My Mojang account has disappeared; can I still play Minecraft?
I had Minecraft bought for me a long, long time ago (like, back when you had to actually open up the .JAR file and put the mods in there) by someone who I am no longer in contact with. I got bored of it and didn't play it any until a few months ago.
I migrated my old Minecraft account to a new Mojang account and successfully played the game for a month or so, but then the launcher started asking me to log in again, and this time wouldn't accept my credentials.
It kinda seems like half of Mojang's systems just won't accept my password, and half of them don't know about my account at all. Trying the "migrate account" form says "this account has already been migrated," but trying to log in says "password/username incorrect." Trying to reset my password just gives a confirmation message and no E-Mail ever comes.
I tried contacting Mojang support about this but they asked for bank records and a receipt, neither of which I have (the receipt is in my old E-Mail account, which was hacked into by the person I mentioned.)
There's still a file called usercache.json in the game install directory; there's what looks like a session ID or something in there. I remember reading something about putting a session key into the Minecraft JAR on the command line. It's got an expiration date on it that's passed, though.
Anyway, is there any way I can play Minecraft without having to shell out 30 bucks for something I already own?
EDIT:
To clarify, trying to log in to Minecraft or Mojang with the new credentials doesn't work any more than the old ones.
Best Answer
You need to use the Mojang account's email address as your username instead of your original username.
The reason it may have still been working after migration is proberbly because your existing account credentials/session data.
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Where did my Mojang account go?
We're only moving Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts, which gives you access to new security features. Minecraft: Java Edition will stay exactly the same, and we'll continue to update and support it in the future.Can Mojang delete your Minecraft account?
Old Minecraft accounts (where you log into Minecraft with a username) do not have a deactivation feature. To deactivate an old Minecraft account, you must first migrate it a Mojang account. If you want to fully delete your account, contact Minecraft support and provide your transaction ID.How do I recover my old Mojang account?
For legacy Minecraft accounts, you log in with your username instead of an email. If you have a legacy account and forgot your username, contact Minecraft Support. For a Mojang account, your Minecraft username will be shown in-game, on your Mojang account page or on the launcher itself.Why is my old Minecraft account gone?
You have to add a new account. It is counter intuitive, because you are not actually setting up a new account. But once you click to add a new account you can choose to sign in with your Microsoft account in the Launcher. Once you do that, it will automatically use the Microsoft account to log you in from the Launcher.I Almost Lost my Minecraft Account (Microsoft Migration)
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