Unable to activate GitHub Copilot with Student Pack – “Your account is unable to upgrade Copilot”

[gihan202068]

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently facing an issue activating GitHub Copilot on my account.

I have already been approved for the GitHub Student Developer Pack, but when I try to enable or upgrade Copilot, I get the following error:

“Your account is unable to upgrade Copilot”

Additionally, in my Copilot settings:

Copilot Chat in IDE is disabled

Copilot Coding Agent is disabled

Many features show: “Your organization(s) have not enabled use of this feature”

I am not part of any organization, and this is my personal account.

I suspect that Copilot might have been previously activated on another GitHub account, and that could be preventing activation on this account.

Questions:

How can I confirm if Copilot is linked to another account?

Is it possible to transfer the Copilot Student benefit to my current account?

Has anyone else faced this issue and found a solution?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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