Cant delete old email address from icloud on my iphone 5, cant delete old email address from icloud on my iphone 5
Hi Everyone, have updated my primary email address in itunes etc and main apple account. However i cant delete my old email off my iphone 5 from the icloud account. It prompts me each time for my old address and password and when i try and put them in it says the password is wrong....my apps and everything else is ok, just the icloud. Really fed up it wont let me delete it on my iphone. Any help appreciated, have tried other past suggestions but i cant get past it asking for my old log in details which are now not working....
Go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iDevice, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll. When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.
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my knowledge of Apple is limited.We need to be clear here. Did you create a second ID, or just modify the single ID?
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You could migrate a copy of your data to a new iCloud account but I would still be concerned that someone else was using my old account, which presumably still has your data in it.
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I have given my old iphone to my daughter however cant seem to disconnect the two phones. I use icloud. What do i do to stop her using my email address, no for facetime, sharing info, contacts and photos????
To wipe phone
Turn off imessage in settings/messages
Turn off Facetime in settings/Facetime
Delete icloud account in settings/icloud
Erase all data and settings in settings/general/reset
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In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")
Providing you are simply updating your existing details and not changing to another account, when you delete your account, all the data that is synced with iCloud will also be deleted from the device (but not from iCloud), but will be synced back to your device when you login again.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your computer, you need to sign out of the account from your computer first, then sign back in using your updated details. (System Preferences > iCloud, click the sign out button)
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Can I use an iCloud email address that's been deleted from another account?
There was one house account, mine, which is an old @mac.com address from way back in the iTools days.
I made a couple email aliases for my daughter when she was younger to use for school.
Now, she has her own iPhone. I gave her another email address (hername @ att . net) so we could register her own Apple ID, and get the confirmation/activation email.
With me so far?
So now, in order to use the Apple bells & whistles, you need an iCloud email. When I try to create one, it says that both the @icloud.com addresses I tried are already in use. (Trust me, they're unique to us.)
I made sure to delete the aliases from my main account, but I still can't use them.
My question is: How long will it take to release those deleted aliases for use again? If at all.
Off topic: What happened to our old Support Communities login ID? I had to use my Apple ID and now I look like a first-timer. Is there a way to merge the old account into this one?I don't think that's possible. As mentioned here: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a490a, "Aliases are not transferable. Only the iCloud account that created the alias can use it. Once you create an alias it cannot be made into its own account."
Not sure about your second question. You might want to post it over in the Using Apple Support Communities forum: https://discussions.apple.com/community/using_apple_support_communities?view=dis cussions. -
my old email address was hacked and I am no longer able to access it. How can i reset my icloud ID without losing all of my pictures and more importantly contacts? I have created a new ID but i cannot seem to use it until I delete the old account
You need to use the old ID and password to delete the iCloud account. After you delete the old account, you can sign in with the new ID in iCloud.
Have you seen this.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5796
iCloud
iOS 6 and later: Go to Settings > iCloud.
If you signed out before changing your Apple ID, enter your current Apple ID to sign in. The data from your iCloud account will download to your device.
If you're still signed in with your previous Apple ID:
Scroll down and tap Delete Account. Depending on what iCloud options are turned on, you'll be asked to confirm that you want to delete data from your device. To confirm, tap Delete. (If you're using iOS 7 and have Find My iPhone turned on, you'll be asked to enter the password for your previous Apple ID. Enter the password, then tap Turn Off.) The data will be deleted from your device, but not from iCloud.
Enter your current Apple ID to sign in. The data from your iCloud account will download again to your device.
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