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Setting up and managing your personal account on GitHub

You can manage settings for your personal account on GitHub, including email preferences, access to personal repositories, and organization memberships. You can also manage the account itself.

Managing user account settings

You can manage settings for your personal account, including your theme, username, default branch, accessibility, and security settings.

Managing your personal account

You can manage your personal account on GitHub. For example, you can convert an account to an organization, or delete an account.

Managing email preferences

You can add or change the email addresses associated with your account. You can also manage emails you receive from GitHub.

Managing access to your personal repositories

You can give people collaborator access to repositories owned by your personal account.

Managing your membership in organizations

If you're a member of an organization, you can publicize or hide your membership, view other people's roles, and remove yourself from the organization.