Deleted account recovery

I accidentlly deleted the wrong account in Mail.
Is there a way I can retrieve the old messages? I did not have the settings to keep a copy of the messages on the mail server, so setting up the account again wouldn't help.

If the messages are not on the server, and you don't have a backup, your only option is to try to salvage as many deleted *.emlx files as possible with a data recovery tool such as Data Rescue II, TechTool Pro, or FileSalvage. Of these, the only one I know for sure that can recover deleted *.emlx files is FileSalvage. Stop using your computer right now if you want to try that, as anything you do with the computer may cause the deleted files to be overwritten.

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I have another account that i can't delete off my phone because lost my recovery key and password. How do i get rid of this account? it will not let me turn off find my iphone and delete account. Can anyone help?

I have another account that i can't delete off my phone because lost my recovery key and password. How do i get rid of this account? it will not let me turn off find my iphone and delete account. Can anyone help?

Hello aweirandyski.1975,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
From what you're describing appears to be Activation Lock, a security measure provided by Apple that makes it harder for people to use a lost or stolen device. You will need to enter the password for the Apple ID the device is prompting you for.
iCloud: Activation Lock
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13695
Take care,
Alex H.

Deleted Items recovery in Outlook question

I recently implemented a policy to users deleted items boxes via Exchange Server 2007. I applied this policy to just a few users to test it out and all appears to working well. The policy is set to delete any items that hit the deleted items
folder and sit there for seven days. My question is in regards to the deleted items recovery feature in Outlook. Does the policy I created in Exchange overwrite the server deleted item retention of 30 days? So, being that I currently have
the Exchange Server deleted item retention set at 30 days when I click on my deleted items box in Outlook and then on the Recover Deleted Items option under tools I should see 30 days of deleted emails right? When I do this I only see two emails though...
Can someone help clear this up for me please? Thanks - Abacus

Hi,
What’s the version of Outlook?
Deleted item retention must be configured on the server. Otherwise, there will be no deleted items
stored in the dumpster available for recovery. By default, the DumpsterAlwaysOn
registry key is set to 1 in Outlook 2007, so all folders are enabled for deleted item recovery. By default, all folders are recoverable on the Exchange server.
In Outlook 2003 and earlier versions, only the
Deleted Items folder is enabled for recovery by default. All folders are recoverable, however, you must enable the ability to see the items in the dumpster. You must use the DumpsterAlwaysOn
registry key to recover hard-deleted items, which are those items that were deleted while holding down the SHIFT key and that were never moved to the
Deleted Items folder.
More information:
How to Recover a Deleted Item
Recover deleted items

TS3899 deleted account and reopened it , made it worse, now cant do anything, it wont open emails says has no content and cant access them at all

Cant get into email account all of a sudden. Tried shutting down, deleted account and then opened new account....get into mail....says there are messages but they have no content, cant, delete them or even get into them....help!!! oh and when I go throug HOTMAIL on safari I have no problems

I'm having the same problem as the OP, I can't find that file "profiles.ini"
can't re-install firefox, deleted all files related to Mozilla and Firefox, still locked out by missing Firefox profile
I posted on my own problem recently w/ no response (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/search?a=1&asked_by=GPStyne&w=2),
so far all posts on this support page have been confusing and I've been unable to find any of the things they spoke of trying to change it.
at this point I'm begrudgingly running Safari hoping someone can help me fix this, can't believe i can't just delete all and reinstall like a normal program/app

My iCloud address on the iPad needs to be changed. If I press "delete account" it tells me I will lose all the content including pictures. How can I change it? I see other people have had the same problem

I have had to change my e mail address but I cannot work out how to amend it on my iCloud account. If I press "delete account" the box appears telling me that I will lose all content including photos if I continue. The box asking for a password keeps appearing but I just press cancel and continue.
I have not attempted to upgrade to iOS 7 until this problem is sorted. Can anyone help please?

If you mean that you created a new icloud account using a new email address as the primary address, then when changing to that account on a device, all data maintained by the old account will be deleted. I was not aware that photos are included. But as for photos, ALWAYS sync them to a computer for archiving, never rely on icloud as your only backup.
If you want to keep the contacts, etc. data from the old account, then go to Settings>icloud and turn off the services, one at a time. When doing so, you are given the choice to keep the data local or delete from the device. Later, when doing Delete Account and logging into the new account, your data will sync up to it.
If, on the other hand, your changed email address is just an alias in the existig icloud account, then there's no reason to delete the account as the alias is just another link to the same account.

HT5312 Alright, I have two apple ID's and I deleted the other on a whim a while back. Now whenever I need to update the iphoto or iMovie, it says to sign in into my deleted account, but I don't remember my old account's password either.

