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The whoami command shows information about the user, groups, and privileges for the account currently logged on to the local system. When run without any parameters, whoami returns the current domain and user name.

Syntax

whoami [/upn | /fqdn | /logonid]
whoami {[/user] [/groups] [/claims] [/priv]} [/fo <format>] [/nh]
whoami /all [/fo <format>] [/nh]

Parameters

Parameter Description
/upn Displays the user name in user principal name (UPN) format.
/fqdn Displays the user name in fully qualified domain name (FQDN) format.
/logonid Displays the logon ID of the current user.
/user Displays the current domain and user name and the security identifier (SID).
/groups Displays the user groups to which the current user belongs.
/claims Displays the claims for current user, such as claim name, flags, type and values.
/priv Displays the security privileges of the current user.
/fo <format> Specifies the output format. Valid values include:

  • table - Displays output in a table. This is the default value.
  • list - Displays output in a list.
  • csv - Displays output in comma-separated value (CSV) format.
    • /all Displays all information in the current access token, including the current user name, security identifiers (SID), privileges, and groups that the current user belongs to.
    /nh Specifies that the column header shouldn't be displayed in the output. This is valid only for table and CSV formats.
    /? Displays help at the command prompt.

    Examples

    To display the domain and user name of the person who is currently logged on to this computer, type:

    whoami

    Output similar to the following appears:

    DOMAIN1\administrator

    To display all of the information in the current access token, type:

    whoami /all