How can I unlink my iCloud and apple IDs?

When i signed up for an iCloud account, i linked it to my apply ID. Now, knowing that I can't make the iCloud my primary email, I want to separate the two. Unfortunately, I havent had any luck. Every time that I remove the email, and try to log into the iCloud one as a separate account, it simply logs me back into the original Apple ID, even though there is no 'secondary email' filled in. Eventually, the iCloud email appears again as the 'secondary' email, which is SO FRUSTRATING! I cant separate them as much as I've tried! Please help me!!

If I'm understanding you correctly, you created an iCloud account with an AppleID (like, [email protected]). Then, once you did that, you created an iCloud e-mail address - and you are trying to separate this part of your account into its own iCloud account. Sadly, this is not possible. That e-mail address is eternally linked up to your other AppleID. No need in creating a separate AppleID just to keep those separated, it would just overcomplicate things for you - especially if you've made iTunes Store purchases with the AppleID in question, as you can't transfer purchases or merge accounts. Hope this information helps. If not, let us all know.

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Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If your friend is concerned with the security of his Apple ID or iCloud account, I would recommend reaching out to our Apple ID Account Security team to assist him with this issue.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
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Internet Accounts (in System prfs.) shows that I now have 2 iCloud Interent accounts. My "primary" acct., that has all the iCloud features, and another one without them - and it has "Email", and "Notes" unchecked (Contacts, Calender and the reminders are checked/activated).
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