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HiekeH
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February 26, 2021
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What's the difference between Adobe ID, community and membership?

  • February 26, 2021
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Hey there,
This is my first post on this community, so I hope I'm in the right place with my question. When I was cleaning my email archive recently, I came across a few emails from Adobe dating from around 2010 that rose some questions, because I'd like to minimize the amout of online accounts, IDs etc. I have. 

I found emails with passwords etc. from the community, my ID and membership. 

[1] To start with the latter: what about that membership?! I don't have a payed membership, so that can't be it.
[2] Do I really need different passwords for all of these 'platforms' so to speak? Or can I throw out a few mails?

 

But to return to my initial question: what mails should I keep and wich can I throw out?

 

I'm looking forward to your clarification.

 

Thanks in advance!

Hieke

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GrantHorizons
Participating Frequently
January 30, 2024

Interesting tidbit I jsut worked through... I tried to install CS5 on a new laptop, and it would take the password I had for my Adobe Account. Complained it had to be 12 characters or less etc. So I logged into my ACCOUNT, which took my longer password just fine. Was Adobe ID something different from my account? What's going on here? What's the difference between Adobe ID, and Adove Account? bizarre, finally tried shortening my Adobe ACCOUNT password to a mere 12 characters - and lo and behold, that worked as the password for my Adobe ID! So they Adobe Account and ADobe ID ar the same, but the account password can be longer than if you try to use it for the ID passsword... yeah my head hurts too. Basics: they're the same, just a max length of 12 characters if you wnat to use it for your ID. Shame on you Adobe, 12 characters is not secure anymore. Hope that helps someone.

 

Jeffrey_A_Wright
Community Manager
Jeffrey_A_WrightCommunity Manager
Community Manager
January 30, 2024

GrantHorizons, thanks for your post. Are you referring to the password that needs to be entered to complete an installation for software on Mac OS?

 

The password requirements for your online Adobe account allow for more than 12 characters. For more information on password requirements, see https://adobe.ly/3SBbZpk. ^JW

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GrantHorizons
Participating Frequently
January 31, 2024

No, Windows. It would NOT take my Adobe ACCOUNT password, which has been over 12 characters since 2011. Changing it to 12 solved the problem. BUT that's VERY POOR on Adobe's part.
  a: 12 characters? Really? Most of my passwords are 20.
 b: Why on earth would anyone think that changing the password requirements to a smaller number and thereby breaking peoples login made any sense whatsoever? Drove me crazy trying to figure out what I was doing wrong - and it wasn't me, but Adobe.

Not impressed.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2021

Emails from 2010 are 11 years out of date. I'm not surprised they bounced back. What are you looking for?  What are your concerns?

 

Membership is not required to access these user-to-user forums.  But your log-in may be the same for both.

If unsure what your status is, log-in to your Adobe Account.

https://account.adobe.com/plans

 

Free Membership Benefits:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/benefits-creative-cloud-free-membership.html

 

Paid Creative Cloud Plans:

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html

 

Compare Photography Plans:

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/compare-plans.html

 

System Requirements:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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HiekeHAuthor
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February 28, 2021

Hi, tnx 4 the reply.

I have a free plan, like I said in my initial post. My question was/is: why do I have 3 different sets of log-in details and can I ditch the free membership benefits account for instance? I'm trying to minimize the amount of accounts I have.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 28, 2021
why do I have 3 different sets of log-in details

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This is a user-to-user forum.  We don't know what you have or why you have it.  We can't tell you what to do.  You must make that decision yourself.

 

See link below for details on deleting your Adobe account.  Once you delete an ID, you cannot use it ever again.

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/delete-adobe-account.html

 

Hope that helps,

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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HiekeHAuthor
Known Participant
February 26, 2021

I mean... Of course I know the differences, but I'm asking specifically for the login details AND why I have this membership login, since I don't have a membership...?

(I wanted to edit the original message, but couldn't find how. If there's a way, please let me know!)

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HiekeHAuthor
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February 26, 2021

I can click on '... More' but that only gives me a tiny empty box, haha.

I replied to an email from store@adobe.com from 2010 about this, but first nothing happened and after my reminder I received a message saying that address doesn't exist. Hence my forum post.

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