This guide details the steps to take when you want to “release” the management of an email address that is currently “limited” by the use of an Infomaniak account with the same name.

Preamble

• For example, the email address benevol on the Mail Service example.xyz will no longer be shareable with other users from the moment an Infomaniak account is created with a login ID in the form of the email address benevol@example.xyz.
• Therefore, a procedure exists for the administrator of a Mail Service to activate the release of the corresponding Infomaniak account if necessary.
• The corresponding email address, previously attached and readable, will no longer be, but the account data is not deleted.
  • Only the login address must be proposed in a different form by the user in question.

Request the release of the blocking Infomaniak account

To activate the deletion of the login ID when it is identical to an email address that can no longer be shared, the administrator of the Mail Service must go to the Manager:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question.
3. Click on the email address concerned in the table that appears.
4. Under the General tab, it is possible to see the users who consult this address, and among them, the corresponding user is found.
5. Click the Add button in the Users section (an operation that is not currently possible):
   
6. In the right-hand sidebar, the assistant for releasing the address opens; click the radio button to activate the operation.
7. Click Continue:
   
8. Confirm the user disconnection operation:
   
9. The linked user disappears from the users page:
   
10. In parallel, they receive an SMS similar to the example below, on the phone number they provided when they signed up:
    
11. This SMS indicates the procedure to follow to reconnect to their Infomaniak account with another email address of their choice (see below).

Recover access to the Infomaniak account

To be able to log back into your Infomaniak account now that access is no longer possible with the old email address, the Infomaniak account user must go to the address mentioned in the SMS:

1. Click here to access the login page.
2. Enter the username specified in the SMS (usually the initials of your account and a sequence of numbers).
3. Enter the usual password (it has not changed):
   
4. Enter the new requested information:
   
5. You will be logged back into your account: