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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.</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>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></div></div> <h2 id="root-user-sign-in-tutorial">To sign in as the root user</h2> <p>AWS accounts managed using AWS Organizations may have centralized root access for member accounts. These member accounts do not have root user credentials, can't sign in as a root user, and are prevented from recovering the root user password. You must contact an administrator to perform privileged root user actions in your member account. For details, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html#id_root-user-access-management">Centrally manage root access for member accounts</a> in the <em>AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide</em>.</p> <div class="procedure"><h6></h6><ol><li> <p>Open the AWS Management Console at <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>https://console.aws.amazon.com/</span><awsui-icon class="awsdocs-link-icon" name="external"></awsui-icon></a>.</p> <div class="awsdocs-note"><div class="awsdocs-note-title"><awsui-icon name="status-info" variant="link"></awsui-icon><h6>Note</h6></div><div class="awsdocs-note-text"><p>If you signed in previously as an <b>IAM user</b> using this browser, your browser might display the IAM user sign-in page instead. Choose <b>Sign in using root user email</b>.</p></div></div> </li><li> <p>Choose <b>Root user</b>. </p> <div class="mediaobject"> </div> </li><li> <p>Under <b>Root user email address</b>, enter the email address associated with your root user. Then, select <b>Next</b>.</p> </li><li> <p>If you鈥檙e prompted to complete a security check, enter the characters presented to you to continue. If you can't complete the security check, try listening to the audio or refreshing the security check for a new set of characters.</p> <div class="awsdocs-note awsdocs-tip"><div class="awsdocs-note-title"><awsui-icon name="status-info" variant="link"></awsui-icon><h6>Tip</h6></div><div class="awsdocs-note-text"><p>Type the alphanumeric characters you see (or hear) in order without spaces.</p></div></div> <div class="mediaobject"> </div> </li><li> <p>Enter your password. </p> <div class="mediaobject"> </div> </li><li> <p>Authenticate with MFA. </p> <p>For your security, we strongly recommend that you <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/enable-mfa-for-root.html">activate MFA on the root user</a>. If MFA is not enabled for your root user, you may be prompted to enable an MFA device or be requested to complete a one-time passcode (OTP) challenge to verify your sign-in attempt.</p> </li><li> <p>Choose <b>Sign in</b>. The AWS Management Console appears.</p> </li></ol></div> <p>After authentication the AWS Management Console opens to the Console Home page.</p> <h2 id="root-user-sign-in-tutorial-more-info">Additional information</h2> <p>If you want more information about the AWS account root user, refer to the following resources.</p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem"> <p>For an overview of the root user, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html">AWS account root user</a>.</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>For details about using the root user, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/root-user.html">Using the AWS account root user</a>.</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>For step-by-step directions on how to reset your root user password, see <a href="./troubleshooting-sign-in-issues.html#troubleshoot-forgot-root-password">I forgot my root user password for my AWS account</a>.</p> </li></ul></div> <awsdocs-copyright class="copyright-print"></awsdocs-copyright><awsdocs-thumb-feedback right-edge="{{$ctrl.thumbFeedbackRightEdge}}"></awsdocs-thumb-feedback></div><noscript><div><div><div><div id="js_error_message"><p><img src="https://d1ge0kk1l5kms0.cloudfront.net/images/G/01/webservices/console/warning.png" alt="Warning" /> <strong>Javascript is disabled or is unavailable in your browser.</strong></p><p>To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. 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