Can’t Rename Account in AWS Organizations

Seems like you should be able to do anything if logged in as the root user??

Not sure if I am doing something wrong but I’m logged in as root and I can’t rename an account from the actions list.

So I found this blog post that says you can change the name from the account settings:

Change an AWS account name

I want to change my AWS account name.

repost.aws

But trusted access is not enabled in my case.

This is confusing. It also seems like if you are logged in as the root user in an AWS account this should be allowed.

Going to try out trusted access and write about it on the main blog.

Thinking about this as writing my blog post — perhaps the thinking is that the root should not have access unless granted permission by the account owner — however, if the root account owns and is paying for the account, then it seems like it should have full control of any accounts in the organization.

Update: Nope. Can’t change the primary email or the account name with delgated access— only the alternate contacts — as far as I can tell from the AWS console. That aligns with the APIs available in the documentation.

Trusted Access and Delegation for Account Management on AWS

ACM.394 Account Management in AWS Organizations

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