# User Profile ## About Your Profile You can use your Open Collective user profile to let people know a bit about you. Projects you back might want to reach out to you, or you may want to use this page to show off your contributions or the Collectives you manage. Access profile settings by clicking "edit profile". You can edit your info, images, payment methods, connected accounts, and more. ![](https://64131024-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LnScH_KG1YJixOv0LJB%2F-LrtZDhGbYm2tRxhPmkZ%2F-LrtZHfIOMWP9ed709I6%2Fscreen-shot-2019-01-24-at-4.08.21-pm.png?generation=1571850104737280\&alt=media) ### Changing your email Go to 'edit profile' > Advanced and specify your new email address in the box. You'll get a confirmation and then your new email will be active. ![](https://64131024-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LnScH_KG1YJixOv0LJB%2F-LrtZDhGbYm2tRxhPmkZ%2F-LrtZHfKUspr81x4uxHy%2Fchange-email.gif?generation=1571850104359555\&alt=media) ### Deleting or Archiving your account To close your account, go to 'edit profile' > Advanced. If your account has no activity on it yet (donations, expenses), you can delete it. Accounts with a history transactions cannot be deleted, because those transactions are part of Collective budgets, whose integrity and accuracy has to be maintained. You can archive your account instead. Archived accounts look disabled, and people are prevented from donating. Next time we run subscriptions (1st of the month), they will be cancelled. ## Using Open Collective Anonymously You can sign up using a pseudonym. We understand that not everyone can or wants to show their real name on public Collective budgets. If you are getting paid through the platform, we need some personally identifiable information. However, these documents (invoices and tax forms, for example) are not public and only admins will see them. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://documentarians.gitbook.io/metadocumentation/product/user-profile.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.