# I can no longer access my original twitch email

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/i-can-no-longer-access-my-original-twitch-email/12101>\
**Category:** Game Development\
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/i-can-no-longer-access-my-original-twitch-email/12101 "2017-09-21T01:39:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![six8machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@six8machine](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/six8machine)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/i-can-no-longer-access-my-original-twitch-email/12101/1 "2017-09-21T01:39:09Z")

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I have lost my ability to access my [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv) account and I was not able to switch my email during this initial loss. How do I recover my account? It is under the same user name that I have for the forums.

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**Author:** ![george](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/george/32/120_2.png) [@george](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/george)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/i-can-no-longer-access-my-original-twitch-email/12101/2 "2017-09-21T10:04:47Z")

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Contact support at [help.twitch.tv](http://help.twitch.tv)

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**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/i-can-no-longer-access-my-original-twitch-email/12101/3 "2017-09-21T20:17:28Z")

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