Can a released email address be re-bound to a different existing account?

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Hi everyone,

I have two OpenAI accounts (Account A with Email A, Account B with Email B), and I’m trying to swap their email bindings using a third intermediary email (Email C) as a temporary placeholder.

The intended steps would be:

  1. Change Account A: Email A → Email C

  2. Change Account B: Email B → Email A

  3. Change Account A: Email C → Email B
    I noticed the official help page says “you cannot use your previous email address to create a new account”, but I’m wondering:

  • Does this restriction apply to binding a released email to an already existing account as well?

  • Has anyone successfully completed a similar email swap between two existing accounts?

  • Is there any official statement on how long (if ever) it takes for a previously used email to become available again?
    Any insights from the community or OpenAI staff would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi, did you ever get this resolved? I’m having a similar issue where a released email address can receive and verify the code, but the final email change fails with “Something went wrong. Please try again later.” Were you eventually able to bind that email to another account?