# Create an administrator user
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Because you can't restrict what a root user can do, we strongly recommend that you don't use your root user for any tasks that don't explicitly require the root user. Instead, assign administrative access to an administrative user in IAM Identity Center, and sign in as that administrative user to perform your daily administrative tasks.

For instructions, see [Set up AWS account access for an IAM Identity Center administrative user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//singlesignon/latest/userguide/get-started-assign-account-access-admin-user.html) in the *IAM Identity Center User Guide*.

## Related topics
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+ For information about protecting your root user credentials, see [Securing the credentials for the root user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/root-user_secure_credentials.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ For a list of tasks that require the root user, see [Tasks that require root user credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/root-user-tasks.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.