How do I change the name of my AWS GovCloud (US) account?

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Find your AWS GovCloud (US) account ID from the commercial AWS Region

To get your AWS GovCloud (US) account ID, see Finding your AWS GovCloud (US) account ID.

Change the account name for the AWS GovCloud (US) account

To update your AWS GovCloud (US) account name, use the AWS Organizations console for a member account that's part of AWS Organizations. For a standalone account that's linked to your AWS GovCloud (US) account, use the AWS Management console. Or, use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) from the organization's management or your standalone account.

AWS Organizations console

Important: To update the account name, you must have all features in your organization. If you don't have all features, then turn on all features.

To use the AWS Organizations console, see Update your account name for any AWS account in your organization.

AWS Management Console

To use the AWS Management Console, see Update your account name for a standalone AWS account.

AWS CLI

Note: If you receive errors when you run AWS CLI commands, then see Troubleshooting errors for the AWS CLI. Also, make sure that you're using the most recent AWS CLI version.

Run the following put-account-name command:

aws account put-account-name --account-id 123456789012 --account-name NEW-ACCOUNT-NAME 

Note: Replace 123456789012 with the account ID that's linked to the AWS GovCloud (US) account, and NEW-ACCOUNT-NAME with the new name.

Account name changes take up to 4 hours to propagate across AWS service consoles. However, the name change doesn't appear in the AWS IAM Identity Center in AWS GovGloud (US).

To update the IAM Identity Center in AWS GovCloud (US), create a support case with the following information:

• (For only AWS Organizations) The ID of the management account for your AWS GovCloud (US) organization.
• The ID of the AWS GovCloud (US) account whose name you modified.
• The new account name and email addresses for each account.

Related information

AWS Organizations in AWS GovCloud (US)

AWS standard account linking

Partitions