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title: "Linking an external account to an existing user"
description: "How can you link an external account without taking over an existing profile?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T04.10/"
topicId: "T04.10"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you link an external account without taking over an existing profile?

## What we will work through

Link an external account without taking over an existing profile.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Discovery metadata and OIDC client configuration; Email verification without account takeover.

- [Discovery metadata and OIDC client configuration](/en/articles/topics/T04.05/)
- [Email verification without account takeover](/en/articles/topics/T10.02/)