How to create a second Microsoft account with same email.

Question

I read that it is possible to create a second microsoft account with the same email, as long as the sign in user name is different. But when I try to create a new account with that email, I get an error message indicating that the email is already associated with a microsoft account.

The reason I want a second microsoft account is that I want to have two people playing minecraft, each logged in through a different microsoft account on a different mac. And I don't want to deal with family

accounts, providing information as to name age, permissions etc. I just want a second minecraft accounts in my name, linked to the same email account that I or anyone else I authorize can access from a second computer at the same time as I access my primary minecraft account on my first computer.

My second email is an edu email and Microsoft rejected that as an option, and I don't want to own a third email, because it means the hustle of maintaining a third email, presents security risks, requires linking emails so I get microsoft verification codes etc from my normal email etc.

Answer 1

For anyone trying to do something similar to what I intended, I ended up checking out on youtube how one can get a second email associated to one's gmail account, with this method, I was able to create a new microsoft account, buy minecraft again, and using the same launcher I am now able to start minecraft with one or the other account. One nice feature is that no matter what account I use, I can access the minecraft worlds that I have created on that computer. All I need to do now is

access both accounts from my other computer, and I should be able to get two

players on two computers on the same wifi network playing in the same minecraft world at the same time.

Answer 2

Thank you for your response.

This thread is talking about setting up multiple log-ins for his computer (operating system). It is not the same has having two of the same address.

Yes, unfortunately you cannot purchase Minecraft with a educational account, your admin would have to do this for you.

The best thing to do is to create a new alias and use that connected to your main account so it is all centralised.

I hope this helps.

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance. -Lumie

Answer 3

my second email is an edu email and I get an error message saying I cannot use a school email.

the post I was referring to is "can you have two ms accounts with different username but one email account. " https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/can-you-have-two-ms-accounts-with-different/fdb71579-cd38-447e-a91d-10c9a9b21e57

Answer 4

Hi there Anneg001! I am Lumie and I would love to assist you today.

I am sorry you are having issues with an email. There is no way to have the same email twice. You can use aliases to connect them all together here: [account.live.com/proofs/manage/additional]

Each account needs its own unique email so you would have to use one that is connected a an alias. What happens when you try to connect your secondary email?

Can you share the error code.

I shall be here for your response. -Lumie