Minecraft account migration: Difference between revisions

On October 21st, 2020, Mojang announced that Minecraft Java Edition players must migrate their Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Minecraft |first=Staff |date=2020-10-21 |title=Java Edition is Moving House |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021193019/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house |archive-date=2020-10-21 |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=Minecraft}}</ref> Consumers who migrated their accounts would maintain access to their username, cosmetics, player worlds, and earn an exclusive cosmetic cape.<ref name=":4" /> Those who did not migrate their accounts by December 18th, 2023 lost their access to the game and have to re-purchase Minecraft Java Edition under a Microsoft account with a new username at full retail price.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2026-01-11 |title=Information about Mojang Accounts and Microsoft Account Migration |url=https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/19633473939981-I-Missed-My-Chance-to-Migrate-What-Happens-to-My-Account |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220034049/https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/19633473939981-I-Missed-my-Chance-to-Migrate-What-Happens-to-my-Account |archive-date=2024-02-20 |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=Minecraft Help Center}}</ref><!-- Please remove citation no.5 if the format is wrong for it as I corrected it in  #6 ,Thanks -->     

Mojang staff wrote wrote the following about the account migration:  <blockquote>"Now just to be clear, migrating from Mojang to Microsoft accounts is ''mandatory''. If you don’t make the move, in several months you won’t be able to log in anymore – which means you won’t be able to play either."<ref name=":4" /></blockquote>Account migration started in waves or "batches" sometime in early 2021.<ref name=":4" />Initially, account migration was voluntary, and users with Mojang accounts could play Minecraft Java Edition without needing to migrate their accounts. On February 2, 2022, Mojang announced that on March 10, 2022 the voluntary migration period would end and that Mojang account users would be unable to play Minecraft Java Edition without migrating their account. On May 8, 2023, Mojang announced that Mojang account owners would have until September 19, 2023 to migrate to a Microsoft account or permanently lose the capacity to migrate their account. Following this September 19, 2023 deadline, Mojang gave Mojang account owners who missed the deadline a three month grace period through December 18, 2023 to migrate their account.<ref name=":2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20231210202436/https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/19615552270221 "Post-Migration Process FAQ"] - help.minecraft.net - archived 2023-12-10</ref><ref name=":0" /> Mojang account owners who exercised their option under this three-month grace period would not have access to the cosmetics associated with their Mojang account or the certainty that they would enjoy the username associated with their Mojang account under their Microsoft account. After December 18, 2023, Mojang account owners who had purchased Minecraft Java Edition from Mojang would need to purchase Minecraft under a Microsoft account in order to play the game.