Change the Primary Admin in QuickBooks Online Like a Pro – Here's How

There is no doubt that QuickBooks is the most prominent and widely used accounting software, and organizing user roles properly is a crucial part of any accounting software; and it is also a vital aspect of QuickBooks Online. It may be necessary to assign a primary administrator in any accounting software. The primary admin is the one who has all the rights to make changes in the software, which need to be approved by them. It has all the authorities that permit others to handle accounts and finance. Let me take you through the entire blog thoroughly and help you understand how to change the primary admin in QuickBooks Online.

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Practical Stepwise Method to Change the Primary Admin in QuickBooks Online

Here is an exhaustive and methodical approach that can be employed to successfully change primary admin in QuickBooks.

QuickBooks Online

Look at the steps below, shared by our experts, and can be implemented to help users change the primary admin in QuickBooks Online correctly.

1. To begin this process, first of all, you are required to sign in to QuickBooks Online as a current primary admin.  If you face any trouble doing so, don't forget to retrieve your user ID and your password.
2. For this step, what you can do is go to Settings and click Manage Users. To take the next step, go and find the user from the list whom you want to transfer the admin rights to or make the primary admin.
3. After that, go and see if it is listed there as an admin in the Role Column. If you don’t find it like this, then go to the Edit option and change that role to admin.
4. Subsequently, navigate to the Action dropdown menu, wherein you will be required to select the Change Primary Admin option to initiate the reassignment of administrative privileges. It is necessary to click on this option once again in order to verify and finalize the change.
5. When the above steps are done successfully, it’s time to sign out of QuickBooks Online.
6. Once the above process is completed, the company admin will get an email invitation. You are requested to accept that invitation so that the admin rights are transferred. Upon successful reassignment of administrative rights, the associated company roles will be systematically reverted to the original primary admin without requiring manual intervention..

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Intuit Enterprise Suite

Look at the steps below, shared by our experts, to help users change the primary admin in Intuit Enterprise Suite:

1. To begin this process, first of all, you are required to sign in to QuickBooks Online as a current primary admin. 
2. For this step, what you can do is go to Settings and click Manage Users. To take the next step, go and find the user from the list whom you want to transfer the admin rights to or make the primary admin.
3. After that, go and see if it is listed there as an admin in the Role Column. If you don’t find it like this, then go to the Edit option and change that role to admin.
4. Subsequently, navigate to the Action dropdown menu, wherein you will be required to select the Change Primary Admin option to initiate the reassignment of administrative privileges. It is necessary to click on this option once again in order to verify and finalize the change. 
5. Ultimately, once the company administrator logs in again, the system will automatically reassign admin privileges to that account.

Conclusion

In the above blog for you, we have shown you how to change the primary admin in QuickBooks Online and Intuit Enterprise Suite. All the steps from the above blog need to be followed mindfully to complete the process. If you are stuck at any step, don’t hesitate to contact our support team. We are one call away, dial 1-855-542-9309 and give us a ring.

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