---
title: "Wasabi Account Control Manager (WACM): Activating"
slug: "wasabi-account-control-manager-wacm-activating"
description: "An alias is a name (often a friendly identifier) that you can use rather than your account email address."
tags: ["Account Alias", "Account email address", "Account Settings", "Settings"]
updated: 2026-01-09T15:11:07Z
published: 2026-01-09T15:11:07Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/wasabi-account-control-manager-wacm-activating"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wasabi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Wasabi Account Control Manager (WACM): Activating

## What is a WACM?

With Wasabi Account Control Manager (WACM), MSPs and partners can quickly scale their cloud storage business by adding and managing multiple resellers under one contract.

> Once you activate WACM, you cannot deactivate it. The instructions below are *not* a toggle.

## Activating WACM

1. Click **Settings** on the Wasabi menu. Or, open the account sign-in ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1697644604764.png) drop-down and click **Settings**.
2. Select **Wasabi Account Control Manager (WACM)**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1748904855529.png)
3. Enter the email address for the account.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1748905185563.png)
4. A message warns you that activating WACM is a permanent action (you cannot deactivate). If you want to proceed, enter permanently activate in the message area.
5. Click **Activate**.

## Using WACM

Refer to [*Getting Started With Wasabi Account Control Manager (WACM)*](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/getting-started-with-wasabi-account-control-manager-wacm) and the [*Product Guides for Wasabi Account Control Manager*](https://docs.wasabi.com/v1/docs/wasabi-account-control-manager).