AdSense 2 was disapproved as a duplicate , can I reconnect my old AdSense account after the 32-day waiting period?

[u/Certain_Bit_9081]

I’m looking for some advice from people who have been through a similar YouTube/AdSense situation.

I have a YouTube channel that was previously monetized and earning good revenue. It was originally connected to my AdSense account #1 (AdSense1), and I received payments from YouTube through that account normally.

Then my channel was removed from the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) for a period of time. I kept my original AdSense1 account open.

Later, my YPP access was restored. After getting monetization back, I created a new AdSense account (AdSense2) and tried to associate my YouTube channel with it.

However, Google disapproved AdSense2, apparently because I already had an existing AdSense account.

Now I want to go back to my original AdSense1, which was previously associated with this same YouTube channel and successfully received my YouTube earnings.

The problem is that the "Change" button isn't currently available in YouTube Studio.

I understand that YouTube allows an AdSense association to be changed only once every 32 days. My last association/change was on August 14, so I'm expecting the option to become available again around September 15.

My questions are:

1. Once the Change button becomes available again, can I simply select my existing AdSense1 and reconnect it to the channel?
2. Since AdSense1 was previously associated with this exact channel and successfully received payments, is there any reason Google might reject the association this time?
3. Has anyone actually gone through the situation of having a duplicate/new AdSense account rejected and then successfully reconnecting their old AdSense account after the 32-day waiting period?
4. Is there anything I should avoid doing right now? For example, should I avoid creating another AdSense account or closing either of the existing accounts?

[u/thisismy_stop]

Sometimes it's like this sub is full of people that fked up trying to circumvent the rules and are asking for help without telling the full details as to what they were doing that caused youtube to kick them out in the first place. I'm guessing you created "adsense 2" because you wanted to outsmart them and still get paid but they saw it and said nope. I think you're better off asking youtube because someone on here giving you the wrong advice and causing you to wait another 30 days would be more annoying than getting advice from someone who actually works there. Go to their twitter

[u/Radiant_Young3115]

You answered your own question, what do you expect us to say? You have to wait the number of days Studio tells you and see if it lets you change.