diff --git a/docs/content/dev/db-schema.plantuml b/docs/content/dev/db-schema.plantuml
index 98ff6a3cb..7a9239184 100644
--- a/docs/content/dev/db-schema.plantuml
+++ b/docs/content/dev/db-schema.plantuml
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ entity "identity" {
   *id : number
   --
   *userId : uuid <<FK user>>
+  *providerType: text
   ' Identifies the external login provider and is set in the config
-  *providerName : text
+  providerName : text
   *syncSource : boolean
   *createdAt : date
   *updatedAt : date
diff --git a/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts
index a16de5aa0..410908181 100644
--- a/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import appConfigMock from '../../../../config/mock/app.config.mock';
 import { Group } from '../../../../groups/group.entity';
 import { HistoryEntry } from '../../../../history/history-entry.entity';
 import { HistoryModule } from '../../../../history/history.module';
+import { Identity } from '../../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { Note } from '../../../../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../../../../notes/notes.module';
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../../../../permissions/note-group-permissi
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../../../../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../../../../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../../../../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts
index 33aef70e0..d03e7208b 100644
--- a/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import customizationConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/customization.config.m
 import externalServicesConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/external-services.config.mock';
 import mediaConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { Group } from '../../../groups/group.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../../../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-group-permission.
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../../../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../../../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts
index cbed058e3..ffb9a9b66 100644
--- a/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import customizationConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/customization.config.m
 import externalConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/external-services.config.mock';
 import mediaConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { Group } from '../../../groups/group.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../../../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-group-permission.
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../../../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../../../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
index c3d32eff4..eb908ff47 100644
--- a/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { Group } from '../../../groups/group.entity';
 import { GroupsModule } from '../../../groups/groups.module';
 import { HistoryEntry } from '../../../history/history-entry.entity';
 import { HistoryModule } from '../../../history/history.module';
+import { Identity } from '../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../../../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import { PermissionsModule } from '../../../permissions/permissions.module';
 import { Edit } from '../../../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsModule } from '../../../revisions/revisions.module';
-import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../../../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/api/private/tokens/tokens.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/tokens/tokens.controller.spec.ts
index 1f5341bb6..56ecfd57e 100644
--- a/src/api/private/tokens/tokens.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/tokens/tokens.controller.spec.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { AuthToken } from '../../../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { AuthModule } from '../../../auth/auth.module';
 import appConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/app.config.mock';
+import { Identity } from '../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
-import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { TokensController } from './tokens.controller';
diff --git a/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts
index d54398fb1..dd5bf3750 100644
--- a/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import mediaConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { Group } from '../../../groups/group.entity';
 import { HistoryEntry } from '../../../history/history-entry.entity';
 import { HistoryModule } from '../../../history/history.module';
+import { Identity } from '../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../../../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-group-permission.
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../../../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../../../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts
index 466086569..028ccba75 100644
--- a/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { Author } from '../../../authors/author.entity';
 import appConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/app.config.mock';
 import mediaConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { Group } from '../../../groups/group.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../../../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-group-permission.
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../../../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { MediaController } from './media.controller';
diff --git a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
index aeb97ddb1..d4ec8bbf0 100644
--- a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { Group } from '../../../groups/group.entity';
 import { GroupsModule } from '../../../groups/groups.module';
 import { HistoryEntry } from '../../../history/history-entry.entity';
 import { HistoryModule } from '../../../history/history.module';
+import { Identity } from '../../../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../../../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import { PermissionsModule } from '../../../permissions/permissions.module';
 import { Edit } from '../../../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsModule } from '../../../revisions/revisions.module';
-import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../../../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/history/history.service.spec.ts b/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
index ddfa763cb..559b2946b 100644
--- a/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { Author } from '../authors/author.entity';
 import appConfigMock from '../config/mock/app.config.mock';
 import { NotInDBError } from '../errors/errors';
 import { Group } from '../groups/group.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/identity/identity.entity.ts b/src/identity/identity.entity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc36e6f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/identity/identity.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  ManyToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  UpdateDateColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+
+import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
+import { ProviderType } from './provider-type.enum';
+
+/**
+ * The identity represents a single way for a user to login.
+ * A 'user' can have any number of these.
+ * Each one holds a type (local, github, twitter, etc.), if this type can have multiple instances (e.g. gitlab),
+ * it also saves the name of the instance. Also if this identity shall be the syncSource is saved.
+ */
+@Entity()
+export class Identity {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+  id: number;
+
+  /**
+   * User that this identity corresponds to
+   */
+  @ManyToOne((_) => User, (user) => user.identities, {
+    onDelete: 'CASCADE', // This deletes the Identity, when the associated User is deleted
+  })
+  user: User;
+
+  /**
+   * The ProviderType of the identity
+   */
+  @Column()
+  providerType: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the provider.
+   * Only set if there are multiple provider of that type (e.g. gitlab)
+   */
+  @Column({
+    nullable: true,
+    type: 'text',
+  })
+  providerName: string | null;
+
+  /**
+   * If the identity should be used as the sync source.
+   * See [authentication doc](../../docs/content/dev/authentication.md) for clarification
+   */
+  @Column()
+  syncSource: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * When the identity was created.
