Deleting an Apple ID account

Hello,
I need to delete an apple ID account. I somehow created a new apple ID with my current email address and now it will not let me change the email address on my original account due to it recongnizing the email address from another account. I need to delete the apple ID account for my current email so that it will let me use it to replace my old email address. I hope this makes sense! Thanks

I just ran into that very issue. Here is what I discovered talking to Apple Tech Support and my personal experience in trying to do it:
1. Under the Apple ID, you are not able to change it to a .Me account, but you can change it to any other email address.
2. You can not merge accounts (though why not in the world of today's databases, why that is not an option, I don't know!)
3. You can stop using your iTunes account and it will eventually expire - tech support stated 90 days.
4. If you have purchase Apps in the iTunes store, you can not update them if you move to the new AppleID, but you can see that they need updating.

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