Can I use my newly created iCloud email address as my Apple ID?

Hey,
I know there have been loads of post regarding iCloud and account issues. I was wondering if it was possible to use my newly created iCLoud email address as my Apple ID and its primary address. I had a hotmail account as my Apple ID before signing up for iCloud. For me it's purely cosmetic and I want to retire that hotmail address.
Thanks
Peter

this has been really bugging me as well, i dont see why we cant do this.
if you create a new apple id you get the option to use a free icloud email as the apple id, but old users are stuck?

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    Can I use my icloud email address as an apple id?

    Are you sure?
    Copying from https://discussions.apple.com///thread/4434456?start=0&tstart=0
    "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 theiCloud 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 andiCloud accounts.
    Overall in my opinion, the Apple ID system as currently available from Apple is not designed very well, and should be addressed."

  • Why can't I use my iCloud Email Address as my Apple ID?

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    I know this is an age old complaint, but it doesn't make it any less relevant. Is there a special way to change my existing Apple ID to my existing iCloud email address? If not, then why won't Apple allow it?
    Please don't refer me to this article Change your Apple ID.

    submit feedback about this so hopefully it gets changed https://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

  • HT5622 Can I use my iCloud email address as my Apple ID?

    Can I use my icloud email address as my Apple ID?

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    Once you have created an iCloud account and chosen an @icloud.com address to go with it you can't change the address (short of creating an entirely new account).
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    Wondering if I can have multiple iCloud email addresses with my apple id and account. If so, how do you set it up?
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  • HT201320 can I have more than 1 icloud email address on the same itunes a/c

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  • This morning I changed my Apple ID to my new email address.  I thought it meant that I could then use all my alias icloud email addresses with my new Apple ID because it would be the same account.  Why am I now not getting email to those addresses.

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  • 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.
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  • HT201342 I would like to transfer an icloud email address from one apple id to a different apple id.  Is this possible?

    How can I transfer an icloud email address from one apple id to another apple id?

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