Customer accounts

The customer account settings determine the information that is collected during the customer registration and the experience that customers have during the process.

To access, go to Admin > STORES > Settings > Configuration. In the left panel, expand Customers and choose Customer Configuration.

Account options configuration

Section	Status	Description
Account scope	Supported	The scope of the customer account can be limited to the website where the account was created, or shared with all websites and stores in the store hierarchy.
Login Landing Page	Supported	You can configure your store to redirect customers to their account dashboard after they log in, or let them continue shopping.
New Account Options	Supported	In the Create New Account Options section of the configuration, the basic account options are combined with more advanced options that relate to VAT ID Validation and custom integrations.
Name and Address Options	Supported	The Name and Address Options determine which attributes are included in the names and addresses that appear in the customer account.
Password options	Supported	The customer password options control the level of security that is used for password reset requests, determine the email templates that are used for customer notification, and the lifetime of the password recovery link.
Customer Session Lifetime	Supported	If the session cookie expires before the server session, the customer is logged out.

Account management

Section	Status	Description
Delete customer accounts	Supported	Deletes selected customer accounts.
Subscribe/ unsubcribe to newsletter	Supported	Subscribes/ unsubscribes selected customers to newsletter.
Assign a customer group	Supported	Assigns selected customers to a customer group.
Edit a customer account	Supported	Allows some values of a single selected customer record to be edited from the grid. By default, the following values are available for a quick edit: Email, Group, Phone, ZIP, Web Site, Tax VAT Number, and Gender.