Contributions not showing on contribution graph after email change

[ankitkumarsharma]

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Hi GitHub Support,

I accidentally deleted my primary email address last week and added a different email instead.
After making this change, my contributions disappeared from my contribution graph.

I then added my original email back and set it as the primary email.
It has been 4-5 days, but my contributions are still not appearing on my contribution graph.

Details:

• Username: ankitkumarsharma
• Profile: https://github.com/ankitkumarsharma
• Original email: [your email address]
• Email has been verified and is set as primary

Could you please help rebuild my contribution graph?

Thank you!

[AzizSafi2003]

Here’s what happened and how you can fix it 👇

When you removed your primary email, GitHub stopped linking your past commits to your account. Contributions only show on your profile if the commit email matches a verified email on your GitHub account.

Even if you re-added the email, contributions won’t show unless all of the following are true:

✅ Step 1: Make sure the old email is verified

Go to:

Settings → Emails

Confirm the old email is added

Make sure it is verified

If not, verify it from your inbox

✅ Step 2: Check the email used in your commits

Run this in one of your local repositories:

git config user.email

If this email is different from the one verified in GitHub, your contributions won’t link.

To see the email used in past commits:

git log --pretty=format:"%h %ae" | head

If you see an email that is NOT added to GitHub, that’s the problem.

✅ Step 3: Check for “noreply” email issue

If you enabled “Keep my email addresses private”, GitHub may use something like:

12345678+username@users.noreply.github.com

Make sure this noreply email is listed in your GitHub email settings.

✅ Step 4: Make sure contributions are not private

Go to:

Profile → Contribution settings

Ensure:
✔ “Include private contributions on my profile” is enabled (if your repos were private)

✅ Step 5: Wait for GitHub to reindex

Sometimes it takes:

A few minutes

Sometimes up to 24 hours

GitHub needs time to re-link commits.

🚨 If It Still Doesn’t Work

Then your old commits were made with an email that:

Is different

Was never verified

Or contains a typo

In that case, the only way to fix old commits is to rewrite Git history (advanced method).

💡 Most Common Cause

99% of the time the issue is:

The commits were made with an email that is not currently verified on your GitHub account.

If you want, paste the output of:

git log --pretty=format:"%ae" | sort | uniq

And I’ll tell you exactly what’s wrong.

[ankitkumarsharma]

Thanks for your reply, I checked all these steps, but it is not working, what can i do next, please help me on this.
Thanks

[PRANAV-SHILU]

i have similar issue like you ankit, kindly help in this matter if you found something

[PRANAV-SHILU]

i have this output on git bash

pranav@PRANAV-SHILU MINGW64 ~
$ git log --pretty=format:"%ae" | sort | uniq
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

and when i changed directory

pranav@PRANAV-SHILU MINGW64 /d/Projects/selfmade/learnlog (main)
$ git log --pretty=format:"%ae" | sort | uniq
pranavshilu1811@gmail.com

that email is same that i added currently in my profile

[mecodeatlas]

Thanks for posting in the GitHub Community, @ankitkumarsharma! 👋

We’re happy you’re here. You’re more likely to get a useful response if your question is posted in the most applicable category. The Discussions category is solely for conversations about the GitHub product Discussions. This question is a better fit for Profile, so I’ve gone ahead and moved it for you.

In the meantime, if your contribution graph isn’t showing what you expect (missing commits, gray squares, or changes after merging), this guide walks through how it works and the most common reasons contributions might not appear:

👉 Understanding Your Contribution Graph 🟩

It covers what counts as a contribution, private contributions, and frequent causes like branch or email mismatches.

Best of luck!