Deleting GMAIL account that is tied to my iTunes/Apple ID

So I want to NOT have a GMAIL account and instead only use the Apple iCloud @me account.
I know I can't migrate or merge the two and I will lose all my purchases if I use a fresh @me account WHICH IS FINE, BUT if I delete my GMAIL could I keep my iTunes purchases in tact and update apps on my iPhone even though my GMAIL has been deleted? For email/contacts/calenders i prefer to use the iCloud account.
Thanks!

The gmail account (Apple ID) needs to stay active if you want to update, re-download... anything purchased with that account. You can change that email to another primary email but not the @me account. The @me account is a totally separate account. If you need to update your password, payment info, billing info and your gmail (google) account is defunct, you'll be like others in this forum who are stuck if the account becomes disabled for any reason. Hope this helps.

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Deleted Gmail Account still showing !

Hello All
I have a 3Gs iPhone that i setup with several email accounts including a GMail account, all was working fine, but i needed to delete the GMail account, which i did, their is now no account listed when you go into Mail:Accounts etc. however when i send a email from any other account, it shows as being sent from the deleted GMail account !- very strange
Any help would be great
Thanks in advance
Regards

Tom,
If you click on the account, and choose the - icon, you should see this:
What happens if you next click on "Internet Accounts?"

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In iOS (i.e. on an iPhone):
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I am trying to rebuild a corrupt gmail account from scratch in Mavericks so I'd like to delete it and then re-add it as if it were a brand new account.
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fitch29 wrote:
Sadly this didn't do the trick. I deleted the account iin Preferences, then I deleted the gmail folder within the V2 folder and readded the gmail account in Preferences. But the same old emails were sitting in my Inbox.
Might there be another folder where Mavericks is caching some Mail data?
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Deleting GMAIL account that is tied to my iTunes/Apple ID

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