Nintendo Account Verification E-mail Did Not Arrive

The information in this article can help you when you have not yet received a verification email for your Nintendo Account (created on Nintendo Switch or website).

Note:

• The information in this article can assist with the verification email that is sent after you create a Nintendo Account.

  • For assistance with authentication codes for 2-step verification, review our steps on Issues with Nintendo Account 2-Step Verification Code.

• The verification e-mail should arrive within thirty minutes, and expire in one hour from when they are sent.

What to Do:

• Check your spam/junk e-mail folder to see if the e-mail is there.

• Make sure there are no filters in your e-mail account that may be blocking e-mails from @accounts.nintendo.com.

• Add our e-mail address no-reply@accounts.nintendo.com  to your contacts address book and safe sender list.

  • These steps may vary depending on the e-mail service provider. Common e-mail applications will include an Address Book or Contacts List menu. Here you can select Add Contact and type or paste no-reply@accounts.nintendo.com.

• Make sure that you are entering your e-mail address correctly in the account creation screen, and click resend verification code to have a new verification code sent.

• Try registering your Nintendo Account with a different e-mail address.