Accidentally spelt iCloud email address wrong!!!

i gave my iPhone 4 to my partner and when we were setting up the iCloud id we accidentally spelt the email address wrong. I've tried to delete the account when i do that at the end it says "this device is no longer eligible for a free iCloud ID" if i reset the phone will it erase that information?

You can't move an @icloud.com address to another account. What you can do is add her account to your device as a secondary account by going to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud, sign in with her ID and turn Mail on in this account. This will allow you to continue to access the existing address on your device. The only limitation of this is that email in this account will only be fetched periodically as push mail is not supported in secondary accounts.

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Yes it will, just sign out, then sign back in with the correct address.
Settings>iCloud>Sign Out.

HT201356 I have accidentally deleted my alternate iCloud (email) address. Are there any possibilities to retrieve it back because my iPad is connected to that email address, and now, I can't log out from it on my iPad, because it doesn't exist?

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I have alternate icloud email attached to my iPad and I accidentally delete it from appleid.apple.com. And now I can't log out that iCloud account because it doesn't exist and it can't recognize my password.

If you mean that Find My Phone is asking for a password to a different Apple ID to your current Apple IDand that ID is a previous version of your current ID, not an entirely different one.
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 and some other circumstances.
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. It may take a short while to remove the account.
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.

My icloud email address is using the wrong email address how do I correct?

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Click here for information. If you can't reset it through the method described in that article(it requires correctly answering two of the questions), contact the iTunes Store staff via the link in the 'Additional Information' section.
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HT1688 I've created a sharing album on Photo Stream. I've entered my husbands icloud email address so that I can share it with him but he is not receiving the invitations. Can you please let me know if I am doing something wrong?

I've created an album on Photo Stream and I've added my husbands icloud email address (subscribers) as well as mine (just to test it out) and invitations say that they have been sent but no emails are generated or received. I have checked my emails spam folder just in case but nothing has been received. Please help!

This does not answer my question. I'm doing everything correctly but no email is generating that asks the "subscriber" to be invited to see my album.

My icloud email address is wrong and I can't change it!

Hi,
So i have changed jobs, email address and phone - I have updated my Apple ID to my new email address. Everytime I turn on my phone it tells me I need to enter my icloud password but it lists my old email address as the sign in address. I have tried to delete the account but it asks to "Enter the password for "oldemail address" to turn off Find my iPhone" - as I dont remember the password I cant turn it off and delete the account.
Is there a way to update the icloud email address? The field is greyed out unde the "icloud account information page" so cant do anything there.
What do I need to do - very frustrated!
Thanks in advance
Jordan

When you say you updated your apple id, do you mean you logged into your old apple id and edited your email by changing it to your new email? If so, you need to go to appleid.apple.com on a web browser and log in with the new email and then edit the email back to the old email. Then go to icloud settings on your phone and turn off Find my iphone. Go to bottom of that page and Delete the account but keep info on your phone. Then go back to appleid.apple.com and change the email back to the new one. Go back on your phone and log into icloud with the new appleid email.

How to get an iCloud email address?

I want to get an iCloud email address (@icloud.com) for several reasons, among them:
To streamline my iCloud account access so only that email is associated with iCloud & its services.
To provide email between Apple (e.g. Apple Support) and myself
To be able to use Notes
Currently, I am using the same Yahoo email address for both iCloud and iTunes.
However, I wonder if I can give those up and replace them by the iCloud.com email address?
Some details: I got a new-to-me iPhone a few weeks ago, which was reset, and so the only apps
on it are the default iPhone apps. I have not added any apps.Therefore, I don't mind having to do
another reset as long as I save the few photos and some phone number contacts to a Vcard.
Could I create a new iCloud email address and use that exclusively after reseting the iPhone?
I could restore the contacts and photos from the computer.

JacobianWife wrote:
What if I were to wipe the phone clean, and start from scratch, never using my current Apple ID at all, but then activate iCloud to get an @icloud.com email address?
Yes, you can do that - please see imp68's post here:
Re: I wish to transfer my Apple ID to a new iCloud account
If you do this, it's vital that you create a 'rescue address' which is a non-Apple address, because if you don't and something goes wrong with the account - for example if you forget your password - Apple can only contact you at the iCloud address which youy can't access.

How do I change just my iCloud email address not my apple ID?

How do I change just my iCloud email address not my apple ID?

You CANNOT change your iCloud email address once it is created and associated to you Apple Id (usually it is another email address). First time you activate iCloud on your device and turn on email setting, you are prompted to create an iCloud email account and after choosing one that is available you are CLEARLY warned that ONCE CREATED YOU iCLOUD EMAIL IT CANNOT BE CHANGED!!!
Fig.1 Warning if desired iCloud email Fig. 2. Warning about creating new iCloud
address is not available email which will be associated to you Apple Id
You have two choices: a) create an alias for that account after you sign in icloud.com using either your apple id or your new created icloud email account (that's what I did) or b) create a new Apple Id (with all the pain it involves)
I typed an incorrect iCloud email address and was linked to my Apple Id and now I have to live with this forever!?
The workaround was to create an alias, but I have the feeling that something is wrong with my Apple Id
All of us might make a petition to apple to allow us to change the 'main' icloud email address. What if I misspelled it!? How difficult can it be?
I hope this be helpful and answer your question.
P.S. In the same way... once you create your Apple Support Communities USERNAME it cannot be changed too!

