You can also convert your personal user account directly into an organization. Transfer your repositories to your new organization account.Ĭonvert your personal account into an organization automatically.Create a new organization with the original name of your personal user account.To retain your current user account name for your personal use, change the name of your personal user account to something new and wonderful.If you want your organization to have the same name that you are currently using for your personal account, or if you want to keep your personal user account's information intact, then you must create a new organization and transfer your repositories to it instead of converting your user account into an organization. Keep your personal user account and create a new organization manually Any forks of private repositories made with the converted user account will be deleted.The commits themselves will remain intact. Any commits made with the converted user account will no longer be linked to that account.This is only true for the user account that's being converted, not any of the user account's collaborators. The SSH keys, OAuth tokens, job profile, reactions, and associated user information, will not be transferred to the organization.An organization cannot be converted back to a user.You will no longer be able to create or modify gists owned by the converted user account.
You will no longer be able to sign into the converted user account.Warning: Before converting a user into an organization, keep these points in mind: