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Friday, May 26th, 2023 9:17 PM

Login redirects to DirecTV - someone HELP!

I am the custodian for my 93 y/o father.  He is nearly blind and in a nursing home, so I handle all of his affairs including taking over monitoring his email for important correspondence.  I noticed months ago that every time I tried to log into his AT&T account, it would constantly redirect me to the DirecTV site (he has DirecTV, since his large screen TV is the only thing he can sort of see anymore).  I shelved the login problem until today, when I got a new laptop and was prompted to "link" all of my personal AT&T emails (I have 3) to only use one password.  I included my Dad's email in the linking process, and now I get redirected to DirecTV when I try to log into ANY of those four emails, three of which are mine.  I spent hours on the phone today with AT&T and DirecTV, multiple departments.  The only thing they could tell me is that my Dad's AT&T account needs to be "unlinked" with his DirecTV account to rectify this conflict.  But after four hours, no one could figure out how or who can do it.  I see many other threads of customers experiencing this same problem, but no viable solutions.  I would be eternally grateful if someone could steer me in the right direction.  This is a brand new computer, so clearing cache isn't the solution.  I also tried multiple browsers, my tablet and my phone with the same results.

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11 months ago

Hi there, karennpin. We understand that you need assitance with unlinking the accounts, so it stops redirecting to the Direct TV account. We can help with that. 

 

In order to unlink the accounts, please follow these steps: 

  1. Go to your myAT&T Profile. Sign in, if asked.
  2. Scroll to My Linked accounts.
  3. Choose Remove this account for the account you want to unlink. If you try to remove a canceled account with a balance due, we’ll ask you to make a payment.
  4. Select one of these, if asked:
  • A secondary user to replace you as the primary user
  • No one
  1. Choose a new primary contact account, if asked.
  2. Follow the directions to remove the account from your ID.

Try these things and let us know if you were able to unlink the accounts. If not there is much more that we can do. 

 

Matthew, AT&T Community Specialist

 

 

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11 months ago

As I said in my post,  I cannot access my AT&T profile because I am redirected to the DirecTV site every time I try to log in. Can't  someone remove the linked account for me????  There is NO way for me to gain access to my AT&T profile!

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11 months ago

Let's figure this out together, @karennpin!

 

So that we can reach out to our log in support team on your behalf, we'll need to speak privately. Check the Direct Message inbox in the top right corner of your screen. We've sent you another DM and look forward to speaking with you!

 

Lacey, AT&T Community Specialist 

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