From 0cb3bee429433e2b01f9797f602fdadace1781e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: octocatty <79275046+octocatty@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:15:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update unlinking-your-email-address-from-a-locked-account.md Add description to explain that Edu benefits are not transferrable. --- .../unlinking-your-email-address-from-a-locked-account.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-your-personal-account/unlinking-your-email-address-from-a-locked-account.md b/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-your-personal-account/unlinking-your-email-address-from-a-locked-account.md index 0a8e5f58b240..76d0ef6e15f0 100644 --- a/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-your-personal-account/unlinking-your-email-address-from-a-locked-account.md +++ b/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-your-personal-account/unlinking-your-email-address-from-a-locked-account.md @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Unlinking email addresses is only available for accounts with 2FA enabled. If yo > [!WARNING] > Following these steps will not disable 2FA or provide access to a locked account, but will instead unlink the associated email address so it may be used for a different account. If you cannot regain access to the 2FA locked account, these steps will permanently break the link between the account and the linked email address. Before continuing with this article, be sure you have lost all access to your account. See [AUTOTITLE](/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa/recovering-your-account-if-you-lose-your-2fa-credentials). +> +> Any Educational benefits/discounts are not transferrable once the email address has been unlinked and added to another account. You must retain the original account that was used to apply for these benefits. ### Unlinking with your password