How can I delete an icloud account from a phone that I bought from a friend that never deleted it

How can I delete an icloud account from a phone that I bought from a friend that never deleted it and am not in touch with him so that's not an option

You can't, your friend can. So get in touch. If you can't then the phone is useless.

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  • TS3988 How can I verify my icloud account without being able to get mail from the account?

    How do I verify my icloud account without being able to get mail from that account?

    The verification email will be sent to your primary Apple ID email address.

  • HT1766 When I setup my new iPhone 5c I inadvertently entered wrong email address for apple id.  I cannot verify the email sent.  I have a new apple id, but can neither use nor delete the iCloud account.  How do I get an iCloud account for this phone?

    When I set up my new iPhone 5c I inadvertently used wrong email for setting up my apple id.  I have since setup an id with correct email, but cannot verify the first account.  I cannot delete it either.  How can I get an iCloud account for this phone?

    You said "have since setup an id with correct email, but cannot verify the first account.  I cannot delete it either. ".
    Why can't you verify it?
    Do you not receive the verification email address?
    If problem contact iTunes by:
    http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/

  • How can I change my icloud account without  knowing the old password

    How can I change my icloud account on my phone when I don't know the old password and I'm on a shared plan

    iCloud has nothing to do with your shared plan.
    Try
    https://iforgot.apple.com

  • I have an apple id and am trying to create an icloud however my phone is not allowing me. how can i create an icloud account?

    i have an apple id and am trying to create an icloud account however my phone is not allowing me and saying that the number of free attempts have been exceeded even though this is my first attempt. how can i create an icloud account?

    Are you sure the message isn't saying that the maximum number of accounts have already been created?  When you get this message you will not be able to create another account on that device.  Your only options are to either re-use one of the accounts previously created or create a new account using a different iOS device or Mac, if you have one.

  • I have brought a iphone 4 and the person i brought it from has not deleted her icloud account i need her pasword to delete it but hse wont give it to me what can i do how can i add my icloud account can you give me a reasonable answer please. thank you

    i have brought a iphone 4 and the person i brought it from has not deleted her icloud account i need her pasword to delete it but hse wont give it to me what can i do how can i add my icloud account can you give me a reasonable answer please. thank you.

    The seller needs to follow this procedure:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4515
    If she refuses, then as Tim suggested the iPhone is probably stolen. You'll need to contact your local police department and ask how to proceed.
    Regards.

  • How can I separate my iCloud account from my sons phone

    How can I separate my iCloud account from my sons phone?

    Just delete your iCloud account from your sons device. Therefor open "Settings >iCloud", scroll down, and delete your account (don't worry, it will only delete the account from your sons device). If he also uses this account for iTunes and App store purchases and you would like to change that as well, then you have to do the same in "Settings > iTunes & App Stores".

  • How can I reset my iCloud account without deleting all my contacts and photos on my iPhone.

    How can I reset my iCloud account without losing all my photos and contacts on my phone. I just want to clean up my iCloud.

    Not sure what you mean by "reset" your iCloud account, but if you want to clean up other data, just delete it from the apps on your phone that are syncing with iCloud, or from icloud.com.  They will be simultaneously deleted from iCloud and any devices syncing with iCloud.
    Similarly, if you delete photos from your my photo stream album, they will be deleted from your photo steam and any devices connected to your photo stream.  If you want to save them first, open the my photo stream album, tap Edit, tap the photos to select them, tap Edit, tap Save to Camera Roll. 

  • HT201274 I have my brothers icloud account on my ipad and i want my icloud account back I have all my games from my acount but I can see his massages notes etc how can I get my icloud account back I tried so many things please help .???

    I have my brothers icloud account on my ipad and i want my icloud account back I have all my games from my acount but I can see his massages notes etc how can I get my icloud account back I tried so many things please help .???

    go to settings and sign out his apple id in the sections i tell you:
    1.game center
    2.itunes and appstore
    3.messages
    4.icloud(delete acount;it wont realy delete it will only remove from your ipad)
    5.facetime
    and then enter your icloud in each and every section

  • HT204053 How can I delete my iCloud account which I do not remember anything about the information that I entered about 4 years ago. It always asks my birth date but it seems I did not enter my correct date how can I bypass this question???

    How can I delete my iCloud account which I do not remember anything about the information that I entered about 4 years ago. It always asks my birth date but it seems I did not enter my correct date how can I bypass this question???

    You cannot delete the account from the server (partly to prevent the username from becoming available again and some-one else using it to pretend to be you).. Having disengaged your devices from it, go to http://icloud.com and delete any data in there such as contacts and calendars. Then just ignore it.

  • How can I access my iCloud account on the web from my phone

    how can I access my iCloud account on the web from my phone
    iPhone 5 iOS 8.3
    I have iCloud turned on, location services on, find my phone works but when I try to access iCloud via Safari on the phone it takes me to a page Apple.com,
    iCloud then three options
    set up iCloud on my phone (i have)
    Install Find my phone, it is installed and it works from my MBP
    or install find my friends, I don't need that I have no friends.
    my calendars and contacts and bookmarks and all are all sync'd and working on the phone, but i thought if I typed in iCloud.com on the phone in Safari I would go to my iCloud web page that looks like this on my Mac.
    Is that NOT how iCloud should/would look on my phone via Safari?
    This is maybe a dumb question after 3+ year of iPhone'ing
    thank you for clarifying or helping me to understand
    jojoguitar_mmn_usa

