Delete Account under iCloud

Under iOS6 > System Preferences > iCloud there is a delete account button. Will this delete my whole iCloud account or just the setup of icloud and it's content on this device?

Merely deletes the iCloud account on your device, nothing more. The data will still exist at iCloud.com unless you delete that as well.

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What does 'delete account' in icloud mean?

I want to remove my apple id/icloud info from my daughter's itouch so she does not receive my backed up info, etc. What will happen if I choose 'delete account' under icloud on her itouch? Will I lose any info on her device? She also has an iphone and so do I. I just don't want to lose any apps, contacts, pictures, video's etc., on any of our devices. Can someone help, thanks.

This deletes your iCloud account from the iPod touch. If you don't want to lose her data, turn off Contacts, Calendars, Notes and Reminders manually before delete her iCloud

My iPod touch is not connecting to iCloud account, under iCloud settings has old email account and username that I have since updated and are working correctly on my iPad, any idea how I can reset this?

My iPod touch is not connecting to my iCloud account, under iCloud settings it has my old email account and username that I have since updated and are working correctly on my iPad, any idea how I can reset this on the iPod or otherwise? This old account info keeps coming back on my iPod and messing up access to my apple account and now the icloud. last time a system restore needed to be done to fix it....

It won't give me the option to sign out of the old account, it's that light grey color that you can't click on. And since it has the old email address that it's telling me to go into to verify the account, I can't actually change it... I'm stuck

Will selecting 'Delete Account' in iCloud setting on iPad delete the AppleID account, or just delete it from the iPad in question?

Will selecting ‘Delete Account’ in iCloud settings on iPad delete the AppleID account entirely, or will it just delete the AppleID from the iPad in question?
I am trying to resolve a problem where someone tried to set up a second iPad on the same Apple ID account. I have partially solved the problem by creating a new Apple ID for the second iPad, but when I went to change the iCloud setting, my only option to change it was the 'Delete Account' button. I just want to make sure that I'm not going to accidentally delete the old Apple ID account because the fist iPad still needs to sync to that ID.

From the iPhone only.

My iPhone along with 2 other iPhones in my family all use the same iCloud account. I want to change my account to my new Apple ID. If I delete the account under iCloud settings, will it entirely delete the account or just from my phone?

I don't want my mom and brother to lose their data and account. By clicking "Delete Account" will I delete the account completely?

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It will delete the account from the phone, not delete the account completely

How to reactivate recovered iphone 4s after deleting account from icloud

I had all the information erased from my phone on icloud hoping that once i connected to itunes it would reactivate by itself but that has not been the case. In desperation i erased the iphone from my icloud account and that was of no avail either. Itunes keeps asking me to introduce the sim card pin but the iphone does not give that option

Hello kebscafi,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I see that you are getting a pop-up on your iPhone about a SIM PIN. To learn more about this, and how to resolve this issue, please take a look at the information in the article below.
iOS: Understanding the SIM PIN - Apple Support
Have a good one,
Alex H.

Deleted account limit reached icloud iphone 3gs

how to reset or deleted account in icloud because has limit reached icloud account.
and make new one account in icloud.
because my phone is second buying?

There is nothing to fix, cause it is not technical problem. It is limitation created by Apple to only have up to 3 new icloud accounts created on iphone/ipad.
You can either create icloud account on other device and then start using it on iphone or use one of the three previously created accounts.

Two me accounts under an iCloud account

Hi,
My question is quite simple. I and my girlfriend use the same mac under the same user login, icloud, apple id etc.
I have my me account from icloud. My girlfriend also would like to setup a me account that she can access through the mail app like I do.
Is this achievable.
We have ios devices that are all synced to the same icloud. The only difference is that her mail is setup to use her optus mail which she wants to get rid off.
I tried to see if I could get another me account under icloud but only alias were available.
Thanks.

Figured it out
http://isource.com/2011/10/16/how-do-you-set-up-icloud-for-a-family/

Ive changed my apple id. in my iPad and iPhone under iTunes it's showing the new id but under iCloud still shows old I'd. I have been told to delete account and add in new one but worried in case lose all my stuff that's already saved in iCloud. any idea?

Ive changed my apple id. in my iPad and iPhone under iTunes it's showing the new id but under iCloud still shows old I'd. I have been told to delete account and add in new one but worried in case lose all my stuff that's already saved in iCloud. any idea?

If all you did was rename your ID, you can go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted, then sign back in with your renamed ID. Deleting the account only deletes the account and any data you are syncing with iCloud from your phone, not from iCloud. Provided you are signing back into the same account and not changing accounts, your data will be synced back to your phone when you sign back in.
If, however, you are changing to a new account with a new ID, choose Keep on My iPhone when prompted. Then choose Merge when you sign into the new account and turn your iCloud syncing back on to upload your data to the new account.
Before deleting the account, save you photo stream photos to your camera roll (tap Edit, tap all the photos, tap Share, tap Save to Camera Roll).

How do i delete my icloud account from a 5s with ios8, there is no Delete Account option under Settings iCloud

I am recycling my 5s and there are instructions from the purchasing company that I need to remove the icloud account. They say go to:
Settings>iCloud>Delete Account
Enter Apple ID password
Then select turn off
This makes no sense to me as the delete option is not there under ios8
But can I achieve the same effect by turning off find my iPhone and then erasing the phone?
This is confusing as I am used to ios7 which does allow you to follow the steps numbered above.
Thanks

If you updated your ID but your device is still signed into the older version and you sign out to change it, try the troubleshooting steps here: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud. The last one (temporarily recreating the old ID) usually works.

