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Monday, May 12th, 2025 2:51 PM

Cell phone number with multiple accounts

I can't add my cell phone because I get a message "Mobile Number is already linked to an active account". This is true, my primary Comcast email is still a sub account of my parent's service. Now that I have my own service, a new email was created that is part of the account I pay for. I can't add my cell phone to that one because it's still in use on my original one. Now I'm having trouble adding a payment method because my "contact information isn't complete" or something along those lines. What am I supposed to do? I don't use the new account for anything but the Xfinity ebill. As far as I can tell, I can't force remove the phone from my original account, not that I would want to for security reasons. Can the accounts be merged or something saving my old username? Why can't the same phone number be used on two accounts?

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1 day ago

Hey there, user_pp4rzn! Thank you so much for taking the time to reach out to us here on the Xfinity Forums! I am very sorry to hear about the troubles with your user access on 2 different accounts. I know it can be frustrating with having multiple accounts, and needing to maintain access. You should be able to link the 2 accounts to your one username following the steps here. This should allow you to manage the 2 different accounts under the username. Please let us know if you have any other questions/concerns, we are happy to help! 

 

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Should I be doing this from my old sub account, or from my current billing one? I tried from my newer billing account, and it said I couldn't because I'm not the primary account holder of my parent's account. If I try the other way around, I can't search for my new account because there is no phone number associated with it, since I can't add my cell phone number to it. What am I missing here?

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My apologies cjg_pp4rzn. You would need the primary of your parents account link to your personal account. This would allow you to link the accounts and use the main sign in, however it would be the primary which is probably your parents email address. 

The linking process is typically used when you are the primary user on both accounts, a possible solution would be to promote your status on your parents account to primary and link your personal account from there.

The other option would be to set up your personal account with an email address that is not associated with any other accounts. This would allow you the access you need for managing the account online and through the Xfinity app. 

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