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@octocat's profile: https://github.com/octocat
Access an organization: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/organization-membership/accessing-an-organization
Account and profile: /en/account-and-profile
Account management: /en/account-and-profile/concepts/account-management
Account: /en/account-and-profile/get-started/account
Add email address: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/adding-an-email-address-to-your-github-account
Ask the GitHub community: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions
Backup email address: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/setting-a-backup-email-address
Block push with personal email: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/blocking-command-line-pushes-that-expose-your-personal-email-address
Blog: https://github.blog
Change username: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/changing-your-username
Configuring two-factor authentication: /en/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa/configuring-two-factor-authentication
Contact support: https://support.github.com
Create an account: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/creating-an-account-on-github
Delete your account: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/deleting-your-personal-account
Email addresses: /en/account-and-profile/concepts/email-addresses
Email addresses: /en/account-and-profile/reference/email-addresses-reference
Enhance your resume: /en/account-and-profile/tutorials/using-your-github-profile-to-enhance-your-resume
Expert services: https://services.github.com
Find your username or email: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/remembering-your-github-username-or-email
GitHub Docs: /en
GitHub's plans: /en/get-started/learning-about-github/githubs-plans
Home: /en
How-tos: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos
Learn how to contribute: /contributing
Leave an enterprise: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/organization-membership/removing-yourself-from-an-enterprise
Leave an organization: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/organization-membership/removing-yourself-from-an-organization
Make a contribution: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/creating-an-account-on-github.md
Manage accessibility settings: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-settings/managing-accessibility-settings
Manage cookie preferences: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-settings/manage-cookie-preferences
Manage multiple accounts: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/managing-multiple-accounts
Managing your tab size: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-settings/managing-your-tab-size-rendering-preference
Merge multiple accounts: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/merging-multiple-personal-accounts
Move work to organization: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/moving-your-work-to-an-organization
Organization membership: /en/account-and-profile/concepts/organization-membership
Organization profile: /en/account-and-profile/concepts/organization-profile
Personal account management: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management
Personal account: /en/account-and-profile/reference/personal-account-reference
Personal dashboard quickstart: /en/account-and-profile/get-started/personal-dashboard-quickstart
Personal dashboard: /en/account-and-profile/reference/personal-dashboard
Personal profile: /en/account-and-profile/concepts/personal-profile
Personalize your profile: /en/account-and-profile/tutorials/personalize-your-profile
Pin items: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/profile-customization/pinning-items-to-your-profile
Prepare for job change: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-settings/prepare-for-job-change
Pricing: https://github.com/pricing
Primary email address: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/changing-your-primary-email-address
Privacy policy: /en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
Privacy: /en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
Private contributions and achievements: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/contribution-settings/manage-visibility-settings-for-private-contributions-and-achievements
Profile contributions reference: /en/account-and-profile/reference/profile-contributions-reference
Profile contributions: /en/account-and-profile/concepts/contributions-on-your-profile
Profile reference: /en/account-and-profile/reference/profile-reference
Profile: /en/account-and-profile/get-started/profile
Request OAuth app approval: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/organization-membership/requesting-organization-approval-for-oauth-apps
Security and analysis: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-settings/managing-security-and-analysis-features
Send enterprise contributions: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/contribution-settings/sharing-contributions-from-github-enterprise-server
Set commit email address: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address
Set profile to private: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/profile-customization/setting-your-profile-to-private
Set your hiring status: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-settings/set-your-hiring-status
Show an overview: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/contribution-settings/showing-an-overview-of-your-activity-on-your-profile
Show or hide membership: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/organization-membership/publicizing-or-hiding-organization-membership
Status: https://www.githubstatus.com/
Terms: /en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service
Troubleshoot adding an email: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/troubleshooting-adding-an-email
Troubleshoot email verification: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/troubleshooting-email-verification
Troubleshoot missing contributions: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/contribution-settings/troubleshooting-missing-contributions
Troubleshooting email verification: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/troubleshooting-email-verification
Types of GitHub accounts: /en/get-started/learning-about-github/types-of-github-accounts
Unlink your email: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/unlinking-your-email-address-from-a-locked-account
Username changes: /en/account-and-profile/concepts/username-changes
Username reference: /en/account-and-profile/reference/username-reference
Verify your email address: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/verifying-your-email-address
View contributions: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/contribution-settings/viewing-contributions-on-your-profile
View organization members: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/organization-membership/viewing-peoples-roles-in-an-organization
Viewing commit details: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/contribution-settings/viewing-commit-details-from-your-timeline
Your profile README: /en/account-and-profile/how-tos/profile-customization/managing-your-profile-readme
https://github.com/signup: https://github.com/signup?ref_product=github&ref_type=engagement&ref_style=text

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In this article
About your personal account on GitHub
Signing up for a new personal account
Next steps
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About your personal account on GitHub
To get started with GitHub.com, you need to a personal account and a verified email address.
When creating a free account on GitHub.com, you can also authenticate with Google or Apple - which are the supported social login providers. For iOS users, even if you have enabled the setting "Hide My Email addresses" for your Apple account, using social login will result in creating a new GitHub account.
Every person who uses GitHub signs in to a user account. Your user account is your identity on GitHub and has a username and profile. For example, see
@octocat's profile
.
Later, you can explore the different types of accounts that GitHub offers, and decide if you need a billing plan. For more information, see
Types of GitHub accounts
and
GitHub's plans
.
Note
The steps in this article don't apply to Enterprise Managed Users and users on GitHub Enterprise Server. If your GitHub account has been created by your company, you can skip this article.
Signing up for a new personal account
Navigate to
https://github.com/signup
.
Alternatively, click on
Continue with Google
to sign up using social login.
Follow the prompts to create your personal account.
During sign up, you'll be asked to verify your email address. Without a verified email address, you won't be able to complete some basic GitHub tasks, such as creating a repository.
Some enterprises create managed user accounts for their users. You can't sign up for a personal account with an email address that's already verified for a managed user account.
If you're having problems verifying your email address, there are some troubleshooting steps you can take. For more information, see
Troubleshooting email verification
.
Next steps
We strongly recommend that you configure 2FA for your account. 2FA is an extra layer of security that can help keep your account secure. For more information, see
Configuring two-factor authentication
.
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