    I've been playing with a Galaxy here at work and here's what I've found so far - please feel free to jump in and suggest alternative methods to configure or access the various icloud components.
    So the original Q: Can you access your icloud account on Android?
    Not entirely: the website can't be used from an android browser (not properly - even with Dolphin HD and posing as different browsers it won't load correctly.  So Find my iphone is out, so is the address book or looking at your e-mail or calendar just in a browser window
    I was able to setup my e-mail using the IMAP settings published here:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864
    Be sure to setup the account manually - and note if you have trouble using SSL try TLS (that worked for me)
    Address book is a no go so you'll have to use iTunes to sync all your contacts over to Gmail - if you still have an iPad it means managing contacts in two places though .  Same goes for your calendar - transfer it to Gmail and forget about iCloud's calendar.  Nice instructions here: http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20064060-285/how-to-switch-from-iphone-to-an droid/
    iWork is an Apple proprietary bit so don't expect much there.
    So in my case, if I'm really going to make the switch to a Galaxy from my iPhone it really means I'm going to have to switch to using google as the backend.  The timing to swap over to a galaxy/android phone is not the greatest - given that I'd have to give up my Apple addiction (syncing photos and itunes and losing access to my device tracking).  Plus I still have an iPad and a mac and like living in the Apple ecosystem.  I think I'll wait and see what the new iPhone looks like before I commit

  • How can I access my iCloud account from my computer, when I'm running OSX Leopard?

    I have a Mac Book running Leopard and I don't have the iCloud icon in my settings.. How can I access my iCloud account/back up my computer to the cloud?

    Your signature says you have 10.6.8 which is Snow Leopard, but that is still not compatible with iCloud. You cannot back up your computer to iCloud in any case - it doesn't provide for that, only for iOS backups.
    The minimum requirement for iCloud is Lion 10.7.5 (Mountain Lion preferred): the iCloud Preference Pane does not appear on earlier systems - the MobileMe pane appears on Lion and earlier but is non non-functional - you cannot now open or access a MobileMe account.
    If you have already set up an iCloud account on another Mac or device you can make limited use of it with Snow Leopard - details here.
    To make full use of iCloud you will have to upgrade your Mac to Lion or Mountain Lion, provided it meets the requirements.
    The requirements for Lion are:
    Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
    2GB of memory
    OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
    7GB of available space
    To purchase it you will have to ring Apple at the number given at the bottom left of this page.
    The requirements for Mountain Lion are:
    OS X v10.6.8 or later
    2GB of memory
    8GB of available space
    and the supported models are:
    iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
    MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
    MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
    Xserve (Early 2009)
    MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
    Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
    Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
    It is available from the Mac App Store (in Applications).
    You should be aware that PPC programs (such as AppleWorks) will not run on Lion or above; and some other applications may not be compatible - there is a useful compatibility checklist at http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
    (If in fact you are running Leopard and it is an Intel Mac you will have to upgrade to Snow Leopard to access the Mac App Store - it's available in the online Apple Store. However if you have a PPC Mac you cannot run Snow Leopard and cannot proceed further.)

  • HT4623 How can I change my Icloud account on my ipad to the one I use on my iphone?

    How can I change my Icloud account on my ipad to the one I use on my iphone?
    For example on my iphone I log in with a yahoo account.  My ipod was originally set up with another e-mail account (which I can't remember the password).  I want to use the yahoo e-mail and the password associated with it to log on to both devices.

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    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.

  • HT204053 How can I get an icloud account without merging my husbands iphone info, we have same itunes acct

    My family shares the same itunes account on all three iphones and my ipad.  I am trying to back up my iphone data without having it merge with my husband and daughters iphone.  How do I do this?  I just tried to back up my device in itunes with a protected password and it will not back up.  Can I create an icloud account for my phone and different icloud accounts for my husband and daughter and still keep our itunes account?
    Thanks
    Denise

    Yes, you can do that. Just create a new iCloud account for you:
    1. "Settings > iCloud" (log out from your husbands account, if you are signed in and delete this account from your iPhone)
    2. Create a new iCloud account on your iPhone with a free me.com email address:
    "Setting > iCloud"
    or
    "Setting > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > iCloud"
    3. After that you will have the opportunity to sync and backup your personal mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, notes etc. completely separated from your husbands account.
    4. But make sure to keep your husbands account for iTunes and app purchases:
    "Settings > iTunes & App Stores"
    I hope that answers your question and will help you.

  • How can i change which iCloud account my phone is connected to

    how can i change which iCloud account my phone is connected to

    Just go to "Settings > iCloud" scroll down and delete the account, if you don't want to use it on your phone anymore. After you delted it from your device you will be able to sign in again to use another one for iCloud.

  • How can I seperate my iCloud account, How can I seperate my iCloud account

    I have one iTunes account and one iCloud account for three phones, mine, my husband's and my sons.  I need to seperate the iCloud account and make seperate ones for each person.  How do I do this so I don't delete important phone numbers out of our contacts?

    First, make sure all contacts are on everybody's phones now (ideally, make sure you have an up to date sync'd copy in your computer contacts as well).  Then, you will need new AppleIDs for everyone so they all can have their own iCloud account.  Keep the current shared AppleID for iTunes so you can continue to share your purchased content.
    Using free emails (if needed - get GMail, Hotmail, yahoo, or whatever free email accounts you prefer), create new unique AppleIDs for everybody at
    https://appleid.apple.com/
    Then, delete the iCloud accounts on the phone, and then create new ones with the new AppleIDs.  Violoa, everybody has their own unique iCloud account with their own unique AppleID login.  You can also use those same unique AppleIDs to make sure everybody has unique iMessage accounts as well so you are not all stumbling over eachothers messages.

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