Email already in use when old account was deleted

[arsall15thunderstorm]

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Hi guys
I was trying to add an email to my account in order to claim Github Education benefits, and had to delete my old account with a .edu email to free up the email. However when i tried to add the email to my main account it said already in use, even after i double checked my old account was deleted.
I was wondering if anyone else had similar issues and how to fix it

Thanks

[NaveenHiranya]

I think it's similar to Facebook. Even after an account is deleted, some records may still exist in the system for a period of time, so the email address might not be relesased immediately 🙂