Make changes to a managed account

You can edit the details of a managed account to keep it updated. Managed accounts are controlled by organizations or identity providers, and users cannot make changes directly. Unmanaged accounts allow users to update their details via their Atlassian profile at id.atlassian.com.

A user could be managed either in your organization or from an identity provider.

  • If the user is managed in your organization, the organization admin can only update their account.

  • If the user is synced from an identity provider, updates to the account can only be made from the identity provider.

Who can do this?
Role: Organization admin
Atlassian Cloud: All plans
Atlassian Government Cloud: Available

Update details

To update the details of a managed account:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, and then select Users.

  3. Use the Account type filter and select Managed accounts.

  4. Select the account you want to update details for.

  5. In the user details section, select Edit details.

  6. Update the relevant fields.

  7. Select Save.

Update email address

If you want to update the email address of a managed account to an email address on another domain, make sure you’ve verified the new domain. You can’t update the email address to one on a domain you don’t own.

To update the email address for a managed account:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, then select Managed accounts.

  3. Select the account to open their profile.

  4. Select the email address field and enter the new email address. Always verify that no duplicate accounts exist for the users or emails being updated.

  5. Select the checkmark to save your changes.

You can automate this process with the Set email API.

To delete an account, see Delete a managed account

Change profile picture

To change a managed account’s profile picture:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, and then select Users.

  3. Select the account you want to change the profile picture of.

  4. Select their profile picture, then select Change photo. You can also select Create initials avatar to create an avatar using the user’s initials.

  5. Upload a new photo, then select Save.

View what apps a managed account can access

To see what apps a managed account can access, including apps outside your organization:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, and then select Users.

  3. Use the Account type filter and select Managed accounts.

  4. Select a user to open their profile. The Apps tab shows apps the user can access in your organization. The Other organizations tab contains apps in other organizations that this user created or has access to.

Reset two-step verification

You can reset two-step verification for a managed account to troubleshoot their two-step verification.

To reset two-step verification for a managed account:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, and then select Users.

  3. Use the Account type filter and select Managed accounts.

  4. Select a user to open their profile.

  5. Select the Security tab.

  6. In the Authentication policies table, select more actions (•••).

  7. Select Reset two-step verification.

Force a user’s device to log out

When you force a logout for browser sessions, we log users out immediately. This isn’t a permanent action. Users can always log in with this device again.

To log a user’s device out of all Atlassian services:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, and then select Users.

  3. Use the Account type filter and select Managed accounts.

  4. Select a user to open their profile.

  5. Select the Security tab.

  6. In the Recent devices table, select Log out for the relevant device.

For mobile app sessions, we can take up to an hour to log out users.

Reset password

When you reset the password of a managed account, we log them out within 10 minutes. They’re prompted to change their password the next time they log in. We recommend you let users know to save their work before you reset their password.

To reset the password of a managed account:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, and then select Users.

  3. Use the Account type filter and select Managed accounts.

  4. Select a user to open their profile.

  5. Select more actions (•••) for the user.

  6. Select Reset password.

Revoke a user’s API tokens

Users can create API tokens to perform authenticated operations with app APIs. How users create and use their own API tokens

To revoke an API token created by the user:

  1. Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory, and then select Users.

  3. Use the Account type filter and select Managed accounts.

  4. Select a user to open their profile.

  5. Select the Security tab.

  6. In the API tokens table, select Revoke for the relevant token.

Delete or deactivate an account

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