Correcting my iCloud email address

I have just been looking at my "Accounts" in Mail Preferences.
Noticed that my iCloud email address in the field marked "Description" was misspelled and corrected that.
However, in the field marked "Email address" I have not been able to figure out how to correct the spelling.
Would someone kindly help me with instructions as to how to do that - I would like to have people reach me through my iCloud account.
Also, the misspelled email address is showing up in the field marked "Alias".
Please also help me remove that. (I do not need to use an alias-especially one which is not spelled correctly.)
Thanks, in advance, for your help.
Regards.
A

Hi,
You have not said that this account is not receiving new emails.
This suggests that the account ID is spelt correctly if it is accessing the correct mail server.
My own Apple ID is based on a Dial-Up account email I have.
I registered this for iCloud and can access the iTunes Store, App Store and the on line iCloud page with this name.
On Registering the Apple ID with iCloud I was given a @me.com ending ID which I use for iCloud Mail (the other is set to fetch mail from the Dial Up server)
If the account is not receiving Mail then delete the account in the Mail app.
Also make sure it is removed from System Preferences > Internet Accounts.
You can then Add the account in either place using the correct spelling.
This bit:-
Also, the misspelled email address is showing up in the field marked "Alias".
Please also help me remove that. (I do not need to use an alias-especially one which is not spelled correctly.)
I have no idea where you are seeing this.
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While you can't currently change your Apple ID to a Mobile/iCloud email address, I found a solution that helps with a related problem.
Suppose you've recently got an iCloud email address, but Apple are still sending all your iTunes Store, App Store and Mac App Store receipts to your old gmail address (the one that's still your Apple ID). And suppose they're also sending all the Apple Support Communities notifcation emails to your old gmail address. How do you change it? How do you fix it?
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Icloud email address disabled

Hi
I have just updated my iPad to latest version, but it says I have to agree to icloud terms but my email address in settings under icloud is old and disabled, it says my password incorrect and that my security question answers are wrong, it asks for my birthdate and says that is wrong. I have set up a new Apple ID but under icloud it shows old one. I have gone onto Apple support page to try and conic them but that also seems impossible. I don't know what to do as my iPad constantly pops up telling me to agree to the terms and conditions.

Welcome to the Apple community.
If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact AppleCare, upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.
The operator will take you through some steps you may have already tried, however they need to be sure they have exhausted all usual approaches before trying to reset your account, so you should try to be helpful and show patience with the procedure.
The operator will need to verify they are speaking to the account holder and may ask you some questions that only the account holder could know, and you will need to answer them if the process is to proceed.
Once the operator has verified your identity they will send a message through to your device which contains an alpha numeric code, which you will need to read back to them.
Once this has been completed they will send an email to your iCloud email address after a period of 24 hours, so you should check that mail is enabled in your devices iCloud settings.
Upon receipt of the email, use the reset link provided to reset your password, after which you should be able to make the adjustments to iCloud that you wish to do.

How do I create a new icloud email address for my apple id?

Hi there
How do I create a new icloud email address for my apple id? My original email address is associated with my previous employers.
When I send email from my Macbook, it seems as if I still work there, which is a problem.
I would like to use the email address that I created for my iPad.
When I login with my appleid (for my macbook) I keep getting the old company one, not the new one.
Is there any way of resolving this? I
Thanks
Kelvin

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Providing you aren't trying to change you Apple iCloud email address you can make changes at My Apple ID

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
You should still be able to use your college email address, just log in with your details.

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I want to use one of my icloud email addresses as a new apple ID. It was an additional email contact address I originally set up for my child. But now, I'd like to set her up on Family Sharing, using that email as her ID. Obviously, when I try to use it when setting up a new apple ID, it says the email is already being used (Yes, by ME) and I need to select a different one. Can I somehow delete that email address in order to set up a new apple ID using it? Or is there another way to "re-use" that address for my child's new ID?

"Well, then I want to be able to merge that one and the one my purchases are on..."
This is exactly what I want to do but don't think I can:
I noticed the following :
If you attempt to create an Apple ID which is the same as your @icloud email address from the online facility, it does not allow you (can't use an Apple associated email address as your Apple ID). However - if you start a fresh device - such as a new iPhone, iPad (must be mobile it seems), and then create an iCloud account and Apple ID from the prompts when setting up the mobile device, it IS possible to have your Apple ID and @iCloud email address as the same. I know because I just did it!
Unfortunately for me, the result I got above is not for one of my own ID's but a friends, and I would VERY much like to do the same - my current Apple ID is a completely different email address from my iCloud account. Trying to get them the same in my situation is a major bother - I think that if I wipe a device (such as an iPhone5 that is mine) and try to setup as I did my friend's device, then I will get a conflict because the iCloud email I have ALREADY exists. This is my worry and I will not attempt this until I get the new iPad 4 soon to test this.
There is an inconsistency here between the two methods of creating Apple ID's and iCloud accounts.
Overall in my opinion, the Apple ID system as currently available from Apple is not designed very well, and should be addressed.
Best wishes -

Accidentally spelt iCloud email address wrong!!!

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