Pnid deletion request (for this account)

[lkgumi]

Hey!

Need to unlink this pnid from my console, i’m trying to make a new one because i didn’t realise at the time that if i made the account on my pc i couldn’t change region and birthday afterwards. ):

Really don’t want to factory reset my console, and according to other requests like this, deleting the account is the only way to go about it.

Thanks!! (:

@PN_Jon

[GamersInternatio]

I think there are ways you can unlink it without deleting your account, let me look that up (can’t find it, I know you can use Godmode9 but I’m sure there’s an easier method)

[MatthewL246_PNID]

You should be able to delete the account yourself by opening the NNID settings page in the Settings app.

There are homebrew methods for unlinking on the 3DS, but they are not supported by us and can cause errors. (I believe they unlink both your PNID and NNID at the same time.)

@PN_Jon

You can’t. Just like with Nintendo Network. There’s only 2 ways to remove a network account from a 3DS

1. Delete the account entirely through the console (it’s in one of the settings menus). But this deletes the account itself, not just the link
2. Factory reset the console. This doesn’t delete the account, but it does unlink it. At the cost of losing all your local data

Anything else you do to try and remove it, such as through homebrew or GM9, is not supported by us and we likely won’t give support if something goes wrong. That’s a risk you’d have to take yourself

[GamersInternatio]

That doesn’t work, it only works on Wii U iirc since it gets 005-4270 judging by what I can see on 3DS

(although I just realised that it isn’t clear whether this is 3DS or Wii U, but it’s most likely 3DS)

[MatthewL246_PNID]

Ah, if this is a Wii U question, then the Wii U account Swap homebrew can locally unlink the PNID so you can create a new one.

[GamersInternatio]

I think I’ve found it. Could you open up Luma3DS settings and make sure that Enable loading external firms and modules and Enable game patching is disabled?

Once your 3DS has booted up, power it off again and re-enable those settings and the PNID should be unlinked (you should be able to tell if you see 022-5432 when opening up something like Miiverse).

Then, follow our usual troubleshooting tips for 022-5432:

1. Open Nimbus
2. Switch to Nintendo servers
3. Open eShop (if user has an NNID)
4. Exit eShop (if user has an NNID)
5. Open Nimbus
6. Switch to Pretendo servers

Once you’re back on Pretendo servers, you should get 015-5015 and that confirms your PNID is definitely unlinked. You can then link a new one in settings.

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[lkgumi]

Hi!!
Sorry for the late reply, but thankyou so much. I’ll do this now.