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Is it possible to change login of main Administrator in Plesk?

Question

In Plesk, there is the main Administrator account with username (login) admin.

Is it possible to change the username (login) of this account?

Answer

Plesk Administrator username can be changed to an arbitrary name since Plesk Obsidian 18.0.57.

To change the Plesk administrator username:

Log in to Plesk.
Go to My Profile.
Under Plesk Preferences, change the default admin username to a custom one, and then click OK to apply the change.

To change the Plesk administrator username in CLI

Connect to the server via SSH or RDP.
Execute the command in the server shell:

plesk bin admin --set-login <custom_username>

Additional information

In addition to secure the default "admin" user, please consider using the below features:

1. Limit ability to login from specific IP only: Tools & Settings > IP Access Restriction Management (Restrict Administrative access in older Plesk versions).

2. Configure and enable two-factor authentication with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) extension.