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Creating a Medium account

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Access your stories, drafts, and settings

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Profiles

Profiles can be accessed by clicking your avatar in the top right corner and choosing “Your profile” from the drop-down menu. You can go to anyone’s profile by typing medium.com/@(their username). Profiles show follow lists, posts, publications, and recommendations. Click the “edit” button in the top right corner of your profile page to add a cover photo, update your bio, or change your avatar picture, and then click save to update.

Settings

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• Change the email address where you receive your notifications and newsletters
• Change your Medium username. This is the name that displays in the URL on your profile page
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• Request an zip folder of all your Medium content
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