contributions disappeared after deleting email but re-added it

[Willium1925]

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I accidentally removed my primary email, but I re-added it immediately and successfully verified it. However, all of my past contributions have disappeared and haven’t been restored.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

[Alwil17]

When you remove your primary email address from your GitHub account, any contributions (commits, PRs, etc.) that were made with that email may temporarily disappear from your contributions graph and history. If you re-add and verify the same email address, those contributions should typically reappear, as long as the email in your commit history matches exactly with the verified email on your account.

If your contributions have not been restored after re-adding and verifying your email:

• Double-check that the email you re-added is exactly the same (no typos, correct capitalization) as the one used in your commits.
• Try signing out and back in, or clearing your browser cache, to make sure the site is displaying up-to-date information.
• If the email was previously associated with a different GitHub account, you might need to unlink it there before it can be fully linked and credited to your current account.

If everything checks out but the problem persists, refer to the official documentation:

• Verifying your email address
• Changing your primary email address
• If your email is "already verified by another user," see the error-handling steps in the documentation.

If you still can't recover your contribution history, you may need to contact GitHub Support directly for further investigation.

[AmanRai8]

When you remove and then re-add your primary email, GitHub may temporarily lose track of your past contributions because it ties commits to verified emails.
To fix this:

• Ensure the re-added email is exactly the same and verified in your GitHub account.
• Wait up to 24 hours for GitHub to refresh your contributions graph.
• Sign out and sign back in, or clear your browser cache to rule out display issues.
• Double-check your commits use the correct email in their metadata (git log can help).
• If after 24 hours contributions are still missing, contact GitHub Support with details for help restoring them.

Usually, contributions return automatically once GitHub reprocesses the verified email association.

[Anubhavick]

@Willium1925 I think u should wait for some hours then try or u can check by GitHub desktop if in your GitHub desktop repo are showing that good they will also come but if in ur desktop they are not then that will be problem. then us should contact to GitHub.

[qxprakash]

Hello @AmanRai8 @Anubhavick @Alwil17 , thanks for your solutions, can anyone confirm if it works after doing the below steps ? I'm facing the same situation , also has anyone tried contacting github support regarding it ?

Ensure the re-added email is exactly the same and verified in your GitHub account.
Wait up to 24 hours for GitHub to refresh your contributions graph.
Sign out and sign back in, or clear your browser cache to rule out display issues.

[Alwil17]

Hi @qxprakash, I had a similar issue. In my case, waiting 24h + sign out/in didn't fully fix it on its own — what actually mattered was that the email in my commit history matched exactly (including capitalization) the verified email on my account. I checked with git log --format='%ae' on my older commits to confirm.
If after that the contributions still don't show up, GitHub Support is the way to go — they can manually reprocess the email-to-account mapping. I'd recommend opening a ticket via https://support.github.com/ rather than waiting indefinitely, since the automatic refresh doesn't always trigger on its own.

[trieustats]

I only recommend contacting Github Support. Every computer has different global Git configurations and security system. What works for a person's computer may create real problems for another one's computer.