# Update root user password
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To edit your AWS account's root user password, perform the steps in the following procedure.

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#### [ AWS Management Console ]

**To edit your root user password**
**Note**  
You must sign in as the AWS account root user, which requires no additional IAM permissions. You can't perform these steps as an IAM user or role.

1. Use your AWS account's email address and password to sign in to the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/) as your AWS account root user.

1. In the upper right corner of the console, choose your account name or number and then choose **Account**.

1. On the [**Account** page](https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/home#/account), next to **Account details**, choose **Actions** and then select **Update email address and password**.

1. On the **Account Details** page, next to **Password** choose **Edit**.

1. On the **Edit password** page, fill out the fields for **Current password**, **New password**, and **Confirm new password**. Then, choose **Update password**. For additional guidance including best practices for setting root user passwords, see [Change the password for the AWS account root user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/root-user-password.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.

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#### [ AWS CLI & SDKs ]

This task isn't supported in the AWS CLI or by an API operation from one of the AWS SDKs. You can perform this task only by using the AWS Management Console.

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