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---
title: Your account and profile on GitHub
shortTitle: Account and profile
intro: 'Make {% data variables.product.product_name %} work best for you by adjusting the settings for your user account, personalizing your profile page, and managing the notifications you receive for activity on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.'
intro: 'Make {% data variables.product.product_name %} work best for you by adjusting the settings for your personal account, personalizing your profile page, and managing the notifications you receive for activity on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.'
introLinks:
quickstart: /get-started/onboarding/getting-started-with-your-github-account
featuredLinks:
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- Changed the state of a thread, such as by closing an issue or merging a pull request.
- Had a team you're a member of @mentioned.

By default, you also automatically watch all repositories that you create and are owned by your user account.
By default, you also automatically watch all repositories that you create and are owned by your personal account.

To unsubscribe from conversations you're automatically subscribed to, you can change your notification settings or directly unsubscribe or unwatch activity on {% data variables.product.product_location %}. For more information, see "[Managing your subscriptions](/github/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/managing-your-subscriptions)."

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title: Setting up and managing your GitHub user account
intro: 'You can manage settings in your GitHub user account including email preferences, collaborator access for personal repositories, and organization memberships.'
shortTitle: User accounts
title: Setting up and managing your GitHub personal account
intro: 'You can manage settings in your GitHub personal account including email preferences, collaborator access for personal repositories, and organization memberships.'
shortTitle: Personal accounts
redirect_from:
- /categories/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account
- /github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account
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## Further reading

- "[Permission levels for a user account repository](/articles/permission-levels-for-a-user-account-repository/#collaborator-access-for-a-repository-owned-by-a-user-account)"
- "[Permission levels for a personal account repository](/articles/permission-levels-for-a-user-account-repository/#collaborator-access-for-a-repository-owned-by-a-user-account)"
- "[Removing a collaborator from a personal repository](/articles/removing-a-collaborator-from-a-personal-repository)"
- "[Removing yourself from a collaborator's repository](/articles/removing-yourself-from-a-collaborator-s-repository)"
- "[Organizing members into teams](/organizations/organizing-members-into-teams)"
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title: Maintaining ownership continuity of your user account's repositories
title: Maintaining ownership continuity of your personal account's repositories
intro: You can invite someone to manage your user owned repositories if you are not able to.
versions:
fpt: '*'
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title: Changing your primary email address
intro: You can change the email address associated with your user account at any time.
intro: You can change the email address associated with your personal account at any time.
redirect_from:
- /articles/changing-your-primary-email-address
- /github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/changing-your-primary-email-address
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title: Remembering your GitHub username or email
intro: 'Are you signing in to {% data variables.product.product_location %} for the first time in a while? If so, welcome back! If you can''t remember your {% data variables.product.product_name %} user account name, you can try these methods for remembering it.'
intro: 'Are you signing in to {% data variables.product.product_location %} for the first time in a while? If so, welcome back! If you can''t remember your {% data variables.product.product_name %} personal account name, you can try these methods for remembering it.'
redirect_from:
- /articles/oh-noes-i-ve-forgotten-my-username-email
- /articles/oh-noes-i-ve-forgotten-my-username-or-email
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title: Best practices for leaving your company
intro: 'Changing jobs is a fact of life. If you use your GitHub user account for both personal *and* work purposes, there are a few things to keep in mind when you leave your company or organization.'
intro: 'Changing jobs is a fact of life. If you use your GitHub personal account for both personal *and* work purposes, there are a few things to keep in mind when you leave your company or organization.'
redirect_from:
- /articles/best-practices-for-leaving-your-company
- /github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/best-practices-for-leaving-your-company
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- Accounts
shortTitle: Leaving your company
---
Before you leave your company, make sure you update the following information in your user account:
Before you leave your company, make sure you update the following information in your personal account:

- Unverify your company email address by [deleting it in your Email settings](/articles/changing-your-primary-email-address). You can then re-add it without verifying to keep any associated commits linked to your account.
- [Change your primary email address](/articles/changing-your-primary-email-address) from your company email to your personal email.
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## Removing professional associations with personal repositories

If you've been collaborating professionally with another person on repositories that belong to their personal user account, you'll want to [remove yourself as a collaborator](/articles/removing-yourself-from-a-collaborator-s-repository) from those repositories.
If you've been collaborating professionally with another person on repositories that belong to their personal account, you'll want to [remove yourself as a collaborator](/articles/removing-yourself-from-a-collaborator-s-repository) from those repositories.

