# Duplicate Profiles **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 26, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765 "2011-04-26T14:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/1 "2011-04-26T14:02:06Z")
I recently attempted to update my email address in my profile. I wanted to change the email from my Yahoo account (which I’m trying to eliminate) to my Gmail account. I received a notification that the Gmail address was already in use. I requested the password for the account using the Gmail address and to my surprise I indeed am registered under a different username, same password, and with the Gmail address. I would like to merge the duplicate profile into this one and have the Gmail email address as the email in my profile. MeanJoe - Keep this profile but update email to Gmail address. mjsmith0469 - Duplicate profile that currently has Gmail address that I never use and would like to eliminate. How can I go about doing this? MeanJoe aka Mjsmith0469 aka Michael J Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/2 "2011-04-26T14:04:09Z")
One of the administrators can help you with this by merging your accounts. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/3 "2011-04-26T14:05:49Z")
You need to send us an email from both accounts, please. That’s a security precaution to be sure you’re really you. Send them me at [ckdexthavn@aol.com](mailto:ckdexthavn@aol.com) or to [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) and we’ll be glad to merge for you. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/4 "2011-04-26T18:43:52Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > You need to send us an email from both accounts, please. That’s a security precaution to be sure you’re really you. Send them me at [ckdexthavn@aol.com](mailto:ckdexthavn@aol.com) or to [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) and we’ll be glad to merge for you. Do you mean I need to send you a private message from each SDMB account? Or an email message from each email account? MeanJoe ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/5 "2011-04-26T18:50:07Z")
It needs to be an email. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/6 "2011-04-27T15:10:12Z")
Send it to me and I’ll handle it for you. [EMAIL=“[TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com)”]Email here. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/7 "2011-04-27T19:01:56Z")
For everyone else, just FYI: when making such requests, we want an email from your email account, for security. You might have left your Straight Dope Message Board without logging out, and someone else could then easily send PMs or post in your name. Use of your email and password, however, is a second-layer of security. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/8 "2011-04-27T23:08:52Z")
Just out of curiosity, what if this happened to someone who no longer had one of the email accounts? Like what if MeanJoe’s old account had been from an ISP he no longer uses instead of a Yahoo account? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/9 "2011-04-28T01:45:28Z")
Then we get a big headache and try to play it by ear. It’s happened before, and I’m sure it will happen again, but it doesn’t happen often enough that we have rules or guidelines about it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/10 "2011-04-28T22:35:53Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > You need to send us an email from both accounts, please. That’s a security precaution to be sure you’re really you. Send them me at [ckdexthavn@aol.com](mailto:ckdexthavn@aol.com) or to [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) and we’ll be glad to merge for you. I have sent an email to [ckdexthavn@aol.com](mailto:ckdexthavn@aol.com) from both email accounts. Now what? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/11 "2011-04-29T00:23:38Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > I have sent an email to [ckdexthavn@aol.com](mailto:ckdexthavn@aol.com) from both email accounts. Now what? Just my experience, but **Dex** quite often is on here very early in the AM . Don’t get upset if he doesn’t perform magic until tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-profiles/579765/12 "2011-04-29T20:56:51Z")
No rush and I got a response yesterday/today so I appreciate the assistance greatly.