Can't get rid of an old user ID

Using an iPad, every time an app or iCloud tries to open, a window pops up asking for a password which it associates with an old user ID, which was erased over a year ago.
I can sign into other things like iTunes with no problem.
royatnanimo

Were those apps purchased with the ID that was "erased" over a year ago? If you can sign into iTunes, then I assume that you can purchase songs, movies, and TV Shows. Can you purchase and update apps with your current ID?
You cannot erase an Apple ID anyway. You can sign out of the ID, you can change the ID and you can quit using the ID, but you can never erase an Apple ID.

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