- [Stop watching repositories](https://github.com/watching) related to your work. You won't want those notifications anymore!
- [Transfer repositories you own](/articles/how-to-transfer-a-repository) that others may need to continue working on after you leave.
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- /articles/converting-a-user-into-an-organization
- /github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/converting-a-user-into-an-organization
- /github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/managing-user-account-settings/converting-a-user-into-an-organization
intro: You can convert your user account into an organization. This allows more granular permissions for repositories that belong to the organization.
intro: You can convert your personal account into an organization. This allows more granular permissions for repositories that belong to the organization.
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghes: '*'
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**Warning**: Before converting a user into an organization, keep these points in mind:

- You will **no longer** be able to sign into the converted user account.
- You will **no longer** be able to create or modify gists owned by the converted user account.
- You will **no longer** be able to sign into the converted personal account.
- You will **no longer** be able to create or modify gists owned by the converted personal account.
- An organization **cannot** be converted back to a user.
- The SSH keys, OAuth tokens, job profile, reactions, and associated user information, **will not** be transferred to the organization. This is only true for the user account that's being converted, not any of the user account's collaborators.
- Any commits made with the converted user account **will no longer be linked** to that account. The commits themselves **will** remain intact.
- Any forks of private repositories made with the converted user account will be deleted.
- The SSH keys, OAuth tokens, job profile, reactions, and associated user information, **will not** be transferred to the organization. This is only true for the personal account that's being converted, not any of the personal account's collaborators.
- Any commits made with the converted personal account **will no longer be linked** to that account. The commits themselves **will** remain intact.
- Any forks of private repositories made with the converted personal account will be deleted.

{% endwarning %}

## Keep your personal user account and create a new organization manually
## Keep your personal account and create a new organization manually

If you want your organization to have the same name that you are currently using for your personal account, or if you want to keep your personal user account's information intact, then you must create a new organization and transfer your repositories to it instead of converting your user account into an organization.
If you want your organization to have the same name that you are currently using for your personal account, or if you want to keep your personal account's information intact, then you must create a new organization and transfer your repositories to it instead of converting your personal account into an organization.

1. To retain your current user account name for your personal use, [change the name of your personal user account](/articles/changing-your-github-username) to something new and wonderful.
2. [Create a new organization](/articles/creating-a-new-organization-from-scratch) with the original name of your personal user account.
1. To retain your current personal account name for your personal use, [change the name of your personal account](/articles/changing-your-github-username) to something new and wonderful.
2. [Create a new organization](/articles/creating-a-new-organization-from-scratch) with the original name of your personal account.
3. [Transfer your repositories](/articles/transferring-a-repository) to your new organization account.

## Convert your personal account into an organization automatically

You can also convert your personal user account directly into an organization. Converting your account:
You can also convert your personal account directly into an organization. Converting your account:
- Preserves the repositories as they are without the need to transfer them to another account manually
- Automatically invites collaborators to teams with permissions equivalent to what they had before
{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}- For user accounts on {% data variables.product.prodname_pro %}, automatically transitions billing to [the paid {% data variables.product.prodname_team %}](/articles/about-billing-for-github-accounts) without the need to re-enter payment information, adjust your billing cycle, or double pay at any time{% endif %}
{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}- For personal accounts on {% data variables.product.prodname_pro %}, automatically transitions billing to [the paid {% data variables.product.prodname_team %}](/articles/about-billing-for-github-accounts) without the need to re-enter payment information, adjust your billing cycle, or double pay at any time{% endif %}

1. Create a new personal account, which you'll use to sign into GitHub and access the organization and your repositories after you convert.
2. [Leave any organizations](/articles/removing-yourself-from-an-organization) the user account you're converting has joined.
2. [Leave any organizations](/articles/removing-yourself-from-an-organization) the personal account you're converting has joined.
{% data reusables.user-settings.access_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.organizations %}
5. Under "Transform account", click **Turn <username> into an organization**.
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![Add organization owner page](/assets/images/help/organizations/organization-add-owner.png)
8. Choose your new organization's subscription and enter your billing information if prompted.
9. Click **Create Organization**.
10. Sign in to the new user account you created in step one, then use the context switcher to access your new organization.
10. Sign in to the new personal account you created in step one, then use the context switcher to access your new organization.

