# Adding and removing account contacts for AWS managed notifications in AWS User Notifications
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You can determine which contacts receive AWS managed notifications by adding or removing them.

**To add or remove account contacts**

1. Open User Notifications in the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **AWS managed notifications subscriptions**.

1. In the relevant AWS managed notification category, choose **Manage subscriptions**.

1. In **Account Contacts**, add or remove existing contacts by toggling them on or off.
**Tip**  
You can also modify existing account contacts. For more information, see [Update the AWS account name, email address or password for the root user ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/manage-acct-update-root-user.html) and [Update the alternate contacts for your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/manage-acct-update-contact-alternate.html) in the *AWS Account Management* reference guide.

1. (Optional) If don't have any available alternate contacts, you can add them. To add a new alternate contact:

   1. Choose **Add Contact**. You are redirected to the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. 

   1. In **Alternate contact**, choose **Add** for your desired contact type. 

   1. In **Full name**, enter the full name of the contact. 

   1. In **Email address**, enter the email address of the contact. 

   1. Choose **Title**, enter the title of the contact. 

   1. Choose **Phone number**, enter the phone number of the contact.