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description: "Create an account"
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# gt admin user create

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Create an account

## Synopsis

```text
Create an account. On a terminal, gt asks for a missing username, email address and
password; the new account must change its password on its first sign-in unless
--must-change-password=false is passed.
```

```
gt admin user create [<username>] [flags]
```

## Examples

```
$ gt admin user create carol --email carol@example.com
# read the password from a file instead of a prompt
$ gt admin user create ci-bot --email ci@example.com --password-file pw.txt --must-change-password=false
```

## Options

```
      --admin                  Administrator privileges (use =false to revoke)
      --email string           Email address
      --full-name string       Display name
  -h, --help                   help for create
      --must-change-password   Require password change on next sign-in (use =false to disable) (default true)
      --password string        Password (prefer --password-file)
      --password-file string   Read password from file or - for stdin; remove one trailing line ending
      --prohibit-login         Prohibit signing in (use =false to revoke)
      --restricted             Restrict account access (use =false to revoke)
      --username string        Account username
      --visibility string      Profile visibility, by default the instance's default {public|limited|private}
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt admin user](../../admin/user/index.md): Manage registered accounts