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Education Plan Removed After Email Change

  • April 25, 2026
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Dear Figma Support Team,

I am writing to request assistance regarding my Figma Education plan.

I successfully completed student verification through SheerID, and the Education plan was initially applied to my account. However, I accidentally signed in first using my personal email address, which caused the Education plan to be associated with that account.

Afterward, I updated the account email to my educational email address. Following this change, the Education plan was removed and my account reverted to the Basic plan.

At present, I am experiencing the following issues:

  • My role still appears as “Education”

  • My plan is now listed as “Basic”

  • I receive a “Verification Limit Exceeded” error when attempting to verify again

SheerID has confirmed that my student verification was successfully approved and advised me to contact Figma Education Support directly.

Verification Details:

  • Verification approved through SheerID

  • Date: April 20, 2026

  • Verification ID: 69e4cdb22b8e9817501f7246

Summary of the Issue:

  • I completed student verification through SheerID and was approved.

  • The Education plan was initially active on my account.

  • I changed the account email from my personal email to my educational email.

  • After the email change, the Education plan disappeared.

  • My account now shows as Basic, and I am unable to access Education plan features.

  • Re-verification results in a “Verification Limit Exceeded” message.

I kindly request your assistance in restoring the Education plan to my account or advising me on the appropriate steps to resolve this matter.

Thank you for your time and support. I look forward to your response.

 

Best answer by Junko3

Hi ​@vienna,

 

Thank you for reaching out and for the detailed report!

I checked on our system and can see that you've already been in touch with our Education team regarding this issue (#1869403), and it looks like your student verification was successfully processed after that (#1869989).

Since account-related issues like this are best handled directly by the Education team, I'm glad you reached out to them — that's definitely the right channel for this.

I hope everything is now sorted! I'll go ahead and close this topic, but if you're still experiencing any issues, please reply to the email thread you already have with our team.

 

As a reminder, as mentioned in our Figma for Education guide:

Your education status is tied to the email address you verify with. If you update the email address on your Figma account after verification, your education status will be revoked.

If your Education status was applied incorrectly, please complete this form before manually updating your account email address. Note that it can take up to a week for the change to go into effect.

 

For other community members with questions about the Figma Education plan, feel free to reach out to education@figma.com.

If you run into any issues during the SheerID verification process, you can also contact their Figma-specific support team at figmasupport@sheerid.com.

 

Thanks!

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  • Figmate
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  • April 27, 2026

Hi ​@vienna,

 

Thank you for reaching out and for the detailed report!

I checked on our system and can see that you've already been in touch with our Education team regarding this issue (#1869403), and it looks like your student verification was successfully processed after that (#1869989).

Since account-related issues like this are best handled directly by the Education team, I'm glad you reached out to them — that's definitely the right channel for this.

I hope everything is now sorted! I'll go ahead and close this topic, but if you're still experiencing any issues, please reply to the email thread you already have with our team.

 

As a reminder, as mentioned in our Figma for Education guide:

Your education status is tied to the email address you verify with. If you update the email address on your Figma account after verification, your education status will be revoked.

If your Education status was applied incorrectly, please complete this form before manually updating your account email address. Note that it can take up to a week for the change to go into effect.

 

For other community members with questions about the Figma Education plan, feel free to reach out to education@figma.com.

If you run into any issues during the SheerID verification process, you can also contact their Figma-specific support team at figmasupport@sheerid.com.

 

Thanks!