Transferring my college account to a old account #195498
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Hey @Karthi6559 — you cannot transfer Student benefits from one account to another. That is the short answer. What you triedYou removed the email from Account B and added it to Account A. That does not move the benefits. The benefits stay locked to Account B forever. Why this happensGitHub ties Student benefits to the account that applied, not the email address. Unlinking the email does nothing. The system still sees that email as "already used" on Account B . What you can do nowOption 1 — Use Account B as your main account Keep the benefits on Account B. Add your old Account A email to Account B, then rename Account B to whatever username you want. You basically make Account B your primary and let Account A go . Option 2 — Contact Support to revoke benefits from Account B Open a ticket here: https://support.github.com/contact/education Tell them: "I want to revoke Student benefits from Account B so I can reapply on Account A." Once they revoke it, you can reapply on Account A with your school email. Bottom lineYou cannot move benefits yourself. Either keep Account B as your main account, or ask Support to reset everything so Account A can apply fresh. |
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Hey, unfortunately there's no direct way to "transfer" GitHub Education benefits between accounts — the perks are tied to the account that got verified, not to your email address.
The review usually takes a few days. Once approved, the benefits activate on Account A directly. |
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Hi everyone,
I was using my Free GitHub developer resources for students and teachers on Account B, I wanted to transfer it from Account B to my old Account A. I removed the mail from Account B and moved to Account A but the Developer resource doesn't work. How can I move it from B to A ? Can you please tell me the process?
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