---
title: Setting up and managing your GitHub user account
intro: 'You can manage settings in your GitHub user account including email preferences, collaborator access for personal repositories, and organization memberships.'
shortTitle: User accounts
redirect_from:
  - /categories/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account
versions:
  free-pro-team: '*'
  enterprise-server: '*'
  github-ae: '*'
topics:
  - Accounts
children:
  - /managing-user-account-settings
  - /managing-email-preferences
  - /managing-access-to-your-personal-repositories
  - /managing-your-membership-in-organizations
---