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title: Add an account to your New Relic organization
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/accounts/accounts-billing/account-structure/add-accounts
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Adding an account to your New Relic organization is one way to organize and separate data for specific teams or projects.

## Requirements [#requirements]

Requirements for adding an account to your New Relic organization:

-   Pro or Enterprise [edition](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/accounts/accounts-billing/new-relic-one-pricing-billing/new-relic-one-pricing-billing#editions)
-   User must be a core user or full platform user with [**Organization settings**](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/accounts/accounts-billing/new-relic-one-user-management/user-management-concepts/#admin-settings).
-   Organizations with [partnership accounts](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-partnerships/partner-integration-guide/partner-account-maintenance/partnership-accounts-users-subscriptions) must use the [Partnership API](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-partnerships/partner-integration-guide/partner-account-maintenance/partner-api).

Some account naming rules:

-   Accounts are identified by their [account ID](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/accounts/accounts-billing/account-structure/account-id). There are no rules on account name uniqueness within an organization.
-   An account name can be a maximum of 255 characters.

## Why add an account? [#why-add-accounts]

For reasons to add accounts, see [Organization and account structure](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/accounts/accounts-billing/account-structure/new-relic-account-structure).

## Add accounts [#add-accounts]

To add an account from the UI: from the [**Access management** UI page](https://one.newrelic.com/admin-portal/organizations/organization-detail), click **Accounts**, and then click **Create account**.

To add an account via API: see [Manage accounts with NerdGraph](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/nerdgraph/examples/manage-accounts-nerdgraph).

To cancel an account, please [file a ticket with our global technical support team](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-solutions/solve-common-issues/find-help-use-support-portal/#file-ticket).