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# Create account

To create a Cloudflare account:

1. Go to the [Sign up page ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up).
2. Enter your **Email** and **Password**.
3. Select **Create Account**.

Once you create your account, Cloudflare will automatically send an email to your address to [verify that email address](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/user-profiles/verify-email-address/).

## Account name

Your account name defaults to `<<YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS>>'s Account`.

You may want to customize the name of this account, either to help specify its purpose or to help associate it with multiple accounts.

To change your account name:

1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the **Configurations** page.  
[ Go to **Configurations** ](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/configurations)
2. For **Account Name**, select **Change Name**.
3. Enter a new account name.
4. Select **Save**.

## Best practices

If you are creating an account for your team or a business, we recommend choosing an email alias or distribution list for your **Email**, such as `cloudflare@example.com`.

This email address is the main point of contact for your Cloudflare billing, usage notifications, and account recovery.

Refer to [Account and domain management best practices](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/best-practices/) for a detailed list of ways to protect your account and domain.

Once you [set up an account](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/account/), you have several ways to interact with Cloudflare.

## Interact with Cloudflare

If you prefer working without code, you can manage your account and domain settings through the [Cloudflare dashboard ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).

Note

If your domain was added to Cloudflare by a hosting partner, manage your DNS records via the hosting partner.

For those who prefer to interact with Cloudflare programmatically, you can use several methods:

| Resource                                                                                 | Docs                                                                   | Description                                                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Cloudflare API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/)                    | [API docs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/)                     | RESTful API based on HTTPS requests and JSON responses.                        |
| [Terraform ↗](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs) | [Terraform docs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/)         | Configure Cloudflare using HashiCorp's Infrastructure as Code tool, Terraform. |
| [cloudflare-go ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go)                           | [README ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go#readme)         | The official Go library for the Cloudflare API.                                |
| [cloudflare-typescript ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript)           | [README ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript#readme) | The official TypeScript library for the Cloudflare API.                        |
| [cloudflare-python ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-python)                   | [README ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-python#readme)     | The official Python library for the Cloudflare API.                            |

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