# User registration settings

Use this configuration section to set up the user registration process.

In this section, you can turn on and off the email activation flow - whether the user needs to activate their account via email. You can also choose whether to send confirmation email acter account activation or password change. \
For more information, see [Account activation flow](https://www.progress.com/documentation/sitefinity-cms/account-activation-email-flow).

To access the section, in Sitefinity CMS backend, navigate to *Administration* » *Settings* » *Advanced* » *Security* » *User Registration Settings*.

You can configure the following:

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<p><strong>Description</strong></p>

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<p><em>Provider</em></p>

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<p>Enter the membership provider where you want to register new users when they fill out the <em>Registration form.</em></p>

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<p><em>Role provider</em></p>

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<p>Enter the roles provider which you want to be assigned to new users.</p>

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<em>Account activation options<br>
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<p>Choose between:</p>
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<li><em>After confirmation<br>
</em>The email account activation flow is active and the user needs to confirm the account activation via email.</li>
<li><em>Immediately</em><br>
The user account is activated immediately after the user fills out the <em>Registration form</em>.</li>
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> info **NOTE**: Email activation is the default behavior.

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<p><em>Send an email for successful registration</em></p>

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<p>Select whether you want to send a successful registration email after a user account is activated.</p>

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<em>Email sender provider name<br>
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<p>Enter the email provider to be used for sending email. <br>
If you leave it blank, the default provider is used.</p>

For more information, see [Configure notification profiles](https://www.progress.com/documentation/sitefinity-cms/administration-configure-notification-profiles).

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<p><em>Successful registration sender email</em></p>

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<p>If you have selected <em>Send an email for successful registration</em>, enter the email that you want to appear in the successful registration email.</p>

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<p><em>Successful registration sender name</em></p>

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If you have selected <em>Send an email for successful registration</em>, enter the name of the sender that you want to appear in the successful registration email.<br>

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<p><em>Confirm registration sender email</em></p>

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<p>If you have chosen <em>After confirmation</em>,&nbsp;enter the email that you want to appear in the registration confirmation email.</p>

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<p><em>Confirm registration sender name</em></p>

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<p>If you have chosen <em>After confirmation</em>,&nbsp;enter the name of the sender that you want to appear in the registration confirmation email.</p>

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<p><em>Send an email after password change</em></p>

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<p>Select whether you want to send a successful password change email after a user has changed their password.</p>

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<p><em>Activation link expiration in minutes</em></p>

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<p>If you have chosen <em>After confirmation</em>, enter in minutes the period after which the account activation link, sent in the email, will expire</p>

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