com/help/en/getting-started/get-the-app.md): Phork It! is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Join the waitlist, or use the browser version at phorkit.com/app today.
- [How to create an account and sign in](https://phorkit.com/help/en/getting-started/create-an-account.md): Phork It! has no passwords. Sign in with a 6-digit code we email you, or try the app first without an email and add one later.
- [How to save your first recipe](https://phorkit.com/help/en/getting-started/your-first-recipe.md): Copy a recipe video's link, paste it into Phork It! and get a clean recipe in a minute or two. Here's the whole first import, start to finish.

## Saving recipes

Turn TikToks, Reels, YouTube videos, websites, photos and text into real recipes.

- [How to save a recipe from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or Facebook](https://phorkit.com/help/en/importing/save-recipes-from-videos.md): Share a recipe video to Phork It! or paste its link, and get a written recipe with ingredients, amounts, steps and credit to the creator.
- [How to import a recipe from a website](https://phorkit.com/help/en/importing/import-from-recipe-websites.md): Paste or share a recipe page's link and Phork It! keeps the recipe, its sections and photos, and leaves out the long story around it.
- [How to import a recipe from a photo, screenshot or text](https://phorkit.com/help/en/importing/import-from-photos-or-text.md): Turn a cookbook page, a handwritten card, a screenshot or a recipe copied from a message into a saved recipe, with up to 10 photos per recipe.
- [How to create a recipe from scratch or with AI](https://phorkit.com/help/en/importing/write-your-own-recipe.md): Type in a family recipe yourself, or describe what you'd like to cook and let Phork It! write a recipe you can shape before saving it.
- [How Phork It! writes up an imported recipe](https://phorkit.com/help/en/importing/how-imported-recipes-are-written.md): What happens to vague amounts, servings, options, language and creator credit when Phork It! turns a video or page into a recipe, and how to fix mistakes.
- [How to move your recipes from Paprika, Mealie, Tandoor or another app](https://phorkit.com/help/en/importing/move-recipes-from-another-app.md): Move your recipes from Paprika, Mealie, Tandoor, Copy Me That, Recipe Keeper, Plan to Eat, My Recipe Box or Nextcloud Cookbook, with their photos and ratings.

## Plan & shop

Plan your week, build one shopping list and share it with your household.

- [How to plan your meals for the week](https://phorkit.com/help/en/planning-shopping/plan-your-meals.md): Put saved recipes on the days you'll cook them, choose servings and options, drag meals between days and clear the plan when you start over.
- [How to make a shopping list from your meal plan](https://phorkit.com/help/en/planning-shopping/make-a-shopping-list.md): Turn your planned meals or any recipe into one shopping list, with the same ingredient added up across recipes and sorted by supermarket aisle.
- [How to add, edit and tick off shopping list items](https://phorkit.com/help/en/planning-shopping/shopping-list-items.md): Type in extra items, change amounts, notes and aisles, tick things off as they go in the cart, then finish shopping to clear what you bought.
- [Can I plan and shop with my partner or family?](https://phorkit.com/help/en/planning-shopping/plan-and-shop-together.md): Shared households, where a partner or family plans, shops and cooks from one list, are coming. Here's how it works today and what's planned.

## Cooking

Cook mode, timers, servings, nutrition and keeping track of what you cooked.

- [How to cook a recipe step by step in cook mode](https://phorkit.com/help/en/cooking/use-cook-mode.md): Cook mode shows one step at a time in large text, keeps your screen on, ticks off ingredients and turns every time in a step into a timer.
- [How cooking timers work, and why one didn't ring](https://phorkit.com/help/en/cooking/cooking-timers.md): Every time in a recipe step is a one-tap timer that keeps counting with your phone locked or the app closed. Here's how to set them up so they ring.
- [How to mark a recipe as cooked and rate it](https://phorkit.com/help/en/cooking/log-and-rate-cooks.md): Log each time you cook a recipe with 1 to 5 stars, up to 5 photos and a note for next time, then find it all in the recipe's History.
- [How to change servings and units on a recipe](https://phorkit.com/help/en/cooking/servings-and-units.md): Scale any recipe up or down and switch between metric and US cups and ounces. Oven temperatures and pan sizes show in both systems.
- [How nutrition and allergen estimates work](https://phorkit.com/help/en/cooking/nutrition-and-allergens.md): Phork It! estimates each recipe's calories and nutrients from its ingredients. Here's how to read them, set daily goals, and why allergens are only estimates.

