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title: Creating an account on GitHub
shortTitle: Create an account
intro: 'Create a personal account to get started with {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.'
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topics:
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---

## About your personal account on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}

To get started with {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, you'll need to create a free personal account and verify your email address.

You can also authenticate with Google or Apple - which are the supported social login providers when you create your account on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.
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 {% data variables.product.github %} account.

{% data reusables.accounts.your-personal-account %}

Later, you can explore the different types of accounts that {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} offers, and decide if you need a billing plan. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/get-started/learning-about-github/types-of-github-accounts) and [AUTOTITLE](/get-started/learning-about-github/githubs-plans).

Note that the steps in this article don't apply to {% data variables.product.prodname_emus %}. If your {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} account has been created for you by your company, you can skip this article and continue to [AUTOTITLE](/get-started/start-your-journey/hello-world).

## Signing up for a new personal account

1. Navigate to https://github.com/.
1. Click **Sign up**.
1. Alternatively, click on **Continue with Google** to sign up using social login.
1. 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 {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} tasks, such as creating a repository.

Some enterprises create {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users %} for their users. You can't sign up for a personal account with an email address that's already verified for a {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_user %}.

If you're having problems verifying your email address, there are some troubleshooting steps you can take. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/verifying-your-email-address#troubleshooting-email-verification).

## Next steps

* Now that you've created your personal account, we'll start to explore the basics of {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. In the next tutorial, [AUTOTITLE](/get-started/start-your-journey/hello-world), you'll learn about repositories and how to create one, and you'll be introduced to concepts such as branching, commits, and pull requests.
* 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 [AUTOTITLE](/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa/configuring-two-factor-authentication).

## Further reading

* [AUTOTITLE](/get-started/learning-about-github/types-of-github-accounts)
* [AUTOTITLE](/get-started/learning-about-github/githubs-plans)
* [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/verifying-your-email-address)