1. A method of configuring an account, comprising: generating, on a mobile electronic device, an account type comprising at least two different data classes, in response to one or more user inputs selecting one or more data classes for the account type from a display of data classes available on the mobile electronic device, each data class having a plurality of settings, wherein a data class comprises an email data class, an instant message data class, a contacts data class, a calendar data class, or a bookmarks data class; configuring at least one setting for at least one data class of the account type; generating a first account and a second account having the account type in response to one or more user inputs which select the account type; configuring each data class of the first account and the second account as either active or inactive in response to one or more user inputs; and deactivating a data class of the account type, in response to one or more user inputs, wherein deactivating the data class of the account type deactivates the data class in both the first account and the second account.