Problems in my CD Key

[76561199626236147]

Hello There, i have some problems with my CD Key, it was linked to another social club so now i need a new CD Key to link my another social club, help me if u can please, thank u!

[KingNickW]

Honestly im not too sure but try looking up youtube vids on it or go on reddit to see if someone had the same issue

[psykoteky]

Not happening. Gta5 is a single use - non-transferable cd key - stuck to the first social club account it is used on. Your choices are -

Recover the old account if you forgot/were hacked.
Buy again (and hoops associated with that)


and the copypasta on this nonsense spam happening since June 2023ish -
Fun times. Join the neverending flood of this nonsense. Much info - click and read -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/3811787298086212982/#c3811787298086583512

tl;dr/lazy - use this link below to contact R* without logging in to RECOVER your account/fix/change email to one you have access to. Yep, many hoops to jump to prove you are the owner, have the steam account, cdkey etc, and days to wait/repeat yourself -
https://support.rockstargames.com/categories/360002126893?step=29c52d9f

/goodluck

[Nick Fury 313]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

Not happening. Gta5 is a single use - non-transferable cd key - stuck to the first social club account it is used on. Your choices are -

Recover the old account if you forgot/were hacked.
Buy again (and hoops associated with that)


and the copypasta on this nonsense spam happening since June 2023ish -
Fun times. Join the neverending flood of this nonsense. Much info - click and read -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/3811787298086212982/#c3811787298086583512

tl;dr/lazy - use this link below to contact R* without logging in to RECOVER your account/fix/change email to one you have access to. Yep, many hoops to jump to prove you are the owner, have the steam account, cdkey etc, and days to wait/repeat yourself -
https://support.rockstargames.com/categories/360002126893?step=29c52d9f

/goodluck

Then how is it forced onto some other account that I do not own? I purchased this game from Steam and played it before.

[psykoteky]

It wasn't 'forced' onto another account.

The original social club account is still linked to the steam account (unless you, or someone else.. 'unlinked'. Chances are The EMAIL ON that account - has been changed. You are basically logging into 'the wrong' account even though 'your email' is 'correct' to you. Read the links and info - you can do checks to confirm the problem, and possibly recover. The other scenarios where this may appear could be alias'd emails, and possibly the abuse of familysharing gta5 ---- YEARS ago, as in.. 2015-2017 or something. Still, in either instance - you'll likely need R* support to help sort those out too.

"Try to log in to social club using your old email - if you have to - forgot password, etc. Then, check and see if your games / characters / etc are on that account. You can even check if your steam account is the steam account linked to that social club account via account settings / linked accounts tab. If they are not - that is the problem and shows you logging into the 'wrong' account (but 'right' email).

Some users are lucky enough to see they got email notifications from R* stating the email on their account has been changed. Some of these are in chinese/etc - translate it. There should be a link to recover the account. Now, again in some of these cases - because the old email is already used in the 'new'/useless social club account - you can't use that recovery email before a step. That step is to go into the new/useless account - and change the email to something else - unlocking your old email. Then, try the recovery link again (and of course, 2FA/change password after for good measure -.-)."

/goodluck

[Bipolar Lumber Merchant]

I have just downloaded this game from "Steam" and installed the game. (Paid money and bought the game.) I have only played a different version of the game in a internet Cafe. So wanted to try this game at home on "Steam". During setup it's asking me for an activation code. Wonder if it is asking for a CD key.

[psykoteky]

^ yep - rightclick gta5 in steam library, manage, cd keys...