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3 years ago
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"You don't have access"

I have EA Play through Steam. I downloaded various EA games on Steam but cannot launch any of them. When I try to launch, I get the message in the EA app "You don't have access." None of these games appear in my collection in the EA app.  This issue happened shortly after I chose to not have my 12-month EA Play subscription renew when it will run out later this year, but I still have about 11 months left.

I know other people are having this issue but the fix that has worked for some of them (downloading a free game and then stopping the download mid way) has not worked for me.  

  • Hi there @freshquire,

    This error typically means your Steam is not linked correctly with your EA account- please verify that you have the correct Steam account linked with the EA account you're currently logging into. You can check that on your EA account by looking under the Connections section on your account management page here

    If you're not seeing your Steam account linked here, you can link that up by following these steps. If you see the wrong Steam account linked, you'll need to reach out to the live support team so they can help you get the correct account linked up instead. You can contact live support for further help on this by reaching out on the help site here

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  • Hello,

    I have tried this and it still does not work, (purchased FIFA 23 through steam) as I purchased through the EA app which also didn't work. both my Steam and EA account are linked, but i get the following error message: you don't have access This title may have been downloaded to your device by another user who owns the game. Log in to a different account or restart the app to try again. 

    I only have one user on the EA app, and only one user on my PC?

    Thanks 

  • yes, thats been done, i have also revalidated the game through stream and repaired through the EA app 

  • I’m having this same issue where it’s saying I don’t have access when I open it from the TS4 file and in EA it says I own it but it’s not downloaded when I was just playing it. I’ve restarted the app and cleared the cache and nothing. All of my game files are there but I can’t open the game. Only one account and I bought it through the EA app, what do I do?

  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    @15ea5381c3a9520c @dizzydukes03 

    Please go ahead and reach out to the live support team from the help site here so they can review your account details a bit further with you and see what's causing this error- here on the forums we don't have access to your account details to investigate into this further and see what's going on. 

    If you run into any issues getting in contact with the live support team there, please be sure to let me know! 

  • Still not fixed :/ changed the status of my case to fixed today but still cant play the game and says I don't have access. Don't know what else to do other than reinstall it all over again. 

  • akash_beckham's avatar
    akash_beckham
    2 years ago

    hey did anything work for you because i have same issue with fifa 22 and nfs heat.

  • im having the same issue with eafc24, i have reached out to your team and was hung up on when called, i had a chat with someone called Fredy. He said he will talk to his team and never got back to me. I just want to play the game i have been trying to fix for hours now

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