{"meta":{"title":"Converting an organization into a user","intro":"It's not possible to convert an organization into a personal account, but you can create a new personal account and transfer the organization's repositories to it.","product":"Organizations","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/organizations","title":"Organizations"},{"href":"/en/organizations/managing-organization-settings","title":"Manage organization settings"},{"href":"/en/organizations/managing-organization-settings/converting-an-organization-into-a-user","title":"Convert organization to user"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Converting an organization into a user\n\nIt's not possible to convert an organization into a personal account, but you can create a new personal account and transfer the organization's repositories to it.\n\n> \\[!NOTE]\n> After an account is deleted, the username at the time of deletion becomes unavailable for reuse for 90 days. To reuse an organization's username immediately, you must change the username before you delete the organization.\n\n1. [Sign up](/en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/creating-an-account-on-github) for a new account on GitHub.\n2. [Have the user's role changed to an owner](/en/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/maintaining-ownership-continuity-for-your-organization).\n3. Sign in to the new personal account.\n4. [Transfer each organization repository](/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/transferring-a-repository) to the new personal account.\n5. [Rename the organization](/en/account-and-profile/concepts/username-changes) to make the current username available.\n6. [Rename the user](/en/account-and-profile/concepts/username-changes) to the organization's name.\n7. [Delete the organization](/en/organizations/managing-organization-settings/deleting-an-organization-account)."}