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type: index, howto
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stage: Manage
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group: Authentication and Authorization
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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---
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# User account **(FREE)**
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Each GitLab account has a user profile, which contains information about you and your GitLab activity.
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Your profile also includes settings, which you use to customize your GitLab experience.
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## Access your user profile
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To access your profile:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select your name or username.
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## Access your user settings
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To access your user settings:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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## Change your username
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Your username has a unique [namespace](../namespace/index.md),
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which is updated when you change your username. Before you change your username, read about
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[how redirects behave](../project/repository/index.md#what-happens-when-a-repository-path-changes).
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If you do not want to update the namespace, you can create a new user or group and transfer projects to it instead.
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Prerequisites:
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- Your namespace cannot contain a project with [Container Registry](../packages/container_registry/index.md) tags.
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- Your namespace cannot have a project that hosts [GitLab Pages](../project/pages/index.md). For more information,
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see [this procedure in the GitLab Team Handbook](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/tools-and-tips/#change-your-username-at-gitlabcom).
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To change your username:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Account**.
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1. In the **Change username** section, enter a new username as the path.
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1. Select **Update username**.
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## Add emails to your user profile
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To add new email to your account:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Emails**.
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1. In the **Email** text box, enter the new email.
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1. Select **Add email address**.
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1. Verify your email address with the verification email received.
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## Make your user profile page private
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You can make your user profile visible to only you and GitLab administrators.
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To make your profile private:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. Select the **Private profile** checkbox.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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The following is hidden from your user profile page (`https://gitlab.example.com/username`):
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- Atom feed
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- Date when account was created
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- Tabs for activity, groups, contributed projects, personal projects, starred projects, snippets
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NOTE:
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Making your user profile page private does not hide all your public resources from the REST or GraphQL APIs.
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### User visibility
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The public page of a user, located at `/username`, is always visible whether you are signed-in or
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not.
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When visiting the public page of a user, you can only see the projects which you have privileges to.
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If the [public level is restricted](../admin_area/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.md#restrict-visibility-levels),
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user profiles are only visible to signed-in users.
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## Add details to your profile with a README
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/232157) in GitLab 14.5.
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You can add more information to your profile page with a README file. When you populate
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the README file with information, it's included on your profile page.
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### From a new project
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To create a new project and add its README to your profile:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects > View all projects**.
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1. On the right of the page, select **New project**.
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1. Select **Create blank project**.
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1. Enter the project details:
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- In the **Project name** field, enter the name for your new project.
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- In the **Project URL** field, select your GitLab username.
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- In the **Project slug** field, enter your GitLab username.
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1. For **Visibility Level**, select **Public**.
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1. For **Project Configuration**, ensure **Initialize repository with a README** is selected.
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1. Select **Create project**.
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1. Create a README file inside this project. The file can be any valid [README or index file](../project/repository/index.md#readme-and-index-files).
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1. Populate the README file with [Markdown](../markdown.md), or another [supported markup language](../project/repository/index.md#supported-markup-languages).
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GitLab displays the contents of your README below your contribution graph.
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### From an existing project
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To add the README from an existing project to your profile,
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[update the path](../project/settings/index.md#rename-a-repository) of the project
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to match your username.
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## Add external accounts to your user profile page
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You can add links to certain other external accounts you might have, like Skype and Twitter.
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They can help other users connect with you on other platforms.
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To add links to other accounts:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Main settings** section, add your information from:
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- Skype
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- LinkedIn
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- Twitter
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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## Show private contributions on your user profile page
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In the user contribution calendar graph and recent activity list, you can see your [contribution actions](contributions_calendar.md#user-contribution-events) to private projects.
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To show private contributions:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Main settings** section, select the **Include private contributions on my profile** checkbox.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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## Add your gender pronouns
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332405) in GitLab 14.0.
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You can add your gender pronouns to your GitLab account to be displayed next to
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your name in your profile.
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To specify your pronouns:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Pronouns** text box, enter your pronouns.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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## Add your name pronunciation
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/25742) in GitLab 14.2.
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You can add your name pronunciation to your GitLab account. This is displayed in your profile, below
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your name.
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To add your name pronunciation:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Pronunciation** text box, enter how your name is pronounced.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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## Set your current status
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/56649) in GitLab 13.10, users can schedule the clearing of their status.
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You can provide a custom status message for your user profile along with an emoji that describes it.
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This may be helpful when you are out of office or otherwise not available.
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Your status is publicly visible even if your [profile is private](#make-your-user-profile-page-private).
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To set your current status:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Set status** or, if you have already set a status, **Edit status**.
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1. Set the desired emoji and status message. Status messages must be plain text and 100 characters or less.
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They can also contain emoji codes like, `I'm on vacation :palm_tree:`.
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1. Select a value from the **Clear status after** dropdown list.
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1. Select **Set status**. Alternatively, you can select **Remove status** to remove your user status entirely.
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You can also set your current status from [your user settings](#access-your-user-settings) or by [using the API](../../api/users.md#user-status).
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If you select the **Busy** checkbox, remember to clear it when you become available again.
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## Set a busy status indicator
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/259649) in GitLab 13.6.
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> - It was [deployed behind a feature flag](../feature_flags.md), disabled by default.
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> - [Became enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/281073) in GitLab 13.8.
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> - [Feature flag removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/329163) in GitLab 13.12.
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To indicate to others that you are busy, you can set an indicator.
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To set the busy status indicator, either:
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- Set it directly:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Set status** or, if you have already set a status, **Edit status**.
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1. Select the **Set yourself as busy** checkbox.
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- Set it on your profile:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Current status** section, select the **Set yourself as busy** checkbox.
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The busy status is displayed in the user interface.
