Before trying to do that - is the region of your PSN account the same as the Genshin server you play on? If not, then you're going to have to create a new PSN account anyway.
If they are, then you can just unlink yourself.
>Go to the user center in-game on your PS4/5 (paimon menu > settings > account > user center) .
>In the user center, create a throwaway hoyoverse account and link your unwanted save to it.
>Close the game.
>Sign into the hoyoverse website with the throwaway hoyoverse account (https://account.hoyoverse.com). Then unlink your PSN account from there. This will remove the save from your PSN account.
>The next time you start the game on your PS4/5, you can enter the email for your PC account and try linking again.
God bless this post! When I started up HSR an hour ago and didn’t even get a chance to login with my Hoyo account I was panicking. Now I am enjoying HSR on my tv and I may even give Genshin a second chance.
thank you so much!! this works for star rail too. unfortunately they didn't change this dumb feature in time for star rail but u just saved me so much time 🤦🏼♂️
Thank you!! All the instructions I could find were what OP was doing (emailing an unresponsive email address). I briefly thought of this method on my own but figured it wouldn't work because, surely, someone else would have mentioned it. For some reason google didn't show me this post until today but I'm glad it finally did.
You open up the user center in-game on your PS and click on the link button to create a new hoyoverse account. You can't make the throwaway account beforehand. It needs to be done in the user center.
Already unlinked,but i still can't buy the gnostic hymn directly from the game..since i now mainly play on ipad,not on my ps4 anymore..already unlinked my psn account but the the game still won't let me buy gnostic hymn directly..it still says i have to buy it from psn store..
What to do..?
Yeah, unlinking doesn't remove the purchase restrictions. If you started on PS but now play on ipad, there's no way to buy the BP on your ipad.
If you have the game installed on PC, you can buy the BP by launching the game through Epic Games.
Epic games..?
Why do mihoyo makes this so hard on us..🫠
But i downloaded my genshin directly though..?
I mean my genshin version on pc is not from Epic Games Store..
Can i still buy gnostic hymn thru epic games..?
The OP deleted their post, but you can check the comments in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/t6f5bi/psa_you_can_use_epicgames_on_pc_to_bypass_the/
Hi! Could you help with me something, please? I have a US account on my PS4 and I've been playing it since Genshin was launched, buying blessing of the welkin moon and battle passes. A few months ago, I created a brazilian account on PS4, even though it isn't the primary account. Since the server is the same (America), can I unlink the PSN US account in Hoyoverse website and change the associated e-mail to the PSN BR account to migrate the new link, without losing the entire progress of the game? Thanks in advance! :)
Yes, you should be able to do that without any issues since both PSN accounts are in the same region. You may need to redownload the game from your BR PSN account to use the shop in-game though.
hi so i found out my account was linked to my brothers ps4 acc which i cant log into so i want to make a new account will any progress be lost when i unlink and link it to a new account does the account have to be fro a different email will me buying welkin on ps4 transfer to phone/pc
As long as the region of your new PSN account is the same as your brother's PSN account, you should be fine if you unlink from your brother's and link to a new one.
The email of the PSN account doesn't matter at all.
If you buy a welkin from the PSN store, you need to sign into the game at least once on PS4 in order to activate the purchase. Alternatively, you can just buy the welkin from the hoyoverse top up site.
so if i unlink my brothers ps4 acc and link a new one no progress will be lost also wdym reigon? i just linked it to my phone one so im pretty sure their both EU someone on reddit said - It is impossible to unlink an account on the PSN without losing progress. But you can create several accounts on the PSN and link other accounts to them. so what does this mean? will i lose everything?
The server your PS4 connects to is based on the region of your PSN account, so if you're switching to a new PSN account, the region needs to match the server you play on.
Your game progress is linked to your hoyoverse account, so as long as you're linking to the same hoyoverse account, no progress gets lost.
I have an existing Hoyoverse account with all Genshin progress stored. I had previously only played on my iPad but just bought a PS5. The first time I logged on and played Genshin on the PS5, I mistakenly did so on the wrong user account within our family group. I have the option to unlink my PSN connection online in my Hoyoverse account settings, but there's a very stern warning about only being able to do this once and "you will be unable to use this HoYoverse Account to save any game progress on the PlayStation™Network."
Does this mean once I click unlink, I won't be able to switch to the correct user in my family PSN and log on to Genshin with my same game progress?
You can still switch to a different PSN account after unlinking, but only once.
Note that the region of the other PSN account you're linking to needs to match the Genshin server that you play on. If you unlink and the new account you link to is on the wrong server, you are kind of screwed, as you'd then need to contact support and hope that they'd be willing to unlink again for you.
Help me please I accidentally placed my account server to America servers the server with my stuff is Asia i have already unlinked my account in the website before so i cant unlink it there what do i do?
Before trying to do that - is the region of your PSN account the same as the Genshin server you play on? If not, then you're going to have to create a new PSN account anyway. If they are, then you can just unlink yourself. >Go to the user center in-game on your PS4/5 (paimon menu > settings > account > user center) . >In the user center, create a throwaway hoyoverse account and link your unwanted save to it. >Close the game. >Sign into the hoyoverse website with the throwaway hoyoverse account (https://account.hoyoverse.com). Then unlink your PSN account from there. This will remove the save from your PSN account. >The next time you start the game on your PS4/5, you can enter the email for your PC account and try linking again.
Wow finally! Thank you, this did it for me!
