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Article version: Enterprise Server 2.21
Article version: Enterprise Server 2.21
Managing user account settings
You can change several settings for your personal account, including changing your username and deleting your account.
About your personal dashboard→
You can visit your personal dashboard to keep track of issues and pull requests you're working on or following, navigate to your top repositories and team pages, stay updated on recent activities in organizations and repositories you're subscribed to, and explore recommended repositories.
Changing your GitHub username→
You can change your GitHub Enterprise Server username at any time.
Converting a user into an organization→
You can convert your user account into an organization. This allows more granular permissions for repositories that belong to the organization.
Deleting your user account→
You can delete your GitHub Enterprise Server user account at any time.
Permission levels for a user account repository→
A repository owned by a user account has two permission levels: the repository owner and collaborators.
Permission levels for user-owned project boards→
A project board owned by a user account has two permission levels: the project board owner and collaborators.
Managing access to your user account's project boards→
As a project board owner, you can add or remove a collaborator and customize their permissions to a project board.
Integrating Jira with your personal projects→
You can integrate Jira Cloud with your user account to scan commits and pull requests, creating relevant metadata and hyperlinks in any mentioned Jira issues.