Customize your AWS Management Console experience with visual settings including account color, region and service visibility | Amazon Web Services

AWS has expanded User Experience Customization (UXC) to let administrators tailor the Management Console by account color, visible Regions, and visible services. These settings help teams distinguish accounts and reduce clutter by showing only relevant resources. They affect console appearance only and do not restrict access through the CLI, SDKs, APIs, or Amazon Q Developer.

Account Color Customization

• Administrators can assign a color to an AWS account through Account display settings.
• The color appears in the console navigation bar to make account purpose easier to recognize.
• Teams can use colors such as:
  • Orange for development
  • Light blue for testing
  • Red for production

Region Visibility

• Administrators can configure which AWS Regions appear in the console’s Region selector.
• They can either show all available Regions or select a specific list.
• After saving, only the chosen Regions appear in the navigation bar.
• This reduces unnecessary scrolling and helps users focus on approved or relevant Regions.

Service Visibility

• Administrators can select which AWS services appear in the All services menu and console search results.
• Services can be searched for or selected by category, such as Popular services.
• Hidden services are removed from the console interface but remain accessible through programmatic tools.

Programmatic Configuration

• Account customization can be managed through the AWS::UXC::AccountCustomization CloudFormation resource.
• The resource supports:
  • AccountColor
  • VisibleServices
  • VisibleRegions
• Example configurations can expose services such as s3, ec2, and lambda, while limiting Regions to us-east-1 and us-west-2.
• Templates can be deployed with the AWS CLI using aws cloudformation deploy.

AWS administrators can use these settings to create a clearer, more focused console experience without changing permissions or underlying account access.