Switching billing profile in GCP

How to change the project's billing account

To change the project's Cloud Billing account, do the following:

In the Billing section of the Google Cloud console, locate the project using one of the following methods:

Method 1: Start with your list of projects	Method 2: Start with a billing account
Access the My Projects page to view a list of all your projects and their associated Cloud Billing account. This method works best if you have the Project Owner, Project Editor, Project Viewer, or Project Billing Manager IAM role on the project you want to manage. To view a list of all your projects and their associated Cloud Billing account, take the following steps: 1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the My Projects page in the Billing section. Go to My Projects in Cloud Billing 2. From the list of projects, locate the project you want to manage.	Open the Account management page for a selected billing account to view the list of all the projects linked to the Cloud Billing account. This method works well when you have access to an active Cloud Billing account that you know by name. To view the list of projects linked to a specific billing account, take the following steps: 1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Account management page for the Cloud Billing account. Go to Account Management in Cloud Billing 2. At the prompt, choose the Cloud Billing account you want to view. 3. On the Account management page, from the list of projects, locate the project that you want to manage.

Method 1: Start with your list of projects

Method 2: Start with a billing account

Access the My Projects page to view a list of all your projects and their associated Cloud Billing account.

This method works best if you have the Project Owner, Project Editor, Project Viewer, or Project Billing Manager IAM role on the project you want to manage.

To view a list of all your projects and their associated Cloud Billing account, take the following steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the My Projects page in the Billing section. Go to My Projects in Cloud Billing

2. From the list of projects, locate the project you want to manage.

Open the Account management page for a selected billing account to view the list of all the projects linked to the Cloud Billing account.

This method works well when you have access to an active Cloud Billing account that you know by name.

To view the list of projects linked to a specific billing account, take the following steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Account management page for the Cloud Billing account. Go to Account Management in Cloud Billing

2. At the prompt, choose the Cloud Billing account you want to view.

3. On the Account management page, from the list of projects, locate the project that you want to manage.

💡 Tip: If you see a padlock icon (🔒) displayed next to a project, this indicates that the link between the project and its Cloud Billing account is locked. Before you can change the project's Cloud Billing account, you must first unlock the link.

In the project row, open the Actions menu, select Change billing, then choose the desired destination Cloud Billing account.

💡 Note: If you are not able to select Change billing, you do not have the permissions needed to make this change. See Permissions required for this task for more information.

Click Set account.
(Optional) After you link a project to a billing account, you can lock the link to prevent the project from unintentionally being moved (linked) to a different billing account or the project link being deleted from the billing account.