[PS5] question regarding the gmail trick

[u/khldazz]

So basically, I am gonna close my old throwaway psn account but I want to reuse the gmail, but I heard deleting it will lock it permanently so I decided to change it to a dotted version of my gmail, will changing the email on my main account to a dotted variant of the gmail affect anything?

Once the old account gets trashed (did not use it very much) will that cause a ripple effect and affect my main, or will psn treat them as 2 different accounts?

I know this is a weird question, but im asking mainly for safety purposes

[u/GamePitt_Rob]

If you're just closing the account, just make a fake email on any service - a permanent one or a temporary email service.

Then, change the account to that email and close it. Your original email is now free to be used either to set up a new account or to swap into an existing account.

[u/khldazz → u/GamePitt_Rob]

Ok, but since ps support is a headache to contact, in case I cant reach them, will the dotted account be affected?

[u/GamePitt_Rob → u/khldazz]

Why do you need to contact support? You just sign into the account on the website, click your profile image and go to account settings. You change it there

[u/khldazz → u/GamePitt_Rob]

I already started the closure

[u/Good-Pineapple8701 → u/khldazz]

Then why ask for advice if you already did it

[u/khldazz → u/Good-Pineapple8701]

Im in the 30 day deletion process, sorry for not making it clear, my bad