# Using the Amazon Web Services account root user
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 When you create an Amazon Web Services account, you begin with one sign-in identity called the Amazon Web Services account *root user* that has complete access to all Amazon Web Services services and resources. We strongly recommend that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks. For tasks that require root user credentials, see [Tasks that require root user credentials](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html#root-user-tasks) in the *IAM User Guide*. 

**Important**  
Anyone who has root user credentials for your Amazon Web Services account has unrestricted access to all the resources in your account, including billing information.

**Important**  
In the Beijing and Ningxia Amazon Web Services Regions, there is no concept of a root user. All users are IAM users, including the user who created the Amazon Web Services account.

You can [change](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/root-user-password.html), or [reset the root user password](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reset-root-password.html), and [create](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user_manage_add-key.html), or [delete access keys](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user_manage_delete-key.html) (access key IDs and secret access keys) for your root user. For help signing in using your root user, see [Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console as the root user](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/signin/latest/userguide/introduction-to-root-user-sign-in-tutorial.html) in the *Amazon Sign-In User Guide*.