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title: "How to disable registration email verification for Drupal 7"
description: "When regsitering within Drupal 7, all registrants are required to verify their email addresses by default. You may want to disable this feature for some reason. Maybe you are working within a group..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/disable-email-verification/
date: 2012-06-27
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to disable registration email verification for Drupal 7

When regsitering within Drupal 7, all registrants are required to verify their email addresses by default. You may want to disable this feature for some reason. Maybe you are working within a group that all use office emails and there is no need. Whatever reason you have, you can do this within the admin dashboard. Removing the email verification requirement in Drupal 7 can be done by following these steps:

**How to turn off the email verification requirement in Drupal 7:**

1. [Log into your Drupal 7 Admin dashboard](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. Find the **Configuration** option on the top menu bar and click on that option.[![_main-dashboard-configuration](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png)
3. You are now on the **Configuration** screen. Find the **People** category and click on the **Account Settings** link.[![_config-people-account](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings__config-people-account.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings__config-people-account.png)
4. This brings you to the **Account Settings** screen. Be sure you are set to the **Settings **tab, found in the upper right part of the screen. Scroll down and find the **Registration and Cancellation** section. Locate the **Require e-mail verification when a visitor creates an account** setting. By default, this is checked. Click the checkbox to turn off the email verification requirement.[![config-people-account-email-verify](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-verify.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-verify.png)
5. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the **Save Configuration** button.

You have successfully disabled the email verification for new users in Drupal 7.