How to manage multiple Pinterest accounts

Pinterest's current set-up:

• Separate accounts, each with its own email address, connected so you can switch between them
• Linked business accounts are no longer supported. Any that weren't converted have been permanently deactivated and can't be reactivated
• For agencies or businesses with several brands, Business Manager can group business accounts into a parent and child hierarchy
• Accounts can't be merged

Sources: Pinterest Help: Connect Pinterest accounts, checked 15 October 2026; Pinterest Help: Merge accounts, checked 15 October 2026; Pinterest Business Help: Create and manage accounts, checked 15 October 2026

Use a different email address from your existing account. On a computer:

1. Log in to your existing account and click the chevron-down icon at the top right.
2. Click Add Pinterest account.
3. Under Create a new personal account, click Create.
4. Enter the new email, a password and your age, then click Continue.
5. Pick how you identify, your language and country, and 5 or more topics, then click Done.

• In the app: open your settings, tap Add account, then Create a new personal account
• For a new business account rather than a personal one, follow our business account guide, then connect it as below

Source: Pinterest Help: Get a Pinterest account, checked 15 October 2026

To connect an account you already have, on a computer:

1. Log in to one of your accounts and click the arrow-down icon at the top right.
2. Select Add Pinterest account.
3. Under Existing account, click Connect account.
4. Log in to your other account. They're connected straight away.
5. To switch, click the arrow-down icon and pick the account under Your accounts.

• In the app: tap your profile picture, the cog icon (on a business account, the ellipsis icon, then Settings), then Add account and Connect existing account. Switch account is on the same screen
• Logging out of a connected account takes you to one of your other connected accounts

Source: Pinterest Help: Connect Pinterest accounts, checked 15 October 2026

Business Manager can create a parent account with child businesses beneath it, so one team can manage access across them. To create a hierarchy:

1. Click the menu icon at the top left and, under Manage business, select Business Manager.
2. Click Business settings, then Create business hierarchy, and name it. The account you're using becomes a child account.
3. Add at least one Organization Manager under Managers, Invite managers. They can see and manage every child account.
4. To add more businesses, open the Business hierarchy tab, click Add business, enter Business IDs and click Invite. You can add up to 20 at a time.
5. Each invited business approves the request from its Business Manager notification.

• Pinterest says to add only businesses you own. A client who owns their own account and assets should stay outside your hierarchy. Partner access is covered in our Business Manager guide
• Use the dropdown in Business Manager to move between the business accounts, ad accounts and profiles you can access

Source: Pinterest Business Help: Create and manage accounts, checked 15 October 2026

The limits that catch people out:

• Merging: not possible. Keep both and switch, or close the one you don't need
• Moving Pins: there's no bulk transfer. Save each Pin from the old account to the new one
• Same email twice: each email can only be on one account at a time. Deactivating doesn't free it up; close the account or change its email
• Accounts missing from the switcher: switching is lost if you clear cookies or cache, or move to a different device. Connect them again
• Pins or boards suddenly missing: you may have created a new account by accident, often after getting a new phone. Log out and find the original
• Business account you no longer need: convert it to personal under Settings, Account management, Convert account, after paying any outstanding bills

Sources: Pinterest Help: Merge accounts, checked 15 October 2026; Pinterest Help: Connect Pinterest accounts, checked 15 October 2026; Pinterest Help: Can't log in to Pinterest, checked 15 October 2026; Pinterest Help: Convert a business account to a personal account, checked 15 October 2026

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