# Add an account holder

**URL:** https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/add-an-account-holder/5340
**Category:** Alpaca Account Troubleshooting
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/add-an-account-holder/5340 "2021-04-07T13:52:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![learningtheropes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/learningtheropes/32/2458_2.png) [@learningtheropes](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/learningtheropes)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/add-an-account-holder/5340/1 "2021-04-07T13:52:13Z")

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How to I add my wife to my Alpaca account?

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### Author: ![eds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc79bd/32.png) [@eds](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/eds)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/add-an-account-holder/5340/2 "2021-04-07T19:21:38Z")

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I would like to know how to add another account holder with limited access. A sub account for my developer.

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### Author: ![learningtheropes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/learningtheropes/32/2458_2.png) [@learningtheropes](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/learningtheropes)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/add-an-account-holder/5340/3 "2021-05-04T20:43:42Z")

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This is not a coding question it is an account management question. How can I add my wife to my alpaca account.

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### Author: ![Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/dan_whitnable_alpaca/32/1658_2.png) [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/add-an-account-holder/5340/4 "2021-05-05T13:50:20Z")

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Currently, all Alpaca accounts are ‘individual’ accounts associated with a single person. There isn’t a way to add others to an account. However, this feature has been requested and is on the list of enhancements.
