Switch from social to database (and reverse)

[ian_ratner]

I am trying to verify if it is possible for a user to easily switch from social login to database/email login and if so, how this is done. Also reverse case where user signs up with database login but then wants to switch to social login? Is there a UI element that Auth0 provides for them to do this self-service or do we need to build our own UI and make API calls to do it?

[lihua.zhang]

Hi @ian_ratner ,

I understand that you want to give users the flexibility to switch between social and database logins. I believe that the user account linking feature can fulfill your request. By enabling the user account linking extension, if the user already has a username/password account, when they click on the social login, they will be prompted with the option to link to their existing database connection, and vise versa.

This FAQ explains the details. Hope it helps!