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Username:
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| Profile page | Settings menu | User popovers |
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Issue and merge request sidebar:
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| Sidebar| Collapsed sidebar |
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Notes:
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| Notes | Note headers |
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## Set your time zone
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You can set your local time zone to:
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- Display your local time on your profile, and in places where hovering over your name shows information about you.
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- Align your contribution calendar with your local time to better reflect when your contributions were made
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([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/335343) in GitLab 14.5).
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To set your time zone:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Time settings** section, select your time zone from the dropdown list.
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## Change the email displayed on your commits
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A commit email is an email address displayed in every Git-related action carried out through the GitLab interface.
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Any of your own verified email addresses can be used as the commit email.
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Your primary email is used by default.
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To change your commit email:
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1. In the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Commit email** dropdown list, select an email address.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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## Change your primary email
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Your primary email:
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- Is the default email address for your login, commit email, and notification email.
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- Must be already [linked to your user profile](#add-emails-to-your-user-profile).
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To change your primary email:
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1. In the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Email** field, enter your new email address.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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## Set your public email
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You can select one of your [configured email addresses](#add-emails-to-your-user-profile) to be displayed on your public profile:
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1. In the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Public email** field, select one of the available email addresses.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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### Use an automatically-generated private commit email
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GitLab provides an automatically-generated private commit email address,
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so you can keep your email information private.
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To use a private commit email:
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1. On the top bar, in the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. In the **Commit email** dropdown list, select **Use a private email**.
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1. Select **Update profile settings**.
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Every Git-related action uses the private commit email.
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To stay fully anonymous, you can also copy the private commit email
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and configure it on your local machine by using the following command:
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```shell
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git config --global user.email <your email address>
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```
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## User activity
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GitLab tracks [user contribution activity](contributions_calendar.md). You can follow or unfollow other users from either:
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- Their [user profiles](#access-your-user-profile).
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- The small popover that appears when you hover over a user's name ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/76050)
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in GitLab 15.0).
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In [GitLab 15.5 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/360755),
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the maximum number of users you can follow is 300.
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To view a user's activity in a top-level Activity view:
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1. From a user's profile, select **Follow**.
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1. In the GitLab menu, select **Activity**.
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1. Select the **Followed users** tab.
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## Troubleshooting
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### Why do I keep getting signed out?
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When you sign in to the main GitLab application, a `_gitlab_session` cookie is
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set. When you close your browser, the cookie is cleared client-side
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and it expires after a set duration. GitLab administrators can determine the duration:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Admin**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > General**.
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1. Expand **Account and limit**. The set duration is in **Session duration (minutes)**.
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The default is `10080`, which equals 7 days.
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When you sign in to the main GitLab application, you can also check the
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**Remember me** option. This sets the `remember_user_token`
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cookie via [`devise`](https://github.com/heartcombo/devise).
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The `remember_user_token` cookie expires after
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`config/initializers/devise.rb` -> `config.remember_for`. The default is 2 weeks.
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When the `_gitlab_session` expires or isn't available, GitLab uses the `remember_user_token`
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to get you a new `_gitlab_session` and keep you signed in through browser restarts.
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After your `remember_user_token` expires and your `_gitlab_session` is cleared/expired,
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you are asked to sign in again to verify your identity for security reasons.
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NOTE:
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When any session is signed out, or when a session is revoked
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via [Active Sessions](active_sessions.md), all **Remember me** tokens are revoked.
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While other sessions remain active, the **Remember me** feature doesn't restore
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a session if the browser is closed or the existing session expires.
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### Increased sign-in time
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/20340) in GitLab 13.1.
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The `remember_user_token` lifetime of a cookie can now extend beyond the deadline set by `config.remember_for`, as the `config.extend_remember_period` flag is now set to true.
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GitLab uses both session and persistent cookies:
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- Session cookie: Session cookies are normally removed at the end of the browser session when
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the browser is closed. The `_gitlab_session` cookie has no fixed expiration date. However,
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it expires based on its [`session_expire_delay`](#why-do-i-keep-getting-signed-out).
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- Persistent cookie: The `remember_user_token` is a cookie with an expiration date of two weeks.
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GitLab activates this cookie if you select **Remember Me** when you sign in.
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By default, the server sets a time-to-live (TTL) of 1-week on any session that is used.
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When you close a browser, the session cookie may still remain. For example, Chrome has the "Continue where you left off" option that restores session cookies.
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In other words, as long as you access GitLab at least once every 2 weeks, you could remain signed in with GitLab, as long as your browser tab is open.
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The server continues to reset the TTL for that session, independent of whether 2FA is installed,
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If you close your browser and open it up again, the `remember_user_token` cookie allows your user to reauthenticate itself.
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Without the `config.extend_remember_period` flag, you would be forced to sign in again after two weeks.
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## Related topics
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- [Create users](account/create_accounts.md)
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- [Sign in to your GitLab account](../../topics/authentication/index.md)
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- [Change your password](user_passwords.md)
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- Receive emails for:
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- [Sign-ins from unknown IP addresses or devices](notifications.md#notifications-for-unknown-sign-ins)
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- [Attempted sign-ins using wrong two-factor authentication codes](notifications.md#notifications-for-attempted-sign-in-using-wrong-two-factor-authentication-codes)
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- Manage applications that can [use GitLab as an OAuth provider](../../integration/oauth_provider.md#introduction-to-oauth)
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- Manage [personal access tokens](personal_access_tokens.md) to access your account via API and authorized applications
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- Manage [SSH keys](../ssh.md) to access your account via SSH
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- Change your [syntax highlighting theme](preferences.md#syntax-highlighting-theme)
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- [View your active sessions](active_sessions.md) and revoke any of them if necessary
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