+   */
+  @CreateDateColumn()
+  createdAt: Date;
+
+  /**
+   * When the identity was last updated.
+   */
+  @UpdateDateColumn()
+  updatedAt: Date;
+
+  /**
+   * The unique identifier of a user from the login provider
+   */
+  @Column({
+    nullable: true,
+    type: 'text',
+  })
+  providerUserId: string | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Token used to access the OAuth provider in the users name.
+   */
+  @Column({
+    nullable: true,
+    type: 'text',
+  })
+  oAuthAccessToken: string | null;
+
+  /**
+   * The hash of the password
+   * Only set when the type of the identity is local
+   */
+  @Column({
+    nullable: true,
+    type: 'text',
+  })
+  passwordHash: string | null;
+
+  public static create(
+    user: User,
+    providerType: ProviderType,
+    syncSource = false,
+  ): Identity {
+    const newIdentity = new Identity();
+    newIdentity.user = user;
+    newIdentity.providerType = providerType;
+    newIdentity.syncSource = syncSource;
+    return newIdentity;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/media/media.service.spec.ts b/src/media/media.service.spec.ts
index 4dec3d89a..76ff471a3 100644
--- a/src/media/media.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/media/media.service.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { Author } from '../authors/author.entity';
 import mediaConfigMock from '../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { ClientError, NotInDBError } from '../errors/errors';
 import { Group } from '../groups/group.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
index 20614a5f1..585a07b07 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import {
 } from '../errors/errors';
 import { Group } from '../groups/group.entity';
 import { GroupsModule } from '../groups/groups.module';
+import { Identity } from '../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsModule } from '../revisions/revisions.module';
-import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts b/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts
index b6414c467..9413a73f7 100644
--- a/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ import { AuthToken } from '../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Author } from '../authors/author.entity';
 import appConfigMock from '../config/mock/app.config.mock';
 import { Group } from '../groups/group.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
 import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
diff --git a/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts b/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
index c7824de63..cee143558 100644
--- a/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import { Author } from '../authors/author.entity';
 import appConfigMock from '../config/mock/app.config.mock';
 import { NotInDBError } from '../errors/errors';
 import { Group } from '../groups/group.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
-import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from '../users/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 import { Edit } from './edit.entity';
diff --git a/src/seed.ts b/src/seed.ts
index d866f01e3..cd8b7ce98 100644
--- a/src/seed.ts
+++ b/src/seed.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { AuthToken } from './auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Author } from './authors/author.entity';
 import { Group } from './groups/group.entity';
 import { HistoryEntry } from './history/history-entry.entity';
+import { Identity } from './identity/identity.entity';
 import { MediaUpload } from './media/media-upload.entity';
 import { Note } from './notes/note.entity';
 import { Tag } from './notes/tag.entity';
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from './permissions/note-group-permission.entity'
 import { NoteUserPermission } from './permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Edit } from './revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from './revisions/revision.entity';
-import { Identity } from './users/identity.entity';
 import { Session } from './users/session.entity';
 import { User } from './users/user.entity';
 
diff --git a/src/users/identity.entity.ts b/src/users/identity.entity.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 95c25e89c..000000000
--- a/src/users/identity.entity.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-import {
-  Column,
-  CreateDateColumn,
-  Entity,
-  ManyToOne,
-  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
-  UpdateDateColumn,
-} from 'typeorm';
-
-import { User } from './user.entity';
-
-@Entity()
-export class Identity {
-  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
-  id: number;
-
-  @ManyToOne((_) => User, (user) => user.identities, {
-    onDelete: 'CASCADE', // This deletes the Identity, when the associated User is deleted
-  })
-  user: User;
-
-  @Column()
-  providerName: string;
-
-  @Column()
-  syncSource: boolean;
-
-  @CreateDateColumn()
-  createdAt: Date;
-
-  @UpdateDateColumn()
-  updatedAt: Date;
-
-  @Column({
-    nullable: true,
-    type: 'text',
-  })
-  providerUserId: string | null;
-
-  @Column({
-    nullable: true,
-    type: 'text',
-  })
-  oAuthAccessToken: string | null;
-
-  @Column({
-    nullable: true,
-    type: 'text',
-  })
-  passwordHash: string | null;
-}
diff --git a/src/users/user.entity.ts b/src/users/user.entity.ts
index 3d77437ed..3766b02d2 100644
--- a/src/users/user.entity.ts
+++ b/src/users/user.entity.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import { AuthToken } from '../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Author } from '../authors/author.entity';
 import { Group } from '../groups/group.entity';
 import { HistoryEntry } from '../history/history-entry.entity';
+import { Identity } from '../identity/identity.entity';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
-import { Identity } from './identity.entity';
 
 @Entity()
 export class User {
diff --git a/src/users/users.module.ts b/src/users/users.module.ts
index 12a926764..29b6d7fe5 100644
--- a/src/users/users.module.ts
+++ b/src/users/users.module.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 
+import { Identity } from '../identity/identity.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
-import { Identity } from './identity.entity';
 import { Session } from './session.entity';
 import { User } from './user.entity';
 import { UsersService } from './users.service';