How can I delete an old icloud account that is under an old email account

deleting an old icloud account

If your device is signed into an old iCloud ID that is an earlier version of the ID you want to sign in with, do the following:
If you are using iMessage and FaceTime, make sure you are signed into these services with your current ID. If they are signed into the old ID, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive and Settings>FaceTime, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with your current ID.
Then temporarily recreate the old ID by going 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. (You should not have to verify the old email account so it doesn’t matter if you no longer have access to it.) Now go to Settings>iCloud, turn off Find My iDevice and enter your current password when prompted (even though it prompts you for the password for your old ID). Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll (unless you are using iCloud Photo Library). When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Sign Out (or Delete Account if you are not running iOS 8) 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 back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign back in with your current iCloud ID and password (your data will download back to your device).

Our icloud id has 2 phones being backed up to it. If I do "delete account" on one iphone, will it delete the other phone or the contents on either?

When I got my iphone this week, I simply used my daughter's icloud account to back up to. Fortunately, the only thing I backed up was the music, which we both like to have access to, but I had unselected the contacts and calendar for fear of having duplicate contact info. Now I read that if I hadn't deselected them, it would have created duplicates. That being said, I suppose I need to create another icloud id for myself so i can just back up my info without merging the two. If I understand most of the posts I have read so far, if I do the "delete account" on my new phone, my daughter's info and phone will not be affected and will remain under her original icloud id? Then I can create my own icloud id and back up to it? I just don't want to lose her information by deleting that account from my phone. Should I go through the icloud settings on my phone first and deslect all of the options from backing up to the icloud before I delete the icloud account from my phone? BTW, my daughter's phone is an iphone 4 and mine is the 4s, if that makes any difference.

Deleting the account on your phone only removes if from your phone. The account and it's data remain intact and doing so will not effect your daughter's phone.
To do this, first go to Settings>iCloud on your phone and turn any synced data (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off, and when prompted, choose to keep the data on the phone. When finished, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. Then set up a new iCloud account with a different Apple ID and turn any data you want to sync with iCloud (contact, calendars, etc.) back to On. This will upload your data to your new iCloud account.

MB Air won't let me sign in to iCloud from System Preferences. I reset Keychain Access and deleted Accounts plist. No problem signing in via web and on other Mac.

Hi all.
I've just been given an Air. I used Migration Assistant to transfer everything (which didn't work very well: no Contacts transferred and the Air Contacts application can't even open manually transferred Contacts Archive .vcf).
Trying to transfer contacts led me to iCloud - I thought I could copy them from there. Then I discovered that I can't sign in to iCloud via System Preferences. I get two error messages. The most common one is 'you cannot sign in at this time'. I've tried every solution on the web: I reinstalled Yosemite. I reset Keychain Access. I deleted Accounts plist.
The other message I occasionally get is 'This is a valid Apple ID but not an iCloud account'. It is: I'm logged on fine on my MBP, iPhone and iPad.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
Aida

So - I have been having this same issue, and while it's not totally resolved for me, I have figured out what's causing it. I am running a machine with two hard drives and to keep my documents on a separate drive from the OS/Applications, I used the Advanced Option to specify the location of my home drive for my user account under "Users & Groups". I've found that if I reset this to the default path of /Macintosh HD/Users/{username}, that it works fine. However Apple has a bug in that this functionality breaks when you specify your own home directory. Hopefully, this will be addressed in an update.

Can I retrieve my notes that I accidentally deleted? I noticed that my notes are not clicked "on" under icloud does that mean info isn't saved?

I accidentally deleted the notes from my note app. I sync it again but nothing happened then realized on my phone that notes isn't clicked to "on" under icloud. Is there any way to retrive the info?

If you had activated the option to save notes at some point in the past you might be able to restore from that backup, if it is still listed in iCloud. If you had never selected that option your data is gone, sorry.
How to restore from a backup
When you go through Setup Assistant on a new device using iOS 5 or later, choose "Restore from iCloud Backup" and enter your iCloud account and password. You will see the three most recent backups for each of the devices on which you enabled Backup. Choose from which backup to restore.
If the home screen icons appear on your device and you wish to restore from an iCloud backup, erase your device (by going to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings). When prompted to set up as new or to restore from previous backup, select Restore from iCloud Backup. Enter your AppleID and password when prompted.
copied from iOS: How to back up

The I cloud on mu IPAd keeps reverting to my old password so that I cannot get mail. Sometimes this happens on my iPhone as well. I type in the correct password in the iCloud account and mail account under settings but it always reverts back and prevents

The I cloud on mu IPAd keeps reverting to my old password so that I cannot get mail. Sometimes this happens on my iPhone as well. I type in the correct password in the iCloud account and mail account under settings but it always reverts back and preventsme from getting mail. Can only retrieve mail from i cloud on my competer. Thanks!!!

Why would you delete your iCloud account for a password change with your Yahoo account?
Regardless, if no problem re-creating your iCloud account on your iPad, contact Yahoo technical support.

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