Can I delete an old apple ID that I no longer want to use?

I had an apple ID to go with my itunes on my Dell computer. I recently got a macbook air and made a new apple ID with a new e-mail that is my primary. I want to use my primary instead of my old e-mail but it won't let me because I verified it already. Am I able to delete the new one and then able to add it to my old account so I can access my itunes with my new e-mail or even old e-mail if I really wanted to?

Let me turn the question around. Do you really need the new AppleID? Do you have purchased content with the old one?
If you haven't done anything with the new ID, it might be better to retain your old one, and move your "rescue" email address to that ID, rather than start a whole new one.
Note that Apple does not allow you to move purchased content from one ID to another, nor to merge IDs.
Matt

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    To contact product and tech support: Apple - Support - Contact Apple Support.
    For Mac App Store: Apple - Support - Mac App Store.
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