Problem

You want to sign out of the system.

Solution

Click the Logout link in the Primary Navigation. In some cases simply shutting down your browser will do.

Discussion

Explicitly signing out of Movable Type is only mandatory in certain instances. MT's sign in system uses a cookie that acts a transparent means of verifying access to the system as discussed in "Signing In to Movable Type". Typically this cookie will expire as soon as your browser is shut down, thereby signing you out of the system. This is not the case for those who opted to be signed in automatically using the "Remember me?" option when signing in. For these users, explicitly signing out cancels this request and immediately expires the cookie, closing off access to the system.

If you are using a public or shared machine to access the system, you should log out when finished in order to assure that no one can gain access to the system via your account.