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Verifying your primary email address ensures strengthened security, allows GitHub staff to better assist you if you forget your password, and gives you access to more features on GitHub.

About email verification

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.

If you do not verify your email address, you will not be able to:

  • Create or fork repositories
  • Create issues or pull requests
  • Comment on issues, pull requests, or commits
  • Authorize OAuth App applications
  • Generate personal access tokens
  • Receive email notifications
  • Star repositories
  • Create or update project boards, including adding cards
  • Create or update gists
  • Create or use GitHub Actions
  • Sponsor developers with GitHub Sponsors

Warnings:

  • You cannot verify email addresses from disposable email address services (services that allow you to receive email at a temporary address that expires after a certain time). If you'd like to keep your email address private, you can use a GitHub-provided noreply email address. For more information, see "Setting your commit email address on GitHub."
  • If an organization you're a member of restricts email notifications to an approved email domain, you'll need to verify an email address in that domain to receive email notifications about activity in the organization. For more information, see "Restricting email notifications to an approved domain."

Verifying your email address

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.

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  2. In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Emails.

  3. Under your email address, click Resend verification email.

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  4. GitHub will send you an email with a link in it. After you click that link, you'll be taken to your GitHub dashboard and see a confirmation banner.

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Troubleshooting email verification

Unable to send verification email

You cannot verify email addresses from disposable email address services (services that allow you to receive email at a temporary address that expires after a certain time). If you'd like to keep your email address private, you can use a GitHub-provided noreply email address. For more information, see "Setting your commit email address on GitHub."

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."

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 account on GitHub.com.

  1. Sign out of your personal account on GitHub.com.
  2. Quit and restart your browser.
  3. Sign in to your personal account on GitHub.com.
  4. Click on the verification link in the email we sent you.

Further reading

  • "Changing your primary email address"

You may be blocked from signing in to your Google Account with some services or programs when we can’t verify it’s really you. If your sign-in is blocked, the service you’re using will likely notify you with:

  • A general error that your sign-in was unsuccessful.
  • An error saying that your password and username are incorrect, even if you’ve entered the correct information.

Note: If you have an account through your work, school, or other organization, you can get help from your administrator.

Why you were blocked from signing in

You may be blocked from signing in to your Google Account if:

  • The service you’re signing in from doesn’t provide enough information to prove it’s you.
  • You’re signing in from a new location or device.

Get troubleshooting tips

Use a trusted device & location

  • Your sign-in may be blocked if the device or location you’re using is new. Try again from a device or location that you commonly sign in from.
  • Sign in to your Google Account on the new device and try again the following week.

Update the app

If you’re trying to sign in to your Google Account from an app, make sure you’re using the latest version. The latest version of the app may use more secure sign-in technology.

Switch to a more secure service

If you still can’t sign in from the site, app, or program, consider switching to a service that uses more secure sign-in technology, like Sign in with Google.

All Google services use the latest security measures.

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What to do if you cant verify your Microsoft account?

To check go to account.microsoft.com/security > Advanced security options. Check if all are up to date. If you do not have additional email address or phone number added to your Security information click the Add a new way to sign in or verify.

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We're having trouble verifying your Office 365 account on this computer. ' This could happen if your account has lost its connection to the software or if your details such as the password or email address have changed and not synchronised.

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How to verify an email address in your Microsoft account.
Sign in to Manage how you sign in to Microsoft..
A Verify button will be next to any unverified aliases..
Click Verify next to your email address, and then click Send email..

How do I unlock my Microsoft account administrator?

For admins.
Sign in to the Microsoft 365 portal as an admin..
Under Users, Select Active Users..
Locate the user, and then click the users Display name to open the settings pane..
At the top of the pane, select Unblock sign-in..
In the Unblock sign-in screen, de-select Block this user from signing in and click Save changes..