This is one of the few areas where the official answer is the correct one and the forum answer is not.

Short answer

Possible, once, through official support — and irreversible afterwards.

Appeals work when there is a genuine mistake, and only then. Linked accounts inherit restrictions from each other more often than people expect. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it.

What the rules actually say

Two-factor authentication is the single change that prevents most account problems. Support responds slowly and correctly, which is still faster than a wrong fix. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. Region locks on accounts are harder to undo than region locks on purchases.

Name changes and cooldowns are enforced per-account, not per-game. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. Bought and shared accounts are recoverable by the original owner, which is exactly how those stories end.

If the account is already restricted

Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

  • Unlink anything you no longer use.
  • Check the cooldown before assuming a change failed.
  • Read the whole sequence once before doing the first step.
  • Keep the original purchase receipt.
  • Enable two-factor authentication before anything else.
  • Prefer the in-game option over an external tool when both exist.

Doing it through official channels

None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. Everything below is framed around the current state of Elden Ring rather than a launch-week impression. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds.

If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. Elden Ring is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

Why shortcuts end badly

The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters.

If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you.

Limits and cooldowns

Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration.

Where people go wrong

  • Trusting a video thumbnail that promises a result the video never actually shows.
  • Copying a setup wholesale from a streamer without understanding what each part does.
  • Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
  • Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.

Elden Ring FAQ

Can a ban be appealed?

Genuine mistakes get reversed. Appeals against a correct ban do not, regardless of how they are worded.

Do I need any mods or third-party tools for this?

No. Everything described here works with the base game on any supported platform.

What if none of this works for me?

Then something in your setup differs from the assumption — version, region or platform. Check those three before anything else.

Can I change it?

Usually yes, within the limits above, and usually through the publisher account rather than in the game itself.

Work through it in the order above and how to level up stops being a question you have to look up again.