---
title: Create
url: https://docs.vultr.com/reference/vultr-cli/users/create
description: Creates a new user account on Vultr with customizable permissions, personal details, and API access settings.
publish_date: 2025-09-14T03:09:14.975541Z
last_updated: 2025-11-07T17:52:27.782696Z
---

The `vultr-cli user create` command creates a new user account in the Vultr platform with specified permissions, allowing administrators to grant controlled access to Vultr resources.

## Usage

```console
$ vultr-cli user create [flags]
```

## Examples

```console
# Full Example
$ vultr-cli users create --email="vultrcli@vultr.com" --name="Vultr-cli" \
--password="Password123" --api-enabled="true" --acl="manage_users,billing"

# Shortened with alias commands
$ vultr-cli users create -e="vultrcli@vultr.com" -n="Vultr-cli" \
-p="Password123" --api-enabled="true" --acl="manage_users,billing"
```

## Flags
| Shorthand | Long Version | Description |
|-----------|--------------|-------------|
| -l | --acl | User access control list in a comma separated list. Possible values: manage_users subscriptions_view subscriptions billing support provisioning dns abuse upgrade firewall alerts objstore loadbalancer |
| - | --api-enabled | User API access enabled |
| -e | --email | (required) User email |
| -n | --name | (required) User name |
| -p | --password | (required) User password |