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Managing your role in an organization owned by your enterprise

You can manage your membership in any organization owned by your enterprise and change your role within the organization.

Who can use this feature

Enterprise owners can manage their role in an organization owned by the enterprise.

About role management

You can choose to join an organization owned by your enterprise as a member or as an organization owner, change your role within the organization, or leave the organization.

For information about managing other people's roles in an organization, see "Managing membership in your organization" and "Managing people's access to your organization with roles."

Managing your role with the enterprise settings

You can join an organization owned by your enterprise and manage your role within the organization, directly from the settings for your enterprise account.

  1. In the top-right corner of GitHub Enterprise Server, click your profile photo, then click Enterprise settings.

    Screenshot of the drop-down menu that appears when you click the profile photo on GitHub Enterprise Server. The "Enterprise settings" option is highlighted in a dark orange outline.

  2. Next to the organization you want to manage your role in, select the dropdown menu and click Join as an organization owner or Join as an organization member.

    Screenshot of an organization in the organization list. A dropdown menu, labeled with the gear icon, is highlighted with an orange outline.