# Does changing admin e-mail address work with the new address?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-admin-e-mail-address-work-with-the-new-address/142498
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-admin-e-mail-address-work-with-the-new-address/142498 "2020-02-24T18:23:49Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-admin-e-mail-address-work-with-the-new-address/142498/2 "2020-02-24T18:28:04Z")

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> [@myoan](#):
>
> Does that mean that Discourse is trying to send me an e-mail on the account I can no longer access to?

Yes. This is a security feature to keep someone finding your logged in browser and stealing your admin account.

If you have other admin accounts, you can have them remove admin privileges from your account, then you change the address, then they make you an admin again.

If you don’t have another admin account, then if you’re self-hosted you can add one with

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
rake admin:create

```

Note that you won’t be able to use one email address for two accounts, so make sure that this account doesn’t use the one that you want to change yours to.

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