docs-v2/content/influxdb/v2/admin/users/update-user.md

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Update a user	Update a user in InfluxDB	Update a user in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.	influxdb_v2 name parent Update a user Manage users	103	/influxdb/v2/users/update-user/

Use the InfluxDB user interface (UI) or the influx command line interface (CLI) to update a user.

Update a user in the InfluxDB UI

{{% note %}} User information cannot be updated in the InfluxDB UI. {{% /note %}}

Update a user using the influx CLI

Use the influx user update command to update a user. Provide the following:

• An operator token using your influx CLI connection configuration, INFLUX_TOKEN environment variable, or the --token, -t flag.
• The user ID (provided in the output of influx user list) using the --id, -i flag.
• The new username for the user using the --name, -n flag.

Update the name of a user

{{% code-placeholders "USER_ID|NEW_USERNAME" %}}

influx user update \
  --id USER_ID \
  --name NEW_USERNAME

{{% /code-placeholders %}}

Replace the following:

• {{% code-placeholder-key %}}USER_ID{{% /code-placeholder-key %}}: The ID of the user to update
• {{% code-placeholder-key %}}NEW_USERNAME{{% /code-placeholder-key %}}: The new username for the user