Moving your work to an organization

Keeping your username for the organization

If you want your new organization to use your current personal account username, you'll need to rename your personal account first:

1. Change your personal account username to something new. For more information, see Username changes.
2. Create an organization using your original username, then follow the steps below to move your work.

Moving your work to an organization

1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Settings.
2. In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Organizations.
3. Under the "Move to an organization" section, click Move work to an organization.
4. Follow the prompts to transfer any of your repositories and projects to a new or existing organization. For more information about the plans available for your team, see GitHub’s plans.
5. Once done assigning your work to its new location, click Move to an organization, then click Go to your organization.

Further reading

• Inviting users to join your organization
• Maintaining ownership continuity for your organization