Email/iTunes account name change

How do I change the iTunes account/Apple ID that backs up my iPhone? The email address has changed and I can't find a way to redirect it.

Your purchases are permanently tied to the Apple ID (account) used to purchase them. They can't be moved to another account and you can merge accounts. You can start making new purchases with your iCloud ID if you want, but you will end up with two sets of purchases under two different IDs, adding further complication to your life.
Also, your @icloud email address is an alias of your existing @me address; emails sent to either address will be routed to the same inbox. You can decide which one you want to use as your default (as discussed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5441) but you can't separate them.

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I want to delete my icloud-account from my iphone 5 and then register again, because I want to change my email-address/account name. What would be the steps to follow? How do I make sure I do not lose any information stored on/in my iphone 5?

I want to delete my icloud-account from my iphone 5 and then register again, because I want to change my email-address/account name. What would be the steps to follow? How do I make sure I do not lose any information stored on/in my iphone 5?

You would have to delete the existing iCloud account and create a wholly new one - you cannot change the @icloud.com email address of the one you already have. To make a new one, you will also need an new AppleID as any AppleID can only have one iCloud account associated with it.
Deleting the account will not delete anything off your device (if prompted for things like contacts, choose to keep them). You will have to sync everything anew with the new account as you cannot move your sync'd content, your old backups or anything else from one iCloud account to another. You will have to set up sync again and let it sync to the new account, and then make new backups to the new account as well.

How can I change my iTunes Account Name to something different from my Billing Information Name?

I have an iTunes account using a relative's credit card. As a result, my iTunes Account Name is changed to her Name in the Billing Information.
Can I change my iTunes Account name to something different from the Billing Information Name?

iTunes Store Support
http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html

Account name changed.

My account name changed from "gregorydevox" to "moomoocowcow1" I did not do this. I feel my account has been intercepted by someone else. I'm concerned about the privacy and access to my account. I feel I should delete account completely and set up a different account.
Please advise or provide explanation.
thank you
Gregory

I got same kind of issue here recently. I had to contact iTunes support for help. In my case, I wanted to change my email on account to my .Mac account.
The facts are:
- don't buy music with your .Mac account. They cannot reconcile the 2 in any way.
- What you bought with your old account is still yours without issue, normally.
- your account ID can be anything, don,t need to be an email at all.
- but you can't change your email for a .Mac email, as this is another account in Apple database, and an email cannot be member of 2 different accounts
The solution cannot be solved by you alone. you MUST contact iTunes support, and ask them to allow you to change your account's email to a .Mac email for your old account. This is what I've done, and its working like a charm. It took a few days to the Apple team to make the changes however.
Hope this help.

Why didn't my iCloud account name change when I changed my Apple ID?

Why didn't my iCloud account name change when I changed my Apple ID (because I got a new email address)?

It doesn't change on your device automatically. To change the iCloud ID on an iOS device you have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password for the old ID when prompted to turn off Find My iDevice, then sign back in with the ID you wish to use. If you don't know the password for your old ID, or if it isn't accepted, and if 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.
To change the ID on your Mac, go to System Preferences>iCloud, sign out, then sign back in with the new ID.

HT4623 icloud email account name change iphone 4s

Hello have been using iphone 4s and icloud email. I changed my email address and password how do i reset my icloud account email on my iphone 4s?

Firstly, you need to change your details with Apple, Start here, change your country if necessary and go to manage your account.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")
Providing you are simply updating your existing details and not changing to another account, when you delete your account, all the data that is synced with iCloud will also be deleted from the device (but not from iCloud), but will be synced back to your device when you login again.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your computer, you need to sign out of the account from your computer first, then sign back in using your updated details. (System Preferences > iCloud, click the sign out button)
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iTunes account on your iOS device, you need to sign out from your iOS device first, then sign back in using your updated details. (Settings > iTunes & App store, scroll down and tap your ID)
If you are using iMessages or FaceTime, you will also need to log out and into your ID there too.

How can i add an already existing iphone to a different itunes account without changing anything on the actual phone...just updating it?

I have an iphone synced to my iTunes account. But I need to add another used/existing iphone to my account to update it. I do not want to sync my emails/contacts/apps, etc. from my computer/iTunes to this new iPhone. This 2nd iPhone already has existing apps and is in use.
Is there any way that I can do this without changing anything on the existing iPhone? All I need to do is update it to the iOS 5.0.1.
Thanks!

Thanks so much for the response! You have been helpful and quick!
It wasn't my phone, hence the reason we didn't want to share/take each other's content (apps, contacts, music, photos, etc.). But the owner's phone hadn't been able to update because of a computer crash/no access to a stable computer. So, I just wasn't sure if we could do an update without sharing content.
But you most definitely answered my question! So, thank you!

Ringtones and Old iTunes Account Name

I tried to create a ringtone from a song I purchased when my account was a former email address. I could not purchase the ringtone with the email address my iTunes account now has as the account name. When I "get info" on the song I see the old email address as the account name. I cannot login to iTunes with that login name since it no longer exists. Is this making sense? Any suggestions?

I did get good support by emailing Apple after a couple of tries. The person helping me did some digging and found out that I had two account names, neither of which matched up with the info on the purchased music.
The current account name would not work. Even though my purchased music listed a third account name, they suggested I try the second account and sure enough it would allow me to purchase the ringtone.
So if you can't get it to work you might try emailing Apple and asking that they check your history to see if there is an account that will work for your purchased music.

