# Configuring User Account Settings

## Goal

Turn off the ability for people to register user accounts on the site. Also,
review and/or edit the email messages generated by the site for events related
to user accounts.
## Prerequisite knowledge

[Concept: Administrative Overview](/link/705)
## Steps

1. In the _Manage_ administrative menu, navigate to _Configuration_ > _People_ >
    _Account settings_ (_admin/config/people/accounts_).
1. Under _Registration and cancellation_, select _Administrators only_ as the
    people with permissions to register user accounts. You can check _Require email
    verification when a visitor creates an account_ in case you want to change the
    settings for account registration later on.
    ![Account registration only by admin](https://docs.cocobook.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/config-user-account-reg.png)
1. Optionally, change the default email address from which user account
    notifications from the farmers market website will be sent. This will help you
    maintain a separate email address from the one used for the website in
    general. For example, this email address for user account notifications will be
    useful for a staff member(s) communicating with vendors.
    ![Notification email from address](https://docs.cocobook.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/config-user-from-email.png)
1. Optionally, edit the email templates under _Emails_ to customize
    automated emails. There are several email templates provided by the core
    software. They are meant for different user-specific occasions. All of them can
    be personalized and three can be disabled via checkboxes: activation, blocking,
    and cancellation.
    You can send out your own text (for example, welcoming the new vendors for whom
    accounts were just created) by editing the _Welcome (new user created by
    administrator)_ template.
    <img src="https://docs.cocobook.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/config-user-email.png" alt="Email notification on account events" width="100%" />
1. Click _Save configuration_ to save the changes.

## Expand your understanding

* [Clearing the Cache](/link/773)
* [Creating a User Account](/link/740)
## Related concepts

See [Drupal User Guide](/link/673#bkmrk-managing-user-accoun) for more information about user accounts and permissions.
## Videos

[Configuring User Account Settings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POhQTAX93R8)

## Additional resources

[Securing your site](https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration) can
help you with a more safety-focused approach to configuration.