{% tip %}

**Tip**: When you convert a user account into an organization, we'll add collaborators on repositories that belong to the account to the new organization as *outside collaborators*. You can then invite *outside collaborators* to become members of your new organization if you wish. For more information, see "[Roles in an organization](/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/roles-in-an-organization#outside-collaborators)."
**Tip**: When you convert a personal account into an organization, we'll add collaborators on repositories that belong to the account to the new organization as *outside collaborators*. You can then invite *outside collaborators* to become members of your new organization if you wish. For more information, see "[Roles in an organization](/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/roles-in-an-organization#outside-collaborators)."

{% endtip %}

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title: Deleting your user account
intro: 'You can delete your {% data variables.product.product_name %} user account at any time.'
title: Deleting your personal account
intro: 'You can delete your {% data variables.product.product_name %} personal account at any time.'
redirect_from:
- /articles/deleting-a-user-account
- /articles/deleting-your-user-account
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ghec: '*'
topics:
- Accounts
shortTitle: Delete your user account
shortTitle: Delete your personal account
---
Deleting your user account removes all repositories, forks of private repositories, wikis, issues, pull requests, and pages owned by your account. {% ifversion fpt or ghec %} Issues and pull requests you've created and comments you've made in repositories owned by other users will not be deleted - instead, they'll be associated with our [Ghost user](https://github.com/ghost).{% else %}Issues and pull requests you've created and comments you've made in repositories owned by other users will not be deleted.{% endif %}
Deleting your personal account removes all repositories, forks of private repositories, wikis, issues, pull requests, and pages owned by your account. {% ifversion fpt or ghec %} Issues and pull requests you've created and comments you've made in repositories owned by other users will not be deleted - instead, they'll be associated with our [Ghost user](https://github.com/ghost).{% else %}Issues and pull requests you've created and comments you've made in repositories owned by other users will not be deleted.{% endif %}

{% ifversion fpt or ghec %} When you delete your account we stop billing you. The email address associated with the account becomes available for use with a different account on {% data variables.product.product_location %}. After 90 days, the account name also becomes available to anyone else to use on a new account. {% endif %}

If you’re the only owner of an organization, you must transfer ownership to another person or delete the organization before you can delete your user account. If there are other owners in the organization, you must remove yourself from the organization before you can delete your user account.
If you’re the only owner of an organization, you must transfer ownership to another person or delete the organization before you can delete your personal account. If there are other owners in the organization, you must remove yourself from the organization before you can delete your personal account.

For more information, see:
- "[Transferring organization ownership](/articles/transferring-organization-ownership)"
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## Back up your account data

Before you delete your user account, make a copy of all repositories, private forks, wikis, issues, and pull requests owned by your account.
Before you delete your personal account, make a copy of all repositories, private forks, wikis, issues, and pull requests owned by your account.

{% warning %}

**Warning:** Once your user account has been deleted, GitHub cannot restore your content.
**Warning:** Once your personal account has been deleted, GitHub cannot restore your content.

{% endwarning %}

## Delete your user account
## Delete your personal account

{% data reusables.user-settings.access_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.account_settings %}
3. At the bottom of the Account Settings page, under "Delete account", click **Delete your account**. Before you can delete your user account:
3. At the bottom of the Account Settings page, under "Delete account", click **Delete your account**. Before you can delete your personal account:
- If you're the only owner in the organization, you must transfer ownership to another person or delete your organization.
- If there are other organization owners in the organization, you must remove yourself from the organization.
![Account deletion button](/assets/images/help/settings/settings-account-delete.png)
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title: Managing user account settings
title: Managing personal account settings
intro: 'You can change several settings for your personal account, including changing your username and deleting your account.'
redirect_from:
- /categories/29/articles
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- /integrating-jira-with-your-personal-projects
- /best-practices-for-leaving-your-company
- /what-does-the-available-for-hire-checkbox-do
shortTitle: User account settings
shortTitle: Personal account settings
---

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title: Integrating Jira with your personal projects
intro: 'You can integrate Jira Cloud with your user account to scan commits and pull requests, creating relevant metadata and hyperlinks in any mentioned Jira issues.'
intro: 'You can integrate Jira Cloud with your personal account to scan commits and pull requests, creating relevant metadata and hyperlinks in any mentioned Jira issues.'
redirect_from:
- /articles/integrating-jira-with-your-personal-projects
- /github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/integrating-jira-with-your-personal-projects
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title: Managing access to your user account's project boards
title: Managing access to your personal account's project boards
intro: 'As a project board owner, you can add or remove a collaborator and customize their permissions to a project board.'
redirect_from:
- /articles/managing-project-boards-in-your-repository-or-organization
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