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description: Convert your Docker Hub user account into an organization
title: Convert an account into an organization
keywords: docker hub, hub, organization, convert account, migrate account
weight: 35
aliases:
- /docker-hub/convert-account/
---

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You can convert an existing user account to an organization. This is useful if you need multiple users to access your account and the repositories that it’s connected to. Converting it to an organization gives you better control over permissions for these users through [teams](manage-a-team.md) and [roles](roles-and-permissions.md).

When you convert a user account to an organization, the account is migrated to a Docker Team subscription.

> [!IMPORTANT]
>
> Once you convert your account to an organization, you can’t revert it to a user account.

## Prerequisites

Before you convert a user account to an organization, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

- The user account that you want to convert must not be a member of a company or any teams or organizations. You must remove the account from all teams, organizations, or the company.

    To do this:
    1. Navigate to **My Hub** and then select the organization you need to leave.
    2. Find your username in the **Members** tab.
    3. Select the **More options** menu and then select **Leave organization**.

    If the user account is the sole owner of any organization or company, assign another user the owner role and then remove yourself from the organization or company.

-  You must have a separate Docker ID ready to assign as the owner of the organization during conversion.

    If you want to convert your user account into an organization account and you don't have any other user accounts, you need to create a new user account to assign it as the owner of the new organization. With the owner role assigned, this user account has full administrative access to configure and manage the organization. You can assign more users the owner role after the conversion.

## Effects of converting an account into an organization

Consider the following effects of converting your account:

- This process removes the email address for the account, and organization owners will receive notification emails instead. You'll be able to reuse the removed email address for another account after converting.