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---
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title: Verifying your email address
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intro: 'Verifying your primary email address ensures strengthened security, allows {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} staff to better assist you if you forget your password, and gives you access to more features on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.'
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redirect_from:
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- /articles/troubleshooting-email-verification/
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- /articles/setting-up-email-verification/
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- /articles/verifying-your-email-address
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versions:
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free-pro-team: '*'
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topics:
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- accounts
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---
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### About email verification
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You can verify your email address after signing up for a new account, or when you add a new email address. If an email address is undeliverable or bouncing, it will be unverified.
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If you do not verify your email address, you will not be able to:
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- Create or fork repositories
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- Create issues or pull requests
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- Comment on issues, pull requests, or commits
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- Authorize {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_app %} applications
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- Generate personal access tokens
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- Receive email notifications
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- Star repositories
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- Create or update project boards, including adding cards
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- Create or update gists
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- Create or use {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}
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- Sponsor developers with {% data variables.product.prodname_sponsors %}
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{% warning %}
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**Warnings**:
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- {% data reusables.user_settings.no-verification-disposable-emails %}
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- {% data reusables.user_settings.verify-org-approved-email-domain %}
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{% endwarning %}
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### Verifying your email address
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{% data reusables.user_settings.access_settings %}
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{% data reusables.user_settings.emails %}
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1. Under your email address, click **Resend verification email**.
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4. {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} will send you an email with a link in it. After you click that link, you'll be taken to your {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} dashboard and see a confirmation banner.
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### Troubleshooting email verification
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#### Unable to send verification email
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{% data reusables.user_settings.no-verification-disposable-emails %}
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#### Error page after clicking verification link
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The verification link expires after 24 hours. If you don't verify your email within 24 hours, you can request another email verification link. For more information, see "[Verifying your email address](/articles/verifying-your-email-address)."
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If you click on the link in the confirmation email within 24 hours and you are directed to an error page, you should ensure that you're signed into the correct {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} account.
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1. {% data variables.product.signout_link %} of your personal {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} account.
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2. Quit and restart your browser.
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3. {% data variables.product.signin_link %} to your personal {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} account.
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4. Click on the verification link in the email we sent you.
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### Further reading
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- "[Changing your primary email address](/articles/changing-your-primary-email-address)"
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