{"id":8355,"date":"2020-10-06T09:15:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T09:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=8355"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:04:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:04:20","slug":"how-to-change-an-account-owner-in-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-change-an-account-owner-in-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change an Account Owner in WHM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Steps to change an account owner in WHM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Log in to <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WHM<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> as <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">root.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the search box type <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">list<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and under <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Account Information<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> click on <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">List Accounts<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here, you can see the list of accounts created previously. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-53.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8357 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-53.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-53-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-53-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-53-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As you can see for this account root owner is not assigned. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-54.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-54.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-54.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-54-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-54-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-54-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To assign the root owner, type<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> modify<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in the search box and click on <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Modify an Account <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">under <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Account Functions<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Select the account that you want to modify and click on <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Modify<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now, in the <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Account Owner<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> drop-down select <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">root<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and click on <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Save<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Again in the search box type <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">list<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and click on <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">List Accounts.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reseller\/Owner<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> column, you can see the root owner is assigned to this account. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That&#8217;s how you can change an account owner in WHM.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to change an account owner in WHM: Log in to WHM as root. In the search box type list and under Account Information click on List Accounts. Here, you can see the list of accounts created previously. As you can see for this account root owner is not assigned. 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