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name: account-account_settings
title: Managing your account settings
description: As an IBM Cloud® account owner, you can change the account name, view your account type, and find your account ID on the Account settings page. You can also manage settings for compliance for EU support, Financial Services Validated products, and HIPAA support.
last-updated: 2026-07-01
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Managing your account settings
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As an IBM Cloud® account owner, you can change the account name, view your account type, and find your account ID on the Account settings page. You can also manage settings for compliance for EU support, Financial Services Validated products, and HIPAA support.
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## Viewing your account settings
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To view your account settings in the IBM Cloud console go to **Manage** > **Account**, and select **Account settings** in the IBM Cloud console.

## Editing the account name
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Account owners or users with an access policy with the Operator role or higher on all account management services can view and update the account name. To edit your account name, go to **Manage** > **Account**, and select **Account settings** in the IBM Cloud console. In the Account information section, click the **Edit** icon ![Edit icon](../icons/edit-tagging.svg "Edit"), enter your new account name, and click **Save**.

## Viewing your account type
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To view your account type, go to **Manage** > **Account**, and select **Account settings** in the IBM Cloud console. Details about your account type are listed in the Account information section. For more information about the features that are included with your account, see [Account types](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accounts&format=markdown).

You can change your account to a different type by upgrading or converting your account. See [Upgrading your account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-upgrading-account&format=markdown) for more information.

## Updating compliance account settings
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Depending on your specific needs, you can enable settings for the following areas related to data, security, and compliance:

* EU support to ensure any support ticket you create is sent to support teams in the EU
* Financial Services Validated products setting for alerting all users in the account before they create a service that is not Financial Services Validated
* HIPAA support for accounts that plan to include Protected Health Information in the account

For more information about these settings, go to [Updating account settings for compliance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?group=updating-account-settings-for-compliance&format=markdown).