it won't allow me to update my email address

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  aplaenlight · Member · Dec 9, 2014 at 6:12 pm

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  I misspelled my email address and it is not allowing me to update it. It keeps saying it is already being used.

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Dec 23, 2014 at 6:08 pm

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  Hi there,

  Email addresses are treated as unique identifiers on WordPress.com — if you’re getting a message that the email address is already in use, you must have already created another WordPress.com account with the correctly spelled email address.

  You can use the password reset tool here to regain access to the account with the appropriate email address:

  https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

  Once you have access to that account, you can change its email to something else.

  Then return to your alphaenlight account, and you’ll be able to change its email to your correctly spelled email address.

  Change Your Email Address

  -Alex G.