Account questions in League of Legends have real answers, but they live in support documentation nobody reads.

Short answer

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

Linked accounts inherit restrictions from each other more often than people expect. Support responds slowly and correctly, which is still faster than a wrong fix. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

Limits and cooldowns

Appeals work when there is a genuine mistake, and only then. Bought and shared accounts are recoverable by the original owner, which is exactly how those stories end. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Name changes and cooldowns are enforced per-account, not per-game.

Two-factor authentication is the single change that prevents most account problems. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Region locks on accounts are harder to undo than region locks on purchases.

What the rules actually say

It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why. League of Legends is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look.

  • Enable two-factor authentication before anything else.
  • Keep the original purchase receipt.
  • Write down what you changed, so you can undo exactly one thing if it goes sideways.
  • Unlink anything you no longer use.

Doing it through official channels

The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over.

If the account is already restricted

None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. Everything below is framed around the current state of League of Legends rather than a launch-week impression.

Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it.

Why shortcuts end badly

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows.

Where people go wrong

  • Downloading a helper tool for something the game already does in its own menu.
  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.
  • Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.

League FAQ

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

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

Is this still accurate after the latest League of Legends update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

Can I change it?

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

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.

That is the whole of it — if something here stops matching League of Legends, the game changed, not the method.