Activate MFA for your root user - AWS Account Management

Activate MFA for your root user

We strongly recommend that you activate MFA for your root user. MFA dramatically lowers the risk of someone accessing your account without your authorization.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console as the account owner by choosing Root user and entering your AWS account email address. On the next page, enter your password.

    For help signing in using your root user, see Sign in to the AWS Management Console as the root user in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

  2. Turn on MFA for your root user.

    For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for your AWS account root user (console) in the IAM User Guide.