curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/user/email/visibility' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "visibility": "public"
}'

# PATCH /user/email/visibility (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Set primary email visibility for the authenticated user

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/user/email/visibility' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "visibility": "public"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| visibility | body | string | Yes | Denotes whether an email is publicly visible. |

## Response example
[{"email":"octocat@github.com","primary":true,"verified":true,"visibility":"public"}]

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PATCH

PATCH /user/email/visibility — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Set primary email visibility for the authenticated user

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/user/email/visibility' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "visibility": "public"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
visibility	body	string	Yes	Denotes whether an email is publicly visible.

Response 200 OK

[
  {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "primary": true,
    "verified": true,
    "visibility": "public"
  }
]

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