# Is it possible to link account to non-matching email?

**URL:** <https://devforum.okta.com/t/is-it-possible-to-link-account-to-non-matching-email/14508>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [June 2, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/is-it-possible-to-link-account-to-non-matching-email/14508 "2021-06-02T17:02:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![olaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/73ab20/32.png) [@olaf](https://devforum.okta.com/u/olaf)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/is-it-possible-to-link-account-to-non-matching-email/14508/1 "2021-06-02T17:02:53Z")

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Is it possible to link account to a social profile that does not contain a matching email? If so how should the configuration look like?

Scenario I’m trying to solve:  
1. User logs into his account (ex. username : bob@gmail[dot]com)  
2. User clicks “link account with xxx” (where xxx can be Google, FB, etc.)  
3. Let say xxx is Google, a Google Sign-in prompt is displayed, user authenticates with bob2@gmail[dot]com  
4. A social profile: bob2@gmail[dot]com is now linked with bob@gmail[dot]com  
5. User signs out  
6. User can use either bob@gmail[dot]com or bob2@gmail[dot] to sign in to the same account.

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**Author:** ![okra-okta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/okra-okta/32/2838_2.png) [@okra-okta](https://devforum.okta.com/u/okra-okta)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/is-it-possible-to-link-account-to-non-matching-email/14508/2 "2021-06-02T21:40:58Z")

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I don’t believe that’s possible at the moment.

Similar scenario mentioned here:  
[https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/Is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-usernames-associated-to-one-Okta-account-for-a-SAML-app?language=en\_US](https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/Is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-usernames-associated-to-one-Okta-account-for-a-SAML-app?language=en_US)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/original/1X/589c4c5f80de422d01f47cee7185a7fb8227835c.png) [@system](https://devforum.okta.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/is-it-possible-to-link-account-to-non-matching-email/14508/3 "2024-02-08T18:22:15Z")

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