 configuring how user accounts are created and deleted goal configure settings related to how user accounts are created and deleted what are the settings related to user account creation and deletion  you can make it possible for new users to register themselves for accounts with or without email verification or administrative approval or you can make it so only administrators with administer users permission can register new users you can configure what happens to content that a user created if their account is canceled  deleted you can edit the email messages that are sent to users when their accounts are pending approved created blocked or canceled or when they request a password reset what are variables in email message text  variables are short text strings enclosed in square brackets that you can insert into configured email message text when an individual message is generated data from your site is substituted for the variables some commonlyused variables are site name the name of your website site url the url of your website site loginurl the url where users can log in to your site user displayname the user s displayed name user accountname the user s account name user mail the user s email alias user onetimeloginurl an expiring url that a user can use to log in once if they need to reset their password steps in the manage administrative menu navigate to configuration   people   account settings  select the method you want to use for creating user accounts and check or uncheck the box that requires email verification to match the settings you want for your site select the desired option for what happens to content that a user created if their account is canceled optionally edit the text of email messages related to user accounts verify that the other settings are correct click save configuration  you should see a message indicating that the settings were saved  