I accidentally linked a Minecraft account to an email/Microsoft account that was already in...

Thank you very much for clarifying my doubts.



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Hi AlaskaWinner, my name is Marvina and I would be happy to help.

I understand the problem you are presenting because you say you think you have 2 Minecraft accounts linked to the same Microsoft account, is that correct? If your answer is yes, then what you are going through is a bit strange, but if this is the case, unfortunately after linking a Minecraft: Java Edition account to a Microsoft Secure Account (MSA), the accounts become permanently linked and They cannot be unlinked.

Since the information I can offer you on this topic is somewhat limited, as this is just a public Microsoft forum where we are gamers like you helping other gamers with basic problems, this means that we are not Microsoft employees.

Note: This information was acquired from a response from Independent Advisor Courtney Todd and the information extracted from her response was obtained in a thread on the Microsoft forums by moderator XBF Houmaidi O and I thought it was a good idea to share this information with you.

Information source (credits): https://answers.microsoft.com/thread/c5ab018b-074b-4cad-95fc-4aad067e7e74

I hope you understand, I wish you good luck.

Sincerely,
Marvina.

So I was kind of an idiot and created a new Microsoft account to use for minecraft and later realized I already had a Microsoft account from when I had a xbox. So I signed out and tried to sign back in with my other Microsoft account but it says
I have to use the Microsoft account I've already linked to my ps4 account. Well I completely forgot both the password and email for this other Microsoft account I created just to play Minecraft. I just want to unlink the account I can't remember and link the
one I actually use.

So I was kind of an idiot and created a new Microsoft account to use for minecraft and later realized I already had a Microsoft account from when I had a xbox. So I signed out and tried to sign back in with my other Microsoft account but it says
I have to use the Microsoft account I've already linked to my ps4 account. Well I completely forgot both the password and email for this other Microsoft account I created just to play Minecraft. I just want to unlink the account I can't remember and link the
one I actually use.

Hi Joshua! My name is Darhyl and I’d be more than happy to help you with your query.

I'm sorry you are experiencing this with adding an email address to your Microsoft account.

Just as the error message suggests, the system has detected that the email address is already linked to a Microsoft account. It is possible that you might have accidentally created a Microsoft account using the email address before.

To confirm this, try to sign in to your email address on account.microsoft.com. If the sign-in is successful, this proves that the email is already linked to a Microsoft account.

Thank you for your kindness and understanding! Please feel free to let me know if you need anything else.

Best Regards,
Darhyl