Can I Register 1 Device To 2 Different Kindle Accounts

How Many Accounts Can Your Kindle Be Linked To?

By Jack Gerard

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The Kindle due east-book reader is one of Amazon.com'due south top sellers. In fact, Amazon claims to have sold more Kindle units than any other item on its website. To access purchased books and other materials, a user has to register the device to use his Amazon.com business relationship. Your Kindle can only be connected to ane Amazon account.

Kindle Registration

Earlier a Kindle can be used with an Amazon account, it must be registered with the account. The registration option is located in the Settings menu. With the Kindle's wireless functions turned on, access the Settings menu and select the "Annals" choice, and then enter the username and countersign for the Amazon.com account y'all wish to associate with the device. A new business relationship can be created from the registration screen if desired for those who don't have Amazon accounts or those who wish to have dedicated accounts for their Kindles.

Registration Limitations

A Kindle tin can only exist registered with one Amazon.com account at any given fourth dimension. Once registration is successfully completed, the selection to register the device disappears from the Settings menu; the Kindle simply isn't designed to link with multiple accounts at one fourth dimension. There are no limitations to preclude multiple Kindle devices from being registered to the aforementioned business relationship, even so, and then a single user with multiple Kindles or with a Kindle and additional Kindle reader apps for mobile devices or computers can annals all of them to her business relationship.

Deregistration

Once a Kindle is registered with an Amazon.com business relationship, a new option appears in the Kindle Settings menu. The "Deregister" choice is used to disconnect a Kindle from its clan with a specific Amazon account. In one case deregistered the device no longer has access to the eastward-books and other content associated with the Amazon business relationship and can't utilise the business relationship to fabricated additional purchases. The device can exist then registered with the same account again if desired to regain this access.

Multiple Accounts

Though a Kindle can simply be registered with one account at a time, it is possible to use a unmarried Kindle device with more than i Amazon account. Once a Kindle is deregistered from one business relationship it can be registered with another account and gains access to the e-book library associated with that account. When you wish to switch back to the original account, y'all can so deregister over again and reregister with that account. In that location are no limitations on the number of accounts that a Kindle can be used with, provided that it is used with each account separately.

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