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title: Managing multiple accounts
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  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/account-info/user-and-account-management/managing-multiple-accounts
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Fastly's multi-account user access feature allows you to manage your access to multiple Fastly accounts. If you've been invited as a user to more than one Fastly account, you can quickly switch between those accounts without logging out of the Fastly control panel. The multi-account user access feature works with [single sign-on (SSO)](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/account-info/user-and-account-management/setting-up-single-sign-on-sso) and [two-factor authentication](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/account-info/user-and-account-management/managing-two-factor-authentication).

> **HINT:** Looking to switch between Fastly and Next-Gen WAF control panels? Use our [application switcher](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/account-info/user-and-account-management/logging-in-and-using-fastly#switching-between-application-control-panels).

## Accepting an invitation to join an account

If you've been invited to a customer account and you don't have a Fastly user account, follow the instructions sent via email to create a user account and accept the invitation.

If you're an existing user who already has a Fastly user account, you'll see any invitations to join an account each time you log in. To accept them, click **Accept invitation** and you'll be added to that account automatically.

## Switching accounts

Follow the steps below to switch between the customer accounts you can access:

1.   Log in to the [Fastly control panel](https://manage.fastly.com).

2. From the [user quick links menu](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/getting-started/navigating-fastly/about-the-user-quick-links-menu), click **Switch account**.
3. From the list of accounts that appear, find the appropriate account and click **Log in**.
4. If prompted, enter your password.
5. If you have two-factor authentication enabled for your account, enter the time-based authentication code from your mobile device, then click **Log in**.

## Setting a default account

You can set a default customer account that appears automatically when you log in to the Fastly control panel.

> **IMPORTANT:** When you have multiple accounts configured to [use single sign-on](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/account-info/user-and-account-management/setting-up-single-sign-on-sso) (SSO), you can't _manually_ set a [default account](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/account-info/user-and-account-management/managing-multiple-accounts/#setting-a-default-account). Instead, the default account will be automatically set to the first account to which you've been invited.

Follow the steps below to set a default account:

1.   Log in to the [Fastly control panel](https://manage.fastly.com).

2. Go to **Account** > [**Your accounts**](https://manage.fastly.com/account/personal/accounts).
3. In the **Your accounts** area, find the appropriate account and click **Make default**.

The next time you log in, the account you set as the default will automatically be selected.