You have purchased a copy of Minecraft from.You Had a Legacy or Premium Minecraft Account If you created a Minecraft account prior to November 2012 (legacy account), the following may apply to you: You can then select a Java profile name and log into the game using your Microsoft credentials. When you make your purchase, you will be prompted to link a Microsoft account.When logging into the game or the site, you use a Microsoft account login.New purchases of Minecraft: Java Edition are linked to a Microsoft account instead of a Mojang account.This account type was introduced when Microsoft acquired Minecraft from Mojang Studios, and all new accounts created after December 2020 use this account type.If you have registered a Mojang account , log into the Minecraft site with your email address.All Minecraft: Java Edition purchases prior to December 1, 2020, are attached to a Mojang account.This account type was introduced as a single account to use across all Mojang games.This account type no longer logs into Minecraft and with a Java profile name.Use your email address to log into Minecraft and Mojang Studios services.Paid accounts of this type were migrated to Mojang accounts.All Minecraft accounts created prior to November 2012 used this account type.This account type was the first way to log into Minecraft on a computer.Microsoft accounts became the new account type for all purchases of Minecraft: Java Edition after December 1, 2020. Minecraft accounts were the first way to log into Minecraft on a computer, and Mojang accounts were later introduced as a single account to use across all Mojang games. The following describes the differences between the account types. There are a few different account types associated with Minecraft: Java Edition, and it is important to know the differences when dealing with account issues. I Changed Computers, my Account is Gone.I’m not receiving emails from Mojang Studios.I Need to Change or Recover my Registered Email Address.I'm Having Trouble with my Security Questions.I'm Getting an Error That Says “Login failed: Invalid username or password'.

I Remember my Email Address, But Not my Username.I Need to Change the Email Address Used for my Account.I Forgot the Email Address Used for my Account.Do I Login With my Email Address or my Username?.This article covers Minecraft: Java Edition Account issues.

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