---
title: "How to add or change email addresses"
slug: "how-to-add-or-change-email-addresses"
description: "Adding or changing an email address in AllSpice Hub is easy. Learn how to do it here."
tags: ["email"]
updated: 2022-12-07T21:41:29Z
published: 2022-12-07T21:41:29Z
canonical: "learn.allspice.io/how-to-add-or-change-email-addresses"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.allspice.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to add or change email addresses

Are you rebranding? Did you change organizations? It doesn't matter the reason, because changing your email address in AllSpice Hub is super easy.

## Adding a new email address in AllSpice Hub

1. [Navigate to the account tab](https://hub.allspice.io/user/settings/account) of your settings
2. Scroll down to Manage Email Addresses
3. Type in your new email address and click the "Add Email Address" button  

![Screen Shot 2022-12-07 at 2.49.59 PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3d44af5c-3f49-4ca5-b152-10836a885c13/Images/Documentation/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-07%20at%202.49.59%20PM.png)
4. You will receive an email at the new address. Follow the instructions to verify and activate the new email.

## Switching primary email addresses in AllSpice Hub

1. [Navigate to the account tab](https://hub.allspice.io/user/settings/account) of your settings
2. Scroll down to Manage Email Addresses
3. Click on the "Make Primary" button for the email address you wish to use for notifications and other operations. ![Screen Shot 2022-12-07 at 2.49.21 PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3d44af5c-3f49-4ca5-b152-10836a885c13/Images/Documentation/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-07%20at%202.49.21%20PM.png)
4. You may wish to remove your old email address using the "Remove" button.

## Switching your email address on your local machine's git configuration

### Global username/email configuration:

1. Open a command line terminal. We like git bash.
2. Set your username:

```
git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
```

1. Set your email address:

```
git config --global user.email "MY_NAME@example.com"
```

### Repo-specific username/email configuration

1. Open a command line terminal. We like git bash.
2. Change to the repository directory
3. Set your username:

```
git config user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
```

1. Set your email address:

```
git config user.email "MY_NAME@example.com"
```

1. Verify your configuration by outputting your config file:

```
cat .git/config
```