---
title: Update
url: https://docs.vultr.com/reference/vultr-cli/users/update
description: Modify existing Vultr user account settings including permissions, email, and other attributes.
publish_date: 2025-09-14T03:09:21.131448Z
last_updated: 2025-11-07T17:52:37.096898Z
---

The `vultr-cli user update` command modifies existing user account properties such as name, email, password, or access permissions within your Vultr infrastructure management environment.

## Usage

```console
$ vultr-cli user update <User ID> [flags]
```

## Examples

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

# Shortened with alias commands
$ vultr-cli u u -e="vultrcli@vultr.com" -n="Vultr-cli" -p="Password123" \
--api-enabled="false" --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 | API access enabled |
| -e | --email | User email |
| -n | --name | User name |
| -p | --password | User password |