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October 13, 2009 3:27 PM

I'm trying to renew my pro account on flickr. When I'm on the site, it shows that I'm logged in to my own account. But when I proceed to the payment page, it shows me as logged in to my friend's account. How do I resolve this?

I have no clue as to what my yahoo email was - I only set it up to join flickr, and the last time I logged in to it was probably over a year ago when I paid for a year's use of the site. As I said, it always keeps me logged in when I'm on the site, but when I try to give them money, it suddenly logs me in to a friend's account who must have been checking his email on my computer (I recognize the address). I tried going through the 'forgot my yahoo id' page and gave them an alternative (my regular) email address, but it wasn't recognized. How do I recover my flickr account? I'd prefer not to start a new one and lose everything already uploaded. thanks.

posted by mannequito to computers & internet (3 comments total)

Sounds like you need to delete your cookies and close and relaunch your browser.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 3:33 PM on October 13

Um not sure what browser you are using but try removing any cookies you have set for the site. In Firefox its Preferences>>Privacy >>Remove individual cookies
posted by bitdamaged at 3:34 PM on October 13

Thanks guys, quick work.
posted by mannequito at 3:40 PM on October 13