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# User account
# User account **(FREE)**
Each GitLab account has a user profile, which contains information about you and your GitLab activity.
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## Show private contributions on your user profile page
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/14078) in GitLab 11.3.
In the user contribution calendar graph and recent activity list, you can see your [contribution actions](../../api/events.md#action-types) to private projects.
To show private contributions:
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## Set your current status
> - Introduced in GitLab 11.2.
> - [Improved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/56649) in GitLab 13.10.
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/56649) in GitLab 13.10, users can schedule the clearing of their status.
You can provide a custom status message for your user profile along with an emoji that describes it.
This may be helpful when you are out of office or otherwise not available.
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## Change the email displayed on your commits
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/21598) in GitLab 11.4.
A commit email is an email address displayed in every Git-related action carried out through the GitLab interface.
Any of your own verified email addresses can be used as the commit email.
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### Use an automatically-generated private commit email
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/22560) in GitLab 11.5.
GitLab provides an automatically-generated private commit email address,
