# AWS Account Management API Reference

> The API operations in the Account Management (account) namespace enable you to modify your AWS account.

- [Welcome](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/Welcome.md)
- [Common Parameters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/CommonParameters.md)
- [Common Error Types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/CommonErrors.md)

## [Actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_Operations.md)

- [AcceptPrimaryEmailUpdate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_AcceptPrimaryEmailUpdate.md): Accepts the request that originated from StartPrimaryEmailUpdate to update the primary email address (also known as the root user email address) for the specified account.
- [DeleteAlternateContact](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteAlternateContact.md): Deletes the specified alternate contact from an AWS account.
- [DisableRegion](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_DisableRegion.md): Disables (opts-out) a particular Region for an account.
- [EnableRegion](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_EnableRegion.md): Enables (opts-in) a particular Region for an account.
- [GetAccountInformation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_GetAccountInformation.md): Retrieves information about the specified account including its account name, account ID, account creation date and time, and account state.
- [GetAlternateContact](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_GetAlternateContact.md): Retrieves the specified alternate contact attached to an AWS account.
- [GetContactInformation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_GetContactInformation.md): Retrieves the primary contact information of an AWS account.
- [GetGovCloudAccountInformation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_GetGovCloudAccountInformation.md): Retrieves information about the GovCloud account linked to the specified standard account (if it exists) including the GovCloud account ID and state.
- [GetPrimaryEmail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_GetPrimaryEmail.md): Retrieves the primary email address for the specified account.
- [GetPrimaryEmailUpdateStatus](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_GetPrimaryEmailUpdateStatus.md): Retrieves the status of the most recent primary email update for the specified account.
- [GetRegionOptStatus](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_GetRegionOptStatus.md): Retrieves the opt-in status of a particular Region.
- [ListRegions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_ListRegions.md): Lists all the Regions for a given account and their respective opt-in statuses.
- [PutAccountName](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_PutAccountName.md): Updates the account name of the specified account.
- [PutAlternateContact](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_PutAlternateContact.md): Modifies the specified alternate contact attached to an AWS account.
- [PutContactInformation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_PutContactInformation.md): Updates the primary contact information of an AWS account.
- [SendPhoneNumberVerification](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_SendPhoneNumberVerification.md): Sends a one-time passcode (OTP) by SMS to the primary contact phone number that is currently associated with the specified AWS account, to begin verifying that phone number.
- [StartPrimaryEmailUpdate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_StartPrimaryEmailUpdate.md): Starts the process to update the primary email address for the specified account.
- [VerifyPhoneNumber](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_VerifyPhoneNumber.md): Completes verification of the primary contact phone number for the specified AWS account by submitting the one-time passcode (OTP) that was delivered by SendPhoneNumberVerification.


## [Data Types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_Types.md)

- [AlternateContact](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_AlternateContact.md): A structure that contains the details of an alternate contact associated with an AWS account
- [ContactInformation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_ContactInformation.md): Contains the details of the primary contact information associated with an AWS account.
- [Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_Region.md): This is a structure that expresses the Region for a given account, consisting of a name and opt-in status.
- [ValidationExceptionField](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/API_ValidationExceptionField.md): The input failed to meet the constraints specified by the AWS service in a specified field.


## Full content

The entire guide is also available as a single markdown file, useful for feeding the full guide to an LLM in one pass:

- [Complete guide (single file)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/APIReference/full.md)