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# Validate email

Validates the email address of your account using the email validation token send to your email address. Email validation is a required step for account activation.

| **Description** | Validates an email address validation |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| **Endpoint**    | `/account/security/email/validate`    |
| **Method**      | POST                                  |

### Access Level Rules

| **Minimum Access Level** | Account holder only |
| ------------------------ | ------------------- |

### Processing Units

| **Processing units** | 0 |
| -------------------- | - |

### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="312">Description</th><th>Required</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>token</code></td><td>The validation token send in the validation email.</td><td>true</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>