Ping cannot post a profile name other than iTunes account name

Ping won't allow a name change to a profile name unless you change the name associated with your iTunes account. If you change it to something like "MusicLover !" (it requires a first and last name, hence the !)' this changes your account info for Mr. MusicLover !
It should allow an alias of some sort other than the credit card name. For example, some kid that wants a profile, but uses his mom's credit card for the account because he doesn't have one, etc.

I find this very confusing. When you "Turn On Ping" it says:
"The name you enter is also the name associated with your account's billing information. Any previous reviews that you have written with a nickname will now display the name you list here instead of that nickname. To remove any reviews you have written from the iTunes Store, go to your account and click Manage Reviews."
Huh?
It gives you the option to change values in the Name: and Last Name: fields. So if you change first name to "Mr." and last name to "MusicLover", then what would happen to your store account?
If you were previously using "blahblah" as your review nickname, and did that, would it change all your reviews to "Mr. MusicLover"?
This needs a good deal of clarification.

Ringtone & Old iTunes Account Name

I tried to create a ringtone from a song I purchased when my account was a former email address. I could not purchase the ringtone with the email address my iTunes account now has as the account name. When I "get info" on the song I see the old email address as the account name. Any suggestions?

See if there is info that helps in here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4436
Find my iphone ( without mobileme) is available for iphone 4, ipod touch 4th gen, and ipad.

When I bought my ipad i set it up using an itunes account name that my sons and I shared for music. Now I want to use my own appleid on the purchases for my ipad. I know my apple id and my password but dont know how to switch it on the ipad itself

When I bought my ipad I used my family apple id that allowed us to share the itunes and pay with one card. (mine). now my sone's apple id is connected to my ipad and I cannot change the password, nor purchase a book. I have reset my password and have my own apple id. How do I link it on the ipiad with the itunes etc? I am willing to "lose" the music I have purchased on my itunes account if that is what must happen. I believe that is why I did it in the first place but now I regret that choice.

Settings>Store (or iTunes & App Stores if you are running iOS6)>Apple ID. Tap your son's ID and sign out. Sign in with your ID and password.
You shouldn't lose the music, but if you try to update any apps that you bought with the family ID, you will have to use that password that is linked with that ID in order to update.
Avoid downloading past purchased content with the old ID if you can since you will associate the iPad with the old ID for 90 days and you will lock yourself out of your own, new ID for that period of time. Read more about associated devices in iTunes here.
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID

How do I remove 23cents from my itunes account to change my region?

I have 23cents that I cant spend on anything. I want to change my region before adding more credit. How could i remove the 23c? Please help!

JohnWho wrote:
Are they linked to my iTunes account so I could then be able to re-install them on a newer 4th Gen iPod Touch?
I'm re-reading your message and not sure what you mean by wanting to re-install them to a newer ipod? They won't be able to purchase from your account after you restore as new your old ipod if that's what you're asking. But you could still sync "their" ipod with your iTunes library.
If you're asking about setting up a newer ipod for yourself, here's how you want to do that. Before you do that Restore on your old ipod follow these steps:
1)Connect your older ipod to itunes, right click on the device and Transfer Purchases to bring over any Apps & Music you purchased on your touch at the itunes store but isn't on your computer.
2)Also right click and choose to Backup your ipod.
In [iPhone and iPod touch: About backups|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766] > About Syncing and Backups >iTunes will back up the following information you will find the list of what's included in backups.
Please note backups do not include data like music from your CD's or Apps (although App data is backed up). In step #1 you transferred to your PC any Apps or Music purchased from the iTunes store. It's up to you to make sure you have any other music in your iTunes library.
3) Connect your new device. iTunes will give you the opportunity to restore from a backup. Select the backup you just made.
4)Finally, sync the device selecting the Music, Photos, etc that are in your iTunes library but were not part of the backup data.
Hope that helps.

Can't create iTunes account or change country of iTunes store

Hello,
I hope this is the correct place to post this question.
I am set up my iTunes account, and the problem I'm running into has to do with the 'country' setting.
Going through the account setup process, at the credit card information screen, I click the link in order to change countries. I select 'Canada', and click 'Change Country'. At this point I am sent back to the iTunes store main page, which is set to the United States.
If I scroll to the bottom of the main store page, and select 'Canada' to change the country setting manually, I get the error, "Could not complete the iTunes store request. The store may be busy. Check your internet connection or try again later."
I have checked my Norton Internet Security firewall settings. I have cleared the DNS cache. The iTunes store functions normally in other ways, i.e. I can play song previews.
If anyone can help me fix this problem it would be greatly appreciated!
Windows XP

Here are two things to try:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304084
Another fix for network related issues that is working for some was suggested by another discussions user here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3111505

Get rid of leftover cents from itunes account to change country?

how do i get rid off the leftover cents on my itunes account without creating a new one account. it wont let me change country unless i get rid of the money. i only have 34 cents. u cant buy anything with that

Nathaliee, the only way to get rid of that annoying little balance is to contact iTunes Customer Service via their web page.

No option on itunes account to change authorization of my computer

switched from a ipod shuffle to the ipod touch, transferred itunes successfully and what not. Now cannot get the music in my library to download to the touch and it says because my computer is not authorized to do so. So, following apple instructions I went on my itunes account and there is no option to change the authorization of my computer. help!

If the computer's running Mac OS X, move the cursor to the very top of the computer's screen, click on Store, and choose Authorize this Computer.
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