Changing my Apple ID?

I've received some conflicting information form the Apple Store (two different store employees). Can I change my Apple ID (email address) associated with all my Apple purchases, iCloud, music, book, Apps, etc? One told me that if I change my email address I would loose all past purchases etc. Another told me that this was not true and I could do this at any time, I would just need to update all my Apple devices. Whats the real answer? Has anyone done this? Thanks!

I am having a similar problem: I got my iPod while i was still using my parents email address, and now my mom has her own iPod. I have my own email address now and I tried changing it on Apple, but it doesn't change my login email address. So it looks like my mom can't have her own Apple ID...there's nothing I can do?

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Dear Mr/ Mrs:
I am pooria, my apple ID id **********@*****.com
well actually I have a problem, I have a Visa card and as I recieved a gift card from my friend from USA, aftrer redeeming the card and spend it through app strore, now, I have 0.98$ and I can't spend for other apps since there is not any app which is exactly 0.98$ . So I've tried several times to get back to my visa card to go to appstore and buy my favorate apps, but the matter is that my visa is from Canada and I recieved a notice in which untill I didn't spenc the 0.98$, I'm not able to change my location and this really is a big problem for me. Would you please fix the problem that I can change my apple ID location to use my visa card?
Moreover I have to say that as I go to a trip several times a year, I prefere to use giftcards insted of my visacard specially when I'm not in canada, and most goftcards sold in these countries are from US. So It would be a big problem that I always should email apple support inorder to do sth to allow me to change my location scince I would like to have my visa also.
would you please help me with this matter?
sincerely
Pooria
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Pooria
Contact Apple. Before you do, think about telling the story in order
I travel a lot
I have a balance that prevents me from transacting with Apple... please help me.
I prefer to use Gift Cards, is this wise?
What would you suggest to achieve my goal of [ whatever your reason may be for your current methods ] ?

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The reason it won't authenticate your password is because it isn't connected to wifi. Reset it by holding the power and home buttons at the same time until you see the Apple logo, the release and wait for it to restart. As soon as it restarts, quickly go to Settings>Wi-Fi and connect it before it starts prompting you. Once it's connected to wifi, enter your password when prompted and it should take it this time.

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The old mail don't accept the new password..
I can not delete the Icloud all the time asking my the password of the old mail!
I realy need help

You can not merge accounts.
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Sounds like apps purchased from those accounts got synced to the iPod and it is asking to log into that account to update them.
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- To update apps you have to sign into the account that purchased the apps. If you have apps that need updating purchased from more than one account you have to update them one at a time until the remaining apps were purchased from one account.
What do yo see if yo go to the Updates Section of the App Store app?

HT204053 I changed my Apple ID to reflect my new email address but it does not allow me to change it in iCloud or my iTunes account on my iPhone. Can anyone help me with this?

I recently changed my email address and have changed my Apple ID to reflect that. My itunes account will work on my PC with that new ID but my iCloud will not. Also, my iPhone will not use my new email address for either itunes or icloud. I don't know how to change it.
I read that if, on your iPhone you delete your iCloud account, you just open a new one with your new email address. Is that true, and, if you do that, do you lose your photos on your iPhone. AND, if you lose your photos on your iPhone, will they be pushed back to your iPhone if you manually sync your phone and PC?
I am hoping someone out there can help!
Thank you.

If you only changed the name of your ID rather than creating a new ID, just go to Settins>iCloud and tap Delete Account then sign back in with the new name. (Deleting the account from your phone does not delete it from iCloud. Your data will be synced back to your phone when you sign back in.)
If you created a new ID, you'll have to go to Settings>iCloud on your phone and turn all data you are syncing with iCloud (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off. When prompted choose to keep the data on your iPhone. (If you are syncing iWork documents with iCloud, also open your iWork apps and turn off iCloud syncing and choose to keep the documents on your phone.) After everything is turned off, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. Next, set up a new iCloud account using your other ID, then turn syncing for your data (contacts, etc.) back to On. When prompted, choose Merge. This will upload the data to your new account.
You won't lose any photos in your camera roll or photo library. If you have any photos in your photo stream that are over 30 days old that are not in your camera roll or saved on your computer, be sure to save these to the camera roll before deleting the account. To do so, open the photo stream album on your iPhone in the thumbnail view, tap Edit, tap all the photos you need to save to select them, tap Share, then tap Save to Camera Roll.

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How can I change the (wrong) Apple ID from the password prompting dialogue when I am already signed in Apple Store with my own ID?
More details of my problem:
When I try the Apps' Update-All option in my iPod 4, the password dialogue prompts me with my girlfriend's Apple ID; YET, I AM signed in the Apple Store with MY own Apple ID.
I have already verified my ID under Settings/Store. I have also signed out, signing back in with my Apple ID, just in case. No problems there, for I DO sign in with my own ID ok. The problem is just the prompt dialogue for password, when I try to use the 'Update All' feature it prompts me for password with her ID, not mine.
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AWDunams wrote:
Okay so I associate the e-mail address as the apple ID and that seems to be a wrong assumption. I did go to my Apple ID and changes the e-mail address and the password but for the same and only Apple account I have ...
That is good. In that case, your one and only account has not changed, just the login credentials you use for it. All your previous purchases will remain associated with that account, and the new login.
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I have changed my apple email address and icloud is asking me to sign in under my old email then saying my password is incorrect how can i change it pls

I have changed my apple id but when i try to log into icloud etc it lists my old id therefore my password is wrong as there is no such account now, how do i change this to show my new id and get into my account

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If you don't know the password for your old ID, or if it isn't accepted, and your old ID is an earlier version of your current ID, 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 on your device, 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.

I have recently changed my Apple Id but now my sons Ipad keeps popping up with Sign In to iCloud but with my old Apple Id.. How do I change my Apple Id on all my devices??

I have recently changed my Apple Id but now my sons Ipad keeps popping up saying Sign In to iCloud with the old Id.. How do I change my iCloud ID on my devices??

Hello Becla,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help in this situation. It contains helpful advice concerning iCloud accounts:
iCloud: Set up iCloud on your devices
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2609
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
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