Update an account

A transaction that updates the properties of an existing account. The network will store the latest updates on the account. If you would like to retrieve the state of an account in the past, you can query a mirror node.

Account Properties

pageAccount Properties

Transaction Fees

• Please see the transaction and query fees table for the base transaction fee

• Please use the Hedera fee estimator to estimate your transaction fee cost

Transaction Signing Requirements

• The account key(s) are required to sign the transaction

• If you are updating the keys on the account the OLD KEY and NEW KEY must sign

  • If either is a key list then the key list keys are all required to sign

  • If either is a threshold key, the threshold value is required to sign

• If you do not have the required signatures, the network will throw an INVALID_SIGNATURE error

Methods

Method	Type	Requirement
setAccountId(<accountId>)	AccountId	Required
setKey(<key>)	Key	Optional
setReceiverSignatureRequired(<boolean>)	Boolean	Optional
setMaxAutomaticTokenAssociations(<amount>)	int	Optional
setAccountMemo(<memo>)	String	Optional
setAutoRenewPeriod(<duration>)	Duration	Optional
setStakedAccountId(<stakedAccountId>)	AccountId	Optional
setStakedNodeId(<stakedNodeId>)	long	Optional
setDeclineStakingReward(<declineStakingReward>)	boolean	Optional
setExpirationTime(<expirationTime>)	Instant	Disabled

Java

//Create the transaction to update the key on the account
AccountUpdateTransaction transaction = new AccountUpdateTransaction()
    .setAccountId(accountId)
    .setKey(updateKey);

//Sign the transaction with the old key and new key, submit to a Hedera network   
TransactionResponse txResponse = transaction.freezeWith(client).sign(oldKey).sign(newKey).execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
TransactionReceipt receipt = txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Get the transaction consensus status
Status transactionStatus = receipt.status;

System.out.println("The transaction consensus status is " +transactionStatus);

//Version 2.0.0

JavaScript

//Create the transaction to update the key on the account
const transaction = await new AccountUpdateTransaction()
    .setAccountId(accountId)
    .setKey(updateKey)
    .freezeWith(client);

//Sign the transaction with the old key and new key
const signTx = await (await transaction.sign(oldKey)).sign(newKey);

//SIgn the transaction with the client operator private key and submit to a Hedera network
const txResponse = await signTx.execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
const receipt = await txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Get the transaction consensus status
const transactionStatus = receipt.status;

console.log("The transaction consensus status is " +transactionStatus.toString());

//v2.0.5

Go

//Create the transaction to update the key on the account
transaction, err := hedera.NewAccountUpdateTransaction().
        SetAccountID(newAccountId).
        SetKey(updateKey.PublicKey()).
        FreezeWith(client)

if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Sign the transaction with the old key and new key, submit to a Hedera network   
txResponse, err := transaction.Sign(newKey).Sign(updateKey).Execute(client)

//Request the receipt of the transaction
receipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Get the transaction consensus status
transactionStatus := receipt.Status

println("The transaction consensus status is ", transactionStatus)

//Version 2.0.0

Get transaction values

Return the properties of an account create transaction.

Method	Type	Description
getKey()	Key	Returns the public key on the account
getInitialBalance()	Hbar	Returns the initial balance of the account
getReceiverSignatureRequired()	boolean	Returns whether the receiver signature is required or not
getExpirationTime()	Instant	Returns the expiration time
getAccountMemo()	String	Returns the account memo
getDeclineStakingReward()	boolean	Returns whether or not the account is declining rewards
getStakedNodeId()	long	Returns the node ID the account is staked to
getStakedAccountId()	AccountId	Returns the account ID the node is staked to
getAutoRenewPeriod()	Duration	Returns the auto renew period on the account

Java

//Create a transaction
AccountUpdateTransaction transaction = new AccountUpdateTransaction()
    .setAccountId(accountId)
    .setKey(newKeyUpdate);

//Get the key on the account
Key accountKey = transaction.getKey();

//v2.0.0

JavaScript

//Create a transaction
const transaction = new AccountUpdateTransaction()
    .setAccountId(accountId)
    .setKey(newKeyUpdate);

//Get the key of an account
const accountKey = transaction.getKey();

//v2.0.0

Go

//Create the transaction 
transaction, err := hedera.NewAccountUpdateTransaction().
        SetAccountID(newAccountId).
        SetKey(updateKey.PublicKey())

//Get the key of an account
accountKey := transaction.GetKey()

//v2.0.0