Before you start
- You must be an organization admin. Members see a notice that an admin must enable Accounts.
- Accounts must be included in your workspace’s plan. Accounts is included in all current plans.
- If your workspace does not need to operate third-party businesses, you do not need to enable Accounts. See Create or switch workspaces to create another directly operated workspace through Clerk instead.
Steps
1
Open Accounts in the sidebar
In the workspace sidebar, find Accounts in the secondary group below the primary navigation. If Accounts is not visible, your workspace may already have it enabled — or you may be looking for the OrganizationSwitcher at the sidebar foot, which is a different control.The Accounts page opens with a setup surface if the capability is not yet enabled.
2
Click Enable Accounts
The setup surface shows a single Enable Accounts button. Click it to turn on the portfolio.Enabling Accounts is idempotent — it turns on the workspace capability without changing your plan, identity, or existing Book. It does not create any connected Accounts.
3
Land in the empty portfolio
After enabling, the page refreshes to show the Accounts portfolio. When no connected Accounts exist yet, you see “No connected Accounts” with an Add Account button.
Success
The Accounts portfolio is visible in your sidebar and shows the empty state with an Add Account button. The capability is enabled for your workspace. You can now create or connect a third-party Account.If it does not work
Next
Create an Account
Create a new third-party Account identity in Kordless.
Connect an existing Account
Connect a third-party Account that already exists in Kordless.