# Account Portability Between Login Methods (Google ⇄ Email and Vice Versa)

**URL:** <https://community.pickaxe.co/t/account-portability-between-login-methods-google-email-and-vice-versa/6731>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/account-portability-between-login-methods-google-email-and-vice-versa/6731 "2025-07-31T04:18:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![taedog2020](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/taedog2020/32/809_2.png) [@taedog2020](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/taedog2020)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/account-portability-between-login-methods-google-email-and-vice-versa/6731/1 "2025-07-31T04:18:29Z")

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**Summary:**  
Enable users to switch their Pickaxe account between authentication methods—specifically from Google sign-in to email-based login (with password or magic link), or from email to Google—without losing access history, purchases, or tool ownership.

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**The Problem:**  
Many users initially sign in with a corporate Google account—because it’s convenient. But later they want to switch to a personal email to maintain continuity when they:

- Change jobs

- Graduate from a school account

- Need to centralize tool access outside their employer’s domain

Currently, they can’t. They have to create a whole new account, repurchase access, or ask the creator to manually transfer assets (if that’s even possible). This breaks the user experience and creates support overhead.

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**Proposed Solution:**  
Allow users to:

- Link multiple sign-in methods to a single Pickaxe account (e.g., Google + email)

- Set a preferred login method (and remove others, if desired)

- Seamlessly migrate from one method to another while retaining:

Bonus: Enable creators to migrate invited users (e.g., workshop participants) from a temporary/corporate identity to their long-term personal one with user consent.

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**Why It Matters:**

- **Reduces churn** when users leave a job or lose access to a particular domain

- **Improves flexibility** for users managing multiple identities

- **Decreases support burden** for creators trying to troubleshoot access issues

- **Matches modern authentication expectations** (most SaaS platforms support this)

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**Final Thought:**  
Accounts should belong to people—not their employers. Let us make it easier for users to stay with Pickaxe as their life and logins change.