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description: >-
  If you want to display Login and Register on the Header, You need to enable
  customer accounts
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# Enable Customer Account

When you enable customer accounts, Shopify stores password-protected information about a customer's identity, order history, and current order status. Your customers' details, such as address information, will be pre-filled from the stored information during checkout. You can make customer accounts required or optional or disable them altogether. When creating an account, customers are redirected to a separate account creation page. Keep in mind that requiring customers to create accounts might decrease sales conversions.

**Step 1**: From your Shopify admin, go to "**Settings**" -> "**Customer accounts**".

**Step 2:** In the **Customer Accounts** section

1. Enable **"Show login link in the online store header and at checkout"** if you want to display the **"Account"** icon in the header.
2. Uncheck **"Show login link in the online store header and at checkout"** if you want to hide the **"Account"** icon in the header. The **Sign Up/Login** function for new customers will also be hidden.

**Step 3:** Select **Legacy** if you want to use our login form.

**Step 4:** To complete the process, please click the **"Save"** button.

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