Moving from a personal Claude account to your Bowdoin one. Understand what transfers and what doesn't, cancel an App Store subscription, export your skills, and reconnect your apps.

Articles (6)

Cancel your Apple App Store Claude subscription before migrating

This article explains why a Claude Pro or Max subscription purchased through the Apple App Store is not canceled automatically during migration and how to cancel it in Apple ID settings to avoid being double-billed. It then covers starting the migration to the Bowdoin account.

Export your custom Claude skills before migrating

This article explains that custom skills have no migration path and are lost when a personal account closes, so they must be exported first. It walks through saving skills before migrating and re-adding them in the Bowdoin account, subject to College policy.

Keeping a personal Claude account or switching to your Bowdoin account

This article helps Bowdoin community members decide what to do with a personal Claude account when they join Bowdoin's managed Claude organization. It compares keeping both accounts with switching to the Bowdoin account, explains how to make and change the choice, and recommends using the Bowdoin account for College work.

Move your personal Claude account to a non-Bowdoin email

This article explains what to do if you have a personal Claude account on your @bowdoin.edu email and are not receiving access to Bowdoin's Claude Enterprise account. It covers how to create a new account on a personal email, export your conversations and skills, cancel a paid subscription, and what happens when the domain claim takes effect.

Reconnect your apps and connectors after migrating to Bowdoin

This article explains why connected apps stop working after migration — authorizations are revoked for security — and how to reconnect them from the Bowdoin account. It also covers custom connectors, project sync re-authorization, and Bowdoin connector policy.

What happens when you migrate your personal Claude account to Bowdoin

This article describes exactly what moves and what does not move when you migrate a personal Claude account into Bowdoin's managed workspace, including chats, projects, skills, and connectors. It also explains what happens to a paid Pro or Max subscription depending on how it was purchased, including the Apple App Store case.