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This identity is called the AWS account <em>root user</em> and is accessed by signing in with the email address and password that you used to create the account. We strongly recommend that you don't use the root user for your everyday tasks. Safeguard your root user credentials and use them to perform the tasks that only the root user can perform. For the complete list of tasks that require you to sign in as the root user, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html#root-user-tasks">Tasks that require root user credentials</a> in the <em>IAM User Guide</em>. </p><p>To avoid using the root user for everyday tasks, learn how to <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/getting-started.html">set up an administrative user in AWS IAM Identity Center</a>. For additional root user security recommendations, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/root-user-best-practices.html">Root user best practices for your AWS account</a>.</p><div class="awsdocs-note awsdocs-important"><div class="awsdocs-note-title"><awsui-icon name="status-warning" variant="error"></awsui-icon><h6>Important</h6></div><div class="awsdocs-note-text"><p>Anyone who has root user credentials for your AWS account has unrestricted access to all the resources in your account, including billing information.</p></div></div><p>You can <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/root-user-password.html">change</a>, or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reset-root-password.html">reset the root user password</a>, and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user_manage_add-key.html">create</a>, or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user_manage_delete-key.html">delete access keys</a> (access key IDs and secret access keys) for your root user. 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