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Forces an email to be sent to the registered email address for the user’s account, with a link allowing the user to change the password.If an account recovery email template ID is provided, an email using the custom email template will be used.

Syntax

Parameters

serviceConfigHandle   PFServiceConfigHandle PFServiceConfigHandle returned from PFServiceConfigCreateHandle call. request   PFAccountManagementSendAccountRecoveryEmailRequest* Populated request object. async   XAsyncBlock*
Inout
XAsyncBlock for the async operation.

Return value

Type: HRESULT Result code for this API operation.

Remarks

This API is available on Win32, Linux, and macOS. If the account in question is a ‘temporary’ account (for example, one that was created via a call to LoginFromIOSDeviceID), thisfunction will have no effect. Only PlayFab accounts which have valid email addresses will be able to receive a password reset email using this API. Call XAsyncGetStatus to get the status of the operation. If the service call is unsuccessful, the async result will be E_PF_EMAIL_RECIPIENT_BLACKLISTED, E_PF_INVALID_EMAIL_ADDRESS, E_PF_NO_CONTACT_EMAIL_ADDRESS_FOUND, E_PF_SMTP_ADDON_NOT_ENABLED or any of the global PlayFab Service errors. See doc page “Handling PlayFab Errors” for more details on error handling.

Requirements

Header: PFAccountManagement.h

See also

PFAccountManagement members
Last modified on August 3, 2026