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Add callout about Clerk auto-deleting empty organizations #1550

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## Create an organization

### Application owner
[You can create organizations in the Clerk Dashboard](#application-owner), or [your end users can create organizations in your application.](#application-user)

You can create organizations in the Clerk Dashboard or in your application. To create an organization in the Clerk Dashboard:
> [!WARNING]
> Clerk automatically deletes organizations that have no members after one hour.

### Create an organization in the Clerk Dashboard

To create an organization in the Clerk Dashboard:

1. Navigate to the [Clerk Dashboard](https://dashboard.clerk.com/last-active?path=organizations).
1. In the navigation sidebar, select **Organizations**.
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If you need more organizations or custom pricing, please contact [our sales team](/contact/sales){{ target: '_blank' }} to upgrade to the Enterprise plan.

### Application user
### Create an organization in your application

By default, users can create organizations within your application. To disable this permission for all users:
By default, users have the permission to create organizations within your application. To configure this permission for all users:

1. Navigate to the [Clerk Dashboard](https://dashboard.clerk.com/last-active?path=organizations-settings).
1. In the navigation sidebar, select **Organization Settings**.
1. At the bottom of the page, in the **Limit creation** section, toggle **Allow new users to create organizations** off.
1. You can also configure the number of organizations that can be created by each user. By default, unlimited organizations can be created by each user.
1. In the top navigation, select **Configure**. Then, in the sidebar, under **Organization management**, select **Settings**.
1. At the bottom of the page, in the **Limit creation** section, enable/disable **Allow new users to create organizations**. You can also configure the number of organizations that can be created by each user. By default, each user can create an unlimited number of organizations.

If you want to only disable this permission for certain users, you can override it on a per-user basis on the user's profile page in the Clerk Dashboard:
If you want to only configure this permission for a specific user, you can override it on a per-user basis on the user's profile page in the Clerk Dashboard:

1. Navigate to the [Clerk Dashboard](https://dashboard.clerk.com/last-active?path=users).
1. In the navigation sidebar, select **Users**.
1. In the top navigation, select **Users**.
1. Select the user you want to update.
1. In the **User permissions** section, toggle **Allow user to create organizations** off.
1. In the **User permissions** section, enable/disable **Allow user to create organizations**.

When a user creates an organization, they become the organization's admin. As the organization's admin, they have full control over the organization, including the ability to update the organization's settings, invite users to join the organization, and manage the organization's members.

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