Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel: How to avoid \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d error KonamiYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has players believing in the heart of the cards, but a \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d error message is sending some players\u2019 progress to the shadow realm. Here\u2019s all we know about what causes it. Yu-Gi-Oh video games have long been popular, but Master Duel might be one of the long-running franchise\u2019s most anticipated entries yet. This free-to-play version of the card game is a longtime fan\u2019s dream, offering full cross-play on all platforms. Sadly, while the game does support cross-save, there\u2019s a bit of an issue at the moment which means you can actually stop yourself from being able to transfer data across. Here\u2019s how to avoid the \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d error message. How to avoid the \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d message in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel The \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d error message occurs when trying to overwrite existing data on a platform by copying your save from another system. In our testing, we installed Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel on PC via Steam, then on PS5, and then on Switch. We were able to link the PS5 and Switch versions together with the same Konami account, but returning to the PC version gave this message. We reached out to Konami support and were told the following: \u201cYou can only create game data once per platform account, and once you start playing, there is no way to start over from zero.\u201d From the perspective of deleting personal information, you can apply to delete your game data, but if you delete your game data, \u201cYou will never be able to play this game again with that account platform.\u201d So, for the time being, there\u2019s no way to remove your PC progress \u2013 even if all you\u2019ve done is jumped into a tutorial before wanting to pick up your save from eslewhere. To avoid this, you\u2019ll want to avoid hitting any key (or part of the screen) when first opening the game, and be sure to hit the three lines in the bottom right corner instead. You can see it below (if you\u2019re playing on Steam, this may be covered up by Steam\u2019s overlay). After that, you\u2019ll need to click Data Transfer. If you get the \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d message then we\u2019re sorry to say you\u2019ll have to play with two different accounts, at least for now. For all we know about Master Duel, be sure to check out our hub page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel: How to avoid \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d error KonamiYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has players believing in the heart of the cards, but a \u201cthis account has pre-existing data\u201d error message is sending some players\u2019 progress to the shadow realm. Here\u2019s all we know about what causes it. Yu-Gi-Oh video games have long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}