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title: How to change cPanel Account Ownership from WHM
description: "In WHM, you can transfer ownership of a cPanel account from one reseller to another or assign it to the root user. This process can be useful when reorganizing accounts or redistributing them among different resellers. ### Step by Step…"
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-change-cpanel-account-ownership-from-whm/"
updated: "2024-11-29"
category: Cloud servers in Kenya
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# How to change cPanel Account Ownership from WHM

In WHM, you can transfer ownership of a cPanel account from one reseller to another or assign it to the root user. This process can be useful when reorganizing accounts or redistributing them among different resellers.

### Step by Step on how change cPanel Account Ownership from WHM

- Log in to WHM either with the root or sudo reseller account. Normally you will use one of the URLs below;

```
http://your_server_ip:2087

https://your_server_hostname:2087
```

![This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is image-703.png](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-703.png)

- Once logged in, navigate to **Resellers >> Change Ownership of an Account**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-725-1024x366.png)

- Here you will see a list of existing cpanel accounts, and a search box that you can use to search for an account
- Search for the account whose owner you want to change, then click it, then click on **Modify**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-726.png)

- In the Modify Account window, locate the **Account Owner** option, then select the new owner for the account, from the drop-down

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-727.png)

- Scroll to the very bottom of the window, and click on **Save**.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-728.png)

### How to change cPanel Reseller/Owner for multiple accounts from WHM:

- Log in to WHM either with the root or sudo reseller account. Normally you will use one of the URLs below;

```
http://your_server_ip:2087

https://your_server_hostname:2087
```

![This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is image-703.png](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-703.png)

- Once logged in, navigate to **Resellers >> Change Ownership of Multiple Accounts**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-729.png)

- You will be given a list of reseller accounts on the server. Select the reseller, who you want to give account ownership to, then click on **Submit**.
- Note that cpanel accounts are either owned by root or a reseller. What you select here will be the new owner of the accounts that you will choose in the next step.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-730.png)

- In the next page, select the accounts that you want to give ownership to the reseller that you had selected in the previous step.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-731.png)

- Once you have selected as many as you want, scroll down and click on **Change owner of Selected Accounts**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-732.png)

The selected accounts will now be owned by the new account and will appear in the account's WHM.