---
title: Merging multiple user accounts
intro: 'If you have separate accounts for work and personal use, you can merge the accounts.'
redirect_from:
  - /articles/can-i-merge-two-accounts/
  - /articles/keeping-work-and-personal-repositories-separate/
  - /articles/merging-multiple-user-accounts
versions:
  free-pro-team: '*'
---

{% tip %}

**Tip:** We recommend using only one user account to manage both personal and professional repositories.

{% endtip %}

1. [Transfer any repositories](/articles/how-to-transfer-a-repository) from the account you want to delete to the account you want to keep. Issues, pull requests, and wikis are transferred as well. Verify the repositories exist on the account you want to keep.
2. [Update the remote URLs](/articles/changing-a-remote-s-url) in any local clones of the repositories that were moved.
3. [Delete the account](/articles/deleting-your-user-account) you no longer want to use.

### Further reading

- "[Types of {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} accounts](/articles/types-of-github-accounts)"