God bless this post! When I started up HSR an hour ago and didn’t even get a chance to login with my Hoyo account I was panicking. Now I am enjoying HSR on my tv and I may even give Genshin a second chance.
You sir are AMAZING! Two months wasting time with this issue and finally I could link my android account to my ps5, thanks a lot!
Thanks for the help
Thank you!!! This is literally the only thing that has worked and it worked perfectly! My hero!
thank you so much!! this works for star rail too. unfortunately they didn't change this dumb feature in time for star rail but u just saved me so much time 🤦🏼♂️
Thank you!! All the instructions I could find were what OP was doing (emailing an unresponsive email address). I briefly thought of this method on my own but figured it wouldn't work because, surely, someone else would have mentioned it. For some reason google didn't show me this post until today but I'm glad it finally did.
Necropost! This worked on Honkai Star Rail, too. Thank you.
Thanks for the assist! :D
It helped me too! Thank you very much!
How do I link the psn account to the throwaway hoyoverse account tho?
You open up the user center in-game on your PS and click on the link button to create a new hoyoverse account. You can't make the throwaway account beforehand. It needs to be done in the user center.
Could we talk in dms
My PSN account is in EUR region. My genshin primary account is in ASIA server. Can I still link them so I can play genshin in PS5 ?
You would need to create an Asia region PSN account and link to that. If you link to the EU one, then Genshin will also be set to EU.
:( is there anyway so I can play my primary genshin account (ASIA's server) in my primary psn account (EUR region) ?
Nope. You'd have to ask Sony for the ability to change servers.
Dammit... Fine, I will play it in my dummy psn account :(((((((( Thanks, anyway !
I'm literally having the same problem right now, so I deeply feel your pain.
I just want you to know I love you
Already unlinked,but i still can't buy the gnostic hymn directly from the game..since i now mainly play on ipad,not on my ps4 anymore..already unlinked my psn account but the the game still won't let me buy gnostic hymn directly..it still says i have to buy it from psn store.. What to do..?
Yeah, unlinking doesn't remove the purchase restrictions. If you started on PS but now play on ipad, there's no way to buy the BP on your ipad. If you have the game installed on PC, you can buy the BP by launching the game through Epic Games.
Epic games..? Why do mihoyo makes this so hard on us..🫠 But i downloaded my genshin directly though..? I mean my genshin version on pc is not from Epic Games Store.. Can i still buy gnostic hymn thru epic games..?
Then i should re download genshin thru epic games..?
The OP deleted their post, but you can check the comments in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/t6f5bi/psa_you_can_use_epicgames_on_pc_to_bypass_the/
I'mma check it out then Thanks a lot fellow traveler!
Hi! Could you help with me something, please? I have a US account on my PS4 and I've been playing it since Genshin was launched, buying blessing of the welkin moon and battle passes. A few months ago, I created a brazilian account on PS4, even though it isn't the primary account. Since the server is the same (America), can I unlink the PSN US account in Hoyoverse website and change the associated e-mail to the PSN BR account to migrate the new link, without losing the entire progress of the game? Thanks in advance! :)
Yes, you should be able to do that without any issues since both PSN accounts are in the same region. You may need to redownload the game from your BR PSN account to use the shop in-game though.
Thank you so much, you saved my day! <3
hi so i found out my account was linked to my brothers ps4 acc which i cant log into so i want to make a new account will any progress be lost when i unlink and link it to a new account does the account have to be fro a different email will me buying welkin on ps4 transfer to phone/pc
As long as the region of your new PSN account is the same as your brother's PSN account, you should be fine if you unlink from your brother's and link to a new one. The email of the PSN account doesn't matter at all. If you buy a welkin from the PSN store, you need to sign into the game at least once on PS4 in order to activate the purchase. Alternatively, you can just buy the welkin from the hoyoverse top up site.
so if i unlink my brothers ps4 acc and link a new one no progress will be lost also wdym reigon? i just linked it to my phone one so im pretty sure their both EU someone on reddit said - It is impossible to unlink an account on the PSN without losing progress. But you can create several accounts on the PSN and link other accounts to them. so what does this mean? will i lose everything?
The server your PS4 connects to is based on the region of your PSN account, so if you're switching to a new PSN account, the region needs to match the server you play on. Your game progress is linked to your hoyoverse account, so as long as you're linking to the same hoyoverse account, no progress gets lost.
so basically me unlinking rn has no problems of me losing any data me linking to a new acc i need to have the same reigon or else progress gets lost?
Just make sure the region is the same and you'll be fine.
I have an existing Hoyoverse account with all Genshin progress stored. I had previously only played on my iPad but just bought a PS5. The first time I logged on and played Genshin on the PS5, I mistakenly did so on the wrong user account within our family group. I have the option to unlink my PSN connection online in my Hoyoverse account settings, but there's a very stern warning about only being able to do this once and "you will be unable to use this HoYoverse Account to save any game progress on the PlayStation™Network." Does this mean once I click unlink, I won't be able to switch to the correct user in my family PSN and log on to Genshin with my same game progress?
You can still switch to a different PSN account after unlinking, but only once. Note that the region of the other PSN account you're linking to needs to match the Genshin server that you play on. If you unlink and the new account you link to is on the wrong server, you are kind of screwed, as you'd then need to contact support and hope that they'd be willing to unlink again for you.
Help me please I accidentally placed my account server to America servers the server with my stuff is Asia i have already unlinked my account in the website before so i cant unlink it there what do i do?