I currently had two apple ID's and I deleted the other on a whim a while back. Now whenever I need to update the iphoto or iMovie, it says to sign in into my deleted account, but I don't remember my old account's password nor the security questions. Any Help Please?

Check the AppleCare number for your country here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
Call them up, and let them know you would like to be transferred to the Account Security Team.

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.

If I click "delete account" at the bottom of my iCloud settings, is it deleting my whole account?

When installing iOS 5 I somehow linked my iCloud to my moms account both on my iPhone and iPad. If I select the delete account button at the bottom of the iCloud settings, will it delete the account off of my moms phone too? She would rather not delete her iCloud account.

What u mean delete ur account would it delete my pictures ?

Can I delete account without deleting messages?

I have old email messages from friends and family that I want to keep in my mail folders, but I no longer use that email account. Can I delete the account without deleting all the historic email associated with it? Or do I have to look at that now grayed account name forever in my sidebar?

thanks. That is just what I needed. I currently have three accounts, including the one I'm deleting.
If I understand you right, all I need to do is move all my messages out of the INBOX of the account I'm deleting, and into other folders I created under the ON MY MAC section. Deleted account messages will only be deleted from the INBOX. (well, HELP should have said so, instead it just said ALL mail from that account will be deleted).
Now, if I SENT mail from the account I delete, that account's mail in the SENT folder be deleted also because it has not been moved into a folder I created in the ON MY MAC section, Correct?

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 to delete the home folder of a deleted account?

After I set up a new account, I transferred everything from my old macbook pro to my new iMac (so it has a moutain lion system. I'm sure you know it. Just want to make it clear ) through migration assistance from time machine. Then I realized that an extra account (my old one) plus many unnecessary data had been transferred to my new iMac. Therefore, I decided to delete this old account.
HOWEVER, when I deleted the account, I failed to delete the home folder--I chose to delete it securely; but after it started backing up, I simply cancel the backup (which is a HUGE mistake) Then I found the account was deleted but its home folder stayed-- it occupied over 150GB of my new iMac.
Could anyone tell me how I can delete the home folder securely?
in addition, since I only want to transfer iphoto pictures, iTune music and some important documents to my new account, should I simply copy thme to an external drive and transfer them to my new account?
Thanks a lot for your help!

In system preferences, create a new account again, using the short name of the "deleted" account. You may be prompted to re-use the old home folder. Log out and log in to test it worked. Then log in as your new admin, and do the delete process again. Don't choose to securely delete this time - just a regular delete.
When you have time to spare, go to Disk Utility, and use the Erase tab to securely erase free space on the drive. This will accomplish the same thing that your originally tried to do. Use the fastest method - anything more secure is a waste of time. You may need to run it overnight - it can take several hours.
Matt

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.

Changed my AppleID and password - now can't log-in to iCloud with my deleted account. It does not accept my passwords - old or new. I cannot delete my old iCloud on phone

iPhone 5S on iOS7 -
I changed my AppleID and password online.
My iPhone keeps prompting me to log-in to iCloud with my deleted account. It does not accept my passwords - old or new. I cannot delete my old iCloud account because it requires that I enter

Hi suefrombenton,
Please see this previous discussion on how to change an Apple ID on an iOS device -
How do I change my Apple ID on my iPad? | Apple Support Communities
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4431720
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

TS3899 Can't send or receive email on iPhone 5 nor my iPad 2? Tried hard resetting, deleting account then adding again-- no luck! Please help!!

CAn someone please tell me how to fix my email problem-- all of a sudden I can't receive or send email-- it's an Apple problem-- cause I can get online-- tried the hard reset and deleting account and adding again-- no luck
thanks
mary

you still didn't answer the question.... unless you mean to say that you have an AT&T e-mail account. (e.g. @att.net)
If that's what you mean, they use Yahoo for e-mail services. Yahoo's mail servers are notoriously bad. This comes up here at least several times a week. The problem is on the Yahoo end. Trust me, the AT&T rep you spoke to doesn't know what they are talking about. Removing and re-adding the account increases the odds that you will actually hit a working server, but it's not guaranteed to do so.
Set up a gmail account or iCloud account and consider switching.

I just got a new iPhone and i set up iCloud on my girlfriend's account. To change it on settings it says delete account. Will this delete her all her data and back up data for iCloud on her iPhone and iPad?

I just got a new iPhone and i set up iCloud on my girlfriend's account. To change it on settings it says delete account. Will this delete her all her data and back up data for iCloud on her iPhone and iPad? Can i change it without deleting it? Please help.

Delete the account on your phone. This will not delete any data on her phone or iPad, or data stored in iCloud.

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