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## Overview

Every Cloud 66 account has a single **owner** — the user with maximum permissions on every application in the account ([more on roles](/:product/:version?/account/team-accounts#user-roles-and-permissions)).

There is **no "transfer owner" button** in the Dashboard, and no single one-click action that reassigns ownership. Instead, depending on what you're actually trying to achieve, there are three different approaches. Work out which of the situations below matches yours, then follow the relevant route.

Whichever approach fits, **the current account owner must confirm the change in writing** (a reply on your support thread is enough). The request usually comes from the person who will become the new owner, so we need the current owner to authorize it — this is a privilege change, so the confirmation is required even for friendly, internal handovers.
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## Option 1: Move the applications to another account

If the new owner already has — or can create — their own Cloud 66 account, you can transfer your applications across to it. This is a **self-service** flow you can run yourself, subject to some account and application criteria (for example, both accounts must have access to the same cloud provider account that hosts the applications). See [Transferring application ownership](/:product/:version?/account/application-transfer) for the full requirements and step-by-step procedure.

Each application is transferred individually, so this route is more involved if you have many. Once the transfers are complete, the new account operates the workloads and the original account can be closed if it's no longer needed.

This is the right choice when the new owner should have their **own distinct account and identity**.

## Option 2: Rename the account's email address

If the new owner doesn't yet use Cloud 66, support can change the email address on your existing account to theirs. The account and all of its applications stay exactly as they are — only the login and contact identity changes.

This is usually the cleanest route, but it only works if **both** of the following are true:

- The new email address does **not** already have its own applications on Cloud 66, and
- The new email address is **not** already a member of another Cloud 66 organization.

If the new owner already has their own Cloud 66 setup under that email, a rename would collide with it — use Option 1 instead.

## Option 3: Route the account's email to the new owner with a "+" alias

If the new owner mainly needs the account's notifications and invoices to reach their inbox (rather than a brand-new distinct identity), support can relabel the account's email using a "+" alias — for example `newowner+cloud66@example.com` — so mail routes to them while the account itself stays intact.

This only works if the new owner's mail provider supports "+" sub-addressing. Gmail, Fastmail, and Microsoft 365 do; some corporate mail systems don't.

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Using "+" sub-addressing to register multiple Cloud 66 accounts under variations of the same email address is a breach of our Terms of Service and may result in account suspension without warning. This approach is only for keeping a single account's mail flowing to the right person — not for creating additional accounts.
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## How to request the change

For **Option 1**, you can run the [application transfer](/:product/:version?/account/application-transfer) yourself.

For **Option 2 or 3**:

1. The prospective new owner (or the current owner) contacts [support](mailto:support@cloud66.com).
2. Tell us which of the situations above matches yours, along with the email address involved.
3. The **current owner** confirms the change in writing on the same thread.
4. Support makes the change and confirms once it's done.

If none of the three options fit cleanly — for example, the new owner needs a separate clean identity but already has applications under the target email — contact support anyway and we'll work through the trade-offs with you.

## Related

- [Transferring application ownership](/:product/:version?/account/application-transfer) — moving individual applications between accounts (Option 1)
- [Managing teams and organizations](/:product/:version?/account/team-accounts) — roles and permissions
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- Power user
- Administrator (has all permissions)

The **owner** of an account always has the maximum permissions for all applications and does not need to be assigned any roles.
The **owner** of an account always has the maximum permissions for all applications and does not need to be assigned any roles. To move account ownership to another user, see [Changing the account owner](/:product/:version?/account/change-owner).

The Administrator role has permissions to everything and the other default roles have the following permissions:

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