Account settings overview

Your account settings are where you manage how you appear on the site and how you sign in.

Where to find them

What you can change

Display name — the name shown on your activity.
Username — your public handle; see the Username policy.
Timezone — how dates and times appear to you; see Timezone preferences.
Sign-in email — the address you sign in with and where account emails go. You can change it yourself; see Changing your email or password.
Account recovery — an optional recovery email and phone number that help us confirm it's you if you ever lose access to your email.
Password — see Changing your email or password.
Public profile — an optional, opt-in public page. It is private by default.
Notifications — what reaches your inbox and how often; see below.

Notifications

Open Notifications from your account page to see everything you're subscribed to in one place. For each kind of notification you can turn the email off and keep it on the site, and for round-ups you can choose daily, weekly or monthly (weekly by default).

A few kinds are always sent — moderation decisions, billing, and account notices. Those are the messages you need to run your account, so they're listed on the page but can't be switched off. Turning an email off never hides the notification on the site.

Managing your data

Account Settings is also where you download a copy of your data or start a data deletion request. See Privacy and your data for what the download includes, and Deleting your account for how deletion works.