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stage: Software Supply Chain Security
group: Authentication
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# User email addresses API
DETAILS:
**Tier:** Free, Premium, Ultimate
**Offering:** GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated
You can manage [user email addresses](../user/profile/index.md) by using the REST API.
## List your email addresses
Get a list of your email addresses.
Prerequisites:
- You must be authenticated.
This endpoint does not return the primary email address, but [issue 25077](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/25077)
proposes to change this behavior.
```plaintext
GET /user/emails
```
Example response:
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"email": "email@example.com",
"confirmed_at" : "2021-03-26T19:07:56.248Z"
},
{
"id": 3,
"email": "email2@example.com",
"confirmed_at" : null
}
]
```
## List email addresses for a user
DETAILS:
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Get a list of a specified user's emails.
Prerequisites:
- You must be an administrator.
This endpoint does not return the primary email address, but [issue 25077](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/25077)
proposes to change this behavior.
```plaintext
GET /users/:id/emails
```
Supported attributes:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:----------|:--------|:---------|:------------|
| `id` | integer | yes | ID of specified user |
## Get a single email address
Get a single email address.
```plaintext
GET /user/emails/:email_id
```
Supported attributes:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-----------|:--------|:---------|:------------|
| `email_id` | integer | yes | Email ID |
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 1,
"email": "email@example.com",
"confirmed_at" : "2021-03-26T19:07:56.248Z"
}
```
## Add an email address
Creates a new email owned by the authenticated user.
```plaintext
POST /user/emails
```
Supported attributes:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:----------|:-------|:---------|:------------|
| `email` | string | yes | Email address |
```json
{
"id": 4,
"email": "email@example.com",
"confirmed_at" : "2021-03-26T19:07:56.248Z"
}
```
Returns a created email with status `201 Created` on success. If an
error occurs a `400 Bad Request` is returned with a message explaining the error:
```json
{
"message": {
"email": [
"has already been taken"
]
}
}
```
## Add an email address for a user
DETAILS:
**Tier:** Free, Premium, Ultimate
**Offering:** Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated
Create a new email address owned by the specified user.
Prerequisites:
- You must be an administrator.
```plaintext
POST /users/:id/emails
```
Supported attributes:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:--------------------|:--------|:---------|:------------|
| `id` | string | yes | ID of specified user |
| `email` | string | yes | Email address |
| `skip_confirmation` | boolean | no | Skip confirmation and assume email is verified - true or false (default) |
## Delete one of your email addresses
Delete one of your email addresses, other than your primary email address.
Prerequisites:
- You must be authenticated.
If the deleted email address is used for any user emails, those user emails are sent to the primary email address instead.
Because of [known issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438600), group notifications are still sent to
the deleted email address.
```plaintext
DELETE /user/emails/:email_id
```
Supported attributes:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-----------|:--------|:---------|:------------|
| `email_id` | integer | yes | Email ID |
Returns:
- `204 No Content` if the operation was successful.
- `404` if the resource was not found.
## Delete an email address for a user
DETAILS:
**Tier:** Free, Premium, Ultimate
**Offering:** Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated
Delete an email address for a user.
Prerequisites:
- You must be an administrator.
Deletes an email address of a specified user. You cannot delete a primary email address.
```plaintext
DELETE /users/:id/emails/:email_id
```
Supported attributes:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-----------|:--------|:---------|:------------|
| `id` | integer | yes | ID of specified user |
| `email_id` | integer | yes | Email ID |
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