## Your recipes

Organize, edit, translate and share the recipes in your library.

- [How to organise your recipes into collections](https://phorkit.com/help/en/recipes-library/collections.md): Group recipes into collections like "Weeknight dinners" or "Baking", give each one an icon, filter a collection by meal type and diet, and rename or delete it.
- [How to edit a recipe](https://phorkit.com/help/en/recipes-library/edit-a-recipe.md): Fix amounts, reword steps, change the photo, add tags or options, or ask AI to make it vegan or air-fryer friendly. Here's how editing works.
- [How to translate a recipe into English](https://phorkit.com/help/en/recipes-library/translate-a-recipe.md): Read a recipe saved in another language in English with one tap, or turn on Auto-translate. Amounts and your shopping list never change.
- [How to share a recipe or a collection](https://phorkit.com/help/en/recipes-library/share-a-recipe.md): Send anyone a link to a recipe or a whole collection. They can read it in any browser without an account, and save their own copy in Phork It!.
- [How to add a photo to a recipe, including an AI-generated one](https://phorkit.com/help/en/recipes-library/ai-recipe-photos.md): Give a recipe without a picture a realistic AI-generated photo, take or choose your own, and turn on ingredient pictures.

## Account & settings

Sign in, change your settings, connect an AI assistant or delete your account.

- [How to change your units, appearance and profile](https://phorkit.com/help/en/account/settings.md): A tour of Settings in Phork It! covering your account, About you, nutrition goals, Metric or US units, auto-convert, auto-translate, dark mode and more.
- [How to sign in on another phone or in a browser](https://phorkit.com/help/en/account/sign-in-on-another-device.md): Use the same email to sign in on a new phone or at phorkit.com/app. Your recipes, plan and shopping list follow you everywhere.
- [How to delete your account and your data](https://phorkit.com/help/en/account/delete-your-account.md): Delete your Phork It! account from Settings. You have 30 days to change your mind, then your personal data is erased for good.
- [How to use Phork It! with ChatGPT or Claude](https://phorkit.com/help/en/account/use-with-chatgpt-and-claude.md): Connect Phork It! to ChatGPT, Claude or another AI assistant and ask it to import recipes, plan meals, build your shopping list and log cooks.

## Troubleshooting

Something not working? Quick fixes for the most common hiccups.

- [Why didn't my recipe import?](https://phorkit.com/help/en/troubleshooting/import-didnt-work.md): What each import message means, from private or signed-in-only videos to blocked websites and "recipe in bio" posts, and what to try instead.
- [Why didn't my sign-in code arrive?](https://phorkit.com/help/en/troubleshooting/sign-in-code-didnt-arrive.md): Didn't get the 6-digit code, or it says the code is wrong or expired? Here's how to check your email, get a new code and sign in.
- [Why isn't Phork It! in my share sheet?](https://phorkit.com/help/en/troubleshooting/share-sheet-missing-phork-it.md): Can't find Phork It! when you tap Share in TikTok, Instagram or YouTube? Here's how to add it to your favourites on iPhone and Android.
- [Where did my recipes go?](https://phorkit.com/help/en/troubleshooting/where-did-my-recipes-go.md): Recipes, plan or shopping list missing? Check which account you're signed in to, whether you added an email, and how to bring back a deleted recipe.

## About Phork It!

Who we are, what it costs, your privacy and how to reach us.

- [Is Phork It! free?](https://phorkit.com/help/en/about/is-phork-it-free.md): Phork It! is free to download and try. At launch there will be a free version with a limited number of imports, and a subscription that unlocks more.
- [How Phork It! uses your data](https://phorkit.com/help/en/about/privacy-and-your-data.md): What we store, who can see your recipes, what goes to AI services to build a recipe, and what we never do. A plain summary of our privacy approach.
- [How to contact us or send feedback](https://phorkit.com/help/en/about/contact-and-feedback.md): Report a bug, suggest an improvement or tell us about a recipe that came out wrong, right from the app, with screenshots. Or email hello@phorkit.com.