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title: Your account and profile on GitHub
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shortTitle: Account and profile
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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 %}.'
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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 %}.'
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- Changed the state of a thread, such as by closing an issue or merging a pull request.
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- Had a team you're a member of @mentioned.
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By default, you also automatically watch all repositories that you create and are owned by your user account.
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By default, you also automatically watch all repositories that you create and are owned by your personal account.
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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
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intro: 'You can manage settings in your GitHub user account including email preferences, collaborator access for personal repositories, and organization memberships.'
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shortTitle: User accounts
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title: Setting up and managing your GitHub personal account
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intro: 'You can manage settings in your GitHub personal account including email preferences, collaborator access for personal repositories, and organization memberships.'
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## Further reading
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- "[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)"
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- "[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)"
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- "[Removing a collaborator from a personal repository](/articles/removing-a-collaborator-from-a-personal-repository)"
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- "[Removing yourself from a collaborator's repository](/articles/removing-yourself-from-a-collaborator-s-repository)"
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- "[Organizing members into teams](/organizations/organizing-members-into-teams)"
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title: Maintaining ownership continuity of your user account's repositories
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title: Maintaining ownership continuity of your personal account's repositories
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intro: You can invite someone to manage your user owned repositories if you are not able to.
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title: Changing your primary email address
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intro: You can change the email address associated with your user account at any time.
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intro: You can change the email address associated with your personal account at any time.
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title: Remembering your GitHub username or email
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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.'
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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.'
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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.'
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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.'
Before you leave your company, make sure you update the following information in your user account:
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Before you leave your company, make sure you update the following information in your personal account:
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- 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.
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-[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
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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.
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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.
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-[Stop watching repositories](https://github.com/watching) related to your work. You won't want those notifications anymore!
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-[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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intro: You can convert your user account into an organization. This allows more granular permissions for repositories that belong to the organization.
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intro: You can convert your personal account into an organization. This allows more granular permissions for repositories that belong to the organization.
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**Warning**: Before converting a user into an organization, keep these points in mind:
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- You will **no longer** be able to sign into the converted user account.
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- You will **no longer** be able to create or modify gists owned by the converted user account.
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- You will **no longer** be able to sign into the converted personal account.
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- You will **no longer** be able to create or modify gists owned by the converted personal account.
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- An organization **cannot** be converted back to a user.
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- 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.
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- Any commits made with the converted user account **will no longer be linked** to that account. The commits themselves **will** remain intact.
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- Any forks of private repositories made with the converted user account will be deleted.
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- 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.
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- Any commits made with the converted personal account **will no longer be linked** to that account. The commits themselves **will** remain intact.
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- Any forks of private repositories made with the converted personal account will be deleted.
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## Keep your personal account and create a new organization manually
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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.
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2.[Create a new organization](/articles/creating-a-new-organization-from-scratch) with the original name of your personal user account.
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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.
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2.[Create a new organization](/articles/creating-a-new-organization-from-scratch) with the original name of your personal account.
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You can also convert your personal account directly into an organization. Converting your account:
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{% 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 %}
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{% 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 %}
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2.[Leave any organizations](/articles/removing-yourself-from-an-organization) the user account you're converting has joined.
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2.[Leave any organizations](/articles/removing-yourself-from-an-organization) the personal account you're converting has joined.
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**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)."
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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.'
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