---
title: "Reset login password"
slug: "management-subaccount-putpassword"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:32Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:32Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/management-subaccount-putpassword"
---

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# Reset login password

Available in Classic and VPC

Edit the login password for a sub account.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| PUT | /api/v1/sub-accounts/{subAccountId}/password |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Sub Account APIs, see [Sub Account request headers](/docs/en/management-subaccount#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `subAccountId` | String | Required | Sub account ID - See [Get sub account list](/docs/en/management-subaccount-getsubaccounts). |

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `needPasswordGenerate` | Boolean | Optional | Sub account login password creation method - `true` \| `false` - `true`: Automatic creation - `false`: Manual input |
| `newPassword` | String | Conditional | Password to change - Required if `needPasswordGenerate` is `false`. - If `needPasswordGenerate` is `true`, the password is created automatically regardless of the input value. |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request PUT 'https://subaccount.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/sub-accounts/2b141960-****-****-****-246e9659184c/password' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "needPasswordGenerate": true
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `success` | Boolean | - | API call success status - `true` \| `false` - `true`: Succeeded - `false`: Failed |
| `generatedPassword` | String | - | Sub account login password - Display if `needPasswordGenerate` is `true`. |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Sub Account APIs, see [Sub Account response status codes](/docs/en/management-subaccount#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "success": true,
    "generatedPassword": "****************"
}
```