Unlinking a Social Account
If you've linked a social account with your identity domain account, and you no longer want to sign in using that social account, then you unlink it.
- In the navigation bar, select the Profile menu and then . In the My profile console, select Social accounts.
- Locate the social account you want to unlink, select the Action menu, and then select Unlink.
Use Case: Unlinking a Social Account
Read a use case for unlinking social accounts with an account in an identity domain.
Unlinking social accounts is the process of disassociating a public identity provider account with an existing account in an identity domain.
To understand why you might want to unlink social accounts, read this use case.
Beatrix Kiddo is an end user for ABC Corporation and an IAM customer. Beatrix logs in to an identity domain using a social account provided for her on the identity domain login page. When she does this, her existing identity domain account is associated with her public social identity provider account.
Beatrix doesn't want to use one of her social accounts anymore. She wants to unlink this social account. When she does, her identuty doman account is no longer linked to that public social identity provider account.