Can i use my icloud id as my primary email address?

I want to switch my primary apple ID from an sbcglobal.net address to an icloud address? Can I do this?

YEs but anything you purchased from the old apple id cannot be updated without supplying the username and password

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    Hi
    How can I change my iCloud username to my new email address?
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    have a look at this document, to see which services need updating across your devices, after you changed the AppleID:
    Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID   http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5796

  • I am trying to change my Apple ID. Try to do this I keep getting an error message saying 'This email address is designated as your rescue email address and cannot be used as your Apple ID or Primary email address. Please choose another.' The email address

    I am trying to change my Apple ID. Try to do this I keep getting an error message saying ‘This email address is designated as your rescue email address and cannot be used as your Apple ID or Primary email address. Please choose another.’ The email address that I want to use did use to be my recovery email but I have changed it, so that address is no lonegr associated with my account. I do not understand why I cannot use it as my Apple ID now.  Can anyone help?

    Contact iTunes customer support for assistance.

  • HT201356 Why can't I change my "Apple ID and Primary Email Address" to an email address using an Apple domain?

    I am trying to use an Apple EMail address as my primary email address and I am unable to change it. I previously had another "nonapple" address identified as my Apple ID and Primary Email address. Now I apparantly can only change it to another "non Apple" related email address. It seems stupid to have to go to Google and use thier email address to make a change.
    What gives.

    Thanks Roger! I understand that it is an Apple ID already that makes sense. That "non Apple " address however, is compromised and I do not wish to use it anymore and will be shutting it down. I find it strange that I must only identify a "Non Apple" address as my "primary email address". I have an alias address on the account and I can sign in using it as my Apple ID. i don't see the Logic in forcing someone to use another email provider as your primary mail service. (I know I can set up alias's and use them under an Apple domain, but the primary email will still be there and I understand used for any account communications from Apple.) Any further comments on this situations?

  • I can't access my iCloud account because my primary email is dead. I want to change my ID for the one associated with my current email address.

    I can't verify my icloud account because the email associated with it got deleted in a messup by the email provider. I made a new ID with another email address, but I don't seem to know how to set it as my iCloud account. Apple insist on asking me a password for my old account, I enter it, but it says it is incorrect. I have tried to fix it, and apple knows it is there as it appear on the list of apple ID's, but doesn't recognice the password and when I try to reset the password it gets me to my new account, which needs no resetting.
    All I want is to get rid of that old account and replace it with my new one in order to use the cloud, but it seems I am stuck with a non funtioning user ID. I have tried everything there is on this pages, but nothing works.
    Please, tell me, step by step, how can I remove the old user ID from the icloud account for good and replace it with my new ID on all my devices.
    Thank you.

    Welcome to the Apple community Yao.
    If you mean that Find My Phone is asking for a password to a different Apple ID to your current Apple ID.
    This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
    However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details.
    The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID using your current password, you don’t need access to this address if it’s previously been used with your Apple ID, once you have saved these details enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone" and delete the account from your device.
    You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, save it once again and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
    This article provides more information about Activation Lock.

  • Can't change my Apple ID and/or primary email address

    When I try to do so, I get logged off and it writes: An unknown error has occured.
    Help please

    I am also curious about this.
    I want to stop using my hotmail account (which is also my Apple ID) and migrate to my icloud address for all my email.
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    Seems strange to be forced to use a hotmail address instead.

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  • Can i use multiple icloud accounts on 1 device

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  • Can i use multiple icloud accounts in my find my iphone app?

    Can i use multiple icloud accounts in my find my iphone app? I have multiple accounts that i want to tie to that app.

    You can't buy another one.  You have to reuse one of the accounts previously set up on your phone, or create a new one to use on another iOS device (running iOS 5 or higher) or Mac (running OS X 10.7.2 or higher), if you have one.

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    how can i use the iCloud,i can't find the icon which should need i download

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  • How can i use another icloud account in my iphone? can i pay one?? where?

    how can i use another icloud account in my iphone? can i pay one?? where?
    My phone has reached the maximum number of free accounts activated where can I buy one to use?

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  • On my iCloud account I can see an alternate email ID which can be used to login to my account, this email ID does not belong to me so I need to delete it. Please advice the best possible way as it does. It show any option to delete that ID

    On my iCloud account I can see an alternate email ID which can be used to login to my account, this email ID does not belong to me so I need to delete it. Please advice the best possible way as it does. It show any option to delete that ID

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