# Use the Financial Connections API to relink an account

Integrate the relink authentication flow directly into your website or application.

Your customer might need to relink an existing [Financial Connections account](https://docs.stripe.com/api/financial_connections/accounts/object.md) to restore data access, refresh deactivated [tokenized account numbers](https://docs.stripe.com/financial-connections/tokenized-account-numbers.md), or update the data permissions available on the account. Use the Financial Connections server-side API and a client-side SDK library to prompt your customer to complete a relink session directly in your website or application.

Your integration will:

1. [Create a Financial Connections session](https://docs.stripe.com/api/financial_connections/sessions/create.md) on the server which sets the [relink_options](https://docs.stripe.com/api/financial_connections/sessions/create.md#financial_connections_session_object-relink_options) parameter.
1. Pass the session’s [client_secret](https://docs.stripe.com/api/financial_connections/sessions/object.md#financial_connections_session_object-client_secret) to your front end.
1. Use a client SDK method such as [collectFinancialConnectionsAccounts](https://docs.stripe.com/js/financial_connections/collect_financial_connections_accounts) to prompt your customer to complete the authentication flow.
1. Handle the relinking outcome on the client.
1. Optionally, handle webhook events when accounts relink successfully.

## Next steps

[Relink for payments or payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/financial-connections/relink/api/payments-or-payouts.md): Configure the authentication flow to relink accounts used for payments or payouts.

[Relink for data products](https://docs.stripe.com/financial-connections/relink/api/data-products.md): Configure the authentication flow to relink accounts used to access data such as balances, transactions, and ownership.

[Stripe-hosted relink](https://docs.stripe.com/financial-connections/relink/hosted.md): Email your customer a link to a Stripe-hosted page to relink an account.