# Who to change the user authentication method After I subscribed to Quick Sight?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/who-to-change-the-user-authentication-method-after-i-subscribed-to-quicksight/8524 "2022-12-16T09:29:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/who-to-change-the-user-authentication-method-after-i-subscribed-to-quicksight/8524/1 "2022-12-16T09:29:59Z")

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can I change the user authentication method After I subscribed to Quick Sight ?  
for example change [Use IAM federated identities and Quick Sight-managed users] to [Use Active Directory].

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**Author:** ![thomask](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/thomask/32/3124_2.png) [@thomask](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/thomask)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/who-to-change-the-user-authentication-method-after-i-subscribed-to-quicksight/8524/2 "2022-12-16T15:55:07Z")

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Hi,

as far as I know, you cannot change an authentication method, you have to create a new quicksight account for this.

> [@Considerations in setting up a Quick Sight Account](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/considerations-in-setting-up-a-quicksight-account/1325#authentication-scheme-4):
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> Considerations in setting up a Quick Sight Accountplay_button Credits There are various considerations to be made while setting up a Quick Sight account for your organization. In this article, we will walk you through these to enable you in making the configuration choices that are best aligned to your landscape. We have also provided a decision making flow chart at end of this article to tie all aspects together. Prerequisites As you would expect, elevated privileges are needed for the initial setup of …

Thomas