About your GitHub account
Your account is the foundation of your GitHub identity. It controls your access to repositories, organizations, and GitHub features, and manages your personal settings and preferences.
About managed user accounts
If you're a member of an enterprise with managed users, your account is a managed user account. Managed user accounts are provisioned and managed by your enterprise through your identity provider. These accounts have different capabilities and restrictions compared to standard personal accounts.
Next steps
- For conceptual information about accounts, see Personal account management.
- For information about managing your account, see How-tos for your GitHub account and profile.
- For reference information, see Personal account reference.
- For information about managed user accounts, see About Enterprise Managed Users.
- For information about managing multiple accounts, see Personal account management.