Accidental second account

[jedwardh]

Hello, sorry for posting this support request here. I hope it’s the proper place.

I returned to this site yesterday after a break, and accidentally created a second account by trying one of the single sign on options. When I realised there was no game history, I logged out again and remembered my username and password. I then played a couple of games.

This morning I began a game, but then noticed that I was logged in with the second account. I played the game but felt a bit bad for my opponent, who didn’t know that handicap stones would have been appropriate.

Is there a way to merge the accounts? I don’t mind which login method I use, but I’d rather not end up accidentally logged into the wrong account.

Thank you for your help!

[benjito]

Welcome to the forums!

If you do a quick search, this feature has been requested for quite a while. Here’s a recent one:

Merging Accounts

I think it would be nice to be able to merge accounts. It looks like there was already some discussion about it back in 2014. I understand there are other (possibly more important) features that need attention, but I figure the squeaky wheel gets the oil. I have accidentally made two separate accounts. Each with its own game history. I would like to have them combined together for a more accurate rank calculation. For now, I will pick the one with more games on it and continue to use that one. …

The ability to merge accounts does not exist. Best you can do is ask a mod to delete the account you don’t want to use.

[BHydden]

@benjito

Best you can do is ask a mod to delete the account you don’t want to use.

Even then, the best we can actually do is anonymise your account

[jedwardh]

Okay, thank you for clarifying the situation. I’ll do my best to avoid using the duplicate account.