# Can I modify the weight of a public key

**URL:** <https://forum.flow.com/t/can-i-modify-the-weight-of-a-public-key/2569>\
**Category:** Product & Ideas\
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/can-i-modify-the-weight-of-a-public-key/2569 "2021-11-29T09:03:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ben1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@ben1](https://forum.flow.com/u/ben1)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/can-i-modify-the-weight-of-a-public-key/2569/1 "2021-11-29T09:03:07Z")

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What can a low weight public key do? Can I modify the weight of a public key?  
Can I still operate this account?  
[[https://flowscan.org/account/0x4e1ac51acb8990f3/keys](https://flowscan.org/account/0x4e1ac51acb8990f3/keys)]

Command Error: [Error Code: 1055] authorization failed for account 4e1ac51acb8990f3: payer account does not have sufficient signatures (1 \< 1000)

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**Author:** ![ben1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@ben1](https://forum.flow.com/u/ben1)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/can-i-modify-the-weight-of-a-public-key/2569/2 "2021-11-30T13:27:46Z")

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Did anyone see it?

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**Author:** ![bt.wood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.flow.com/bt.wood/32/544_2.png) [@bt.wood](https://forum.flow.com/u/bt.wood)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/can-i-modify-the-weight-of-a-public-key/2569/3 "2021-12-05T06:05:55Z")

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> [@ben1](#):
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> 1000

fyi,  
[Accounts, Keys & Signing - Flow Documentation (onflow.org)](https://docs.onflow.org/concepts/accounts-and-keys/)

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**Author:** ![ben1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@ben1](https://forum.flow.com/u/ben1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/can-i-modify-the-weight-of-a-public-key/2569/4 "2021-12-06T06:38:23Z")

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Thank you for your reply.

My current situation is that I accidentally set the weight of the public key to 1 when creating the account, and there is only one public key.

Now I can’t operate the account because of insufficient weight, so I want to ask what can be done to solve this problem

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**Author:** ![ben1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@ben1](https://forum.flow.com/u/ben1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/can-i-modify-the-weight-of-a-public-key/2569/5 "2021-12-06T06:38:54Z")

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Thank you for your reply. My current situation is that I accidentally set the weight of the public key to 1 when creating the account, and there is only one public key. Now I can’t operate the account because of insufficient weight, so I want to ask what can be done to solve this problem