unable to add email address in GitHub > Access > Emails : Error adding <email>: email is already in use

[recursivezero]

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I want to add additional email address for my repo and
When I try to add additional email address under Settings > Profile
Access > Email and when add complete email address it says

Error adding my@email.com: email is already in use

Note: I have 2 email address added already, this is 3rdone

[davevad93]

Hi @recursivezero ,

It's possible that the email address you are trying to add is already connected to another GitHub account you own, which would explain the “email address is already in use” error.

[Bibli2311]

I got the same problem. I tried to add an email but that email was connected to another account. Once I deleted it, then I was able to add it.

[orassyag]

Also having this issue.
My current Github account is associated with my work.
I want to add my personal email as a backup email, but my personal email belongs to my personal GitHub.
Any way to solve this issue?

[adam-gustafson]

Apparently not

[SohanKafle]

Hi recursivezero,

If you encounter the "email is already in use" error when adding an additional email, try these steps:

1. Check Accounts: Ensure the email isn't associated with another GitHub account.
2. Email Verification: Verify that the email is correct and accessible.
3. Contact Support: If the email is not associated with another account and you still face issues, contact GitHub Support for assistance.

[recursivezero]

Yes the email address associated with another GitHub account but is there constraint ? we especially want that 2 GitHub account can be handled by logging on same.

[JschlitzBeckman]

Same issue. Why should I care that I have another, non-work github account associated with that email? If it won't allow me to use it as a backup, at least make it stop bugging me about setting a backup.

[ColeOlejniczakCFA]

Also facing this issue. I have a work account and personal account. I want to add my personal email as the backup but error that it's already in use. I don't want to create and manage a new personal email account.

[gagtic]

Same here, I have a work email and I wanna import contributions from that to my personal Github

[msabino]

any update?

[rob-clother-saible]

This applies to me. It's completely irrelevant that I use my personal email address for another github account. I should still be able to use it as a backup address.

This is a bug, not a feature.