How do I change my primary email account?

I have 2 gmail accounts. I want to change my current primary account and make the other gmail account my primary. I can't find any place in my account settings to do this.
I have a MAC with Lion OS. All is updated.

Hi eleanora,
If I understand you right, you would like Firefox to save your password and log in to a specific gmail account (the one you call #2).
This is [[How do I make Firefox remember my usernames and passwords?]]. You can see which passwords are stored by Firefox.
Gmail offers you the option to stay signed-in. You can check their [http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8494 documentation] You can then stay signed in with the account you prefer.
Where are you seeing that "primary account" message?

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You will have to delete your rescue email address first, then go back and change your primary.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5312
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Click "Manage your account"
When prompted, sign in using your Apple ID and password.
Click Password & Security
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Note: The option to send an email to reset your security questions and answers will not be available if a rescue email address is not provided. You will need to contact iTunes Store support in order to do so.

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tsand66 wrote:
I do not have the option to do that as there is no icloud preference pane, there is only a mobile me preference pane.
the ssystem is recent, 10.7.0 or a bit higher.
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Hello Willon63,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iOS: Troubleshooting Mail
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3899
Delete the affected email account from your device.
Tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Choose the affected email account, then tap Delete Account.
Add your account again.
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Mario

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HT2534 How do I change my rescue email account?

I would like to change my rescue email account. I no longer use [email protected] How can I do this?
Helen

Sign in to manage apple ID
Go to "Password and security"
---> at this point you may be able to change your rescue email address
---> you may need to answer security questions and THEN be able to
Alt strategy --
This is what I actually did when I needed to change my rescue email. However, it is clear that the above strategies would now work for me.
I needed to change my rescue email b/c I wanted that email to be my primary email/appleID. The rescue email and primary cannot be the same for some reason. When I needed to do it, I forgot the answer to one of my security questions so was forced to click "Send reset security info email to •••••@***.com." This sent an email to my rescue email address -- so if you cannot access your rescue, this alt strategy will not work.
When I clicked the link sent, something went wrong and aple could not bring me to that page. However, when I looked back in the browser tab where I was managing my AppleID, the page/environment for "Password and security" changed. All that was there was something to click that said "Reset .....". This brought me to a page to change all 'password and security' related issues including my rescue email address.
Summary of Alt:
Sign in to manage apple ID
Go to "Password and security"
click "Send reset security info email to •••••@***.com."
--> may have to go to rescue email address and follow instructions there and it may work
--> could be you only have to renew the 'password and settings' page to see new option to click "Reset...."
--------> This latter step was available to me after clicking link in rescue email

HT1918 How do I change my rescue email account?

How do I change my rescue email associted with my account. I would like this to be the main email account associated with my itunes account, but I cannot becasue it says it's already being used as my rescue email address.
Thanks

Go to https://appleid.apple.com/ .
In the right column, click the link for "Manage your account".
Log in.
In the left column, click the link for "Password and Security".
Answer the security questions when prompted.
In the right column, under the heading "Rescue Email Address", you'll find links for editing or deleting your rescue email address.

How can i change my primary email if my recently primary email is blocked and unreacheble

Verify your email address.
Please verify the email address associated with your Apple ID.
Verify your email address.
A verification email was previously sent to ********** We can resend the verification email to the same address, or if this address is incorrect you can change your Apple ID and email address.
Apple ID and Primary Email Address***********
in order to change it i need to verification of this email address, my email addres is been locked by microsoft.
"It looks like someone else might be using your account
To help you—and only you—get back into **********, we need to verify that it's yours."
for some technical issues i cannot verify this email.
pleas help me i would like to change it to **********
waiting for your replay
lior
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Hi Lior,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you need to change the primary email address associated with your Apple ID.
You can use these steps to change your Apple ID to your new email address:
In most cases, your Apple ID is also the primary email address of your Apple ID account. You can change your Apple ID to any other email address you control, as long as it's not already being used and doesn't end with @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com.
Use these steps to reset your Apple ID:
Sign out of iCloud, the iTunes Store, App Store, FaceTime, Find My Friends, Find My iPhone, and iMessage on each device that uses your current Apple ID for these services.
Go to My Apple ID.
Select Manage your Apple ID and sign in. Forgot your password?
Select Edit next to Apple ID and Primary Email Address.
Enter the email address that you want to use as your Apple ID, then select Save Changes. Apple will send a verification email to that address.
Open the email from Apple, then click Verify Now. Didn't receive the email?
When the My Apple ID page opens, sign in with your new Apple ID email address and password. When you see a message that verification is complete, you can start using your updated Apple ID.
Remember to update the features and services that you use with Apple ID.
From:
Change your Apple ID - Apple Support
All the best,
Jeremy

Re: Changing my Primary email account

My partner died recently and I have taken over the phone/broadband account however I have so far failed to change the primary email address from his to mine. After being send backwards and forwards between the bereavement section, orders and technical support I tried the live chat facility and was assured that it would be done within 24-48 hours and I would receive a phone call to confirm. Still no joy and I've got enough to deal with at present without this hassle.

If you would like to contact one of the UK based BT Care Team who moderate this forum, they should be able to help you.
They can be contacted using this link BT Care Team
They normally respond by phone or e-mail, within three working days, however you should get an immediate confirmation, with a tracking number.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

How do I change my primary email for Apple ID?

I would like to change my primary Apple ID email, but the system won't allow me since my new wanted primary email is currently my back-up email. I tried to delete that email from being a back-up email but it still would not work. Any suggestions?

This Apple document describes how to change the primary email address.
Change your Apple ID - Apple Support

How can I change my primary email address to the one that I use for my rescue email address?

I no longer use the email address associated with my apple ID account and the rescue email address I used is now my primary email address for everything, since it its not allowing me to just simply change my email address since its my rescue email address i want it changing to, can it be done and how?! :S Thank you!

You will need to remove it as your rescue email : log into your account via the 'manage your apple id' button on http://appleid.apple.com, select the 'Password And Security' section on your account's screen, and answer the two security questions that show - you should then be taken to another screen where you can change or remove your rescue email address.
Then try logging out of your account and then log back in and see if you can then use it as your primary email address.

Changing my Primary email account

Over a year ago, I changed my name and created a new BT email address to reflect this (a secondary account).
The old (primary account) is therfore no longer used by me or anyone else. At the time, I thought I had asked for the new email account to be made the Primary one, but I recently noticed that this had not happened eg the registration email for my sign-up to BT Digital Vault was addressed to my old name! I really do not want this.
Can someone please advise me if and how a secondary account can be made into the Primary Account?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Well, I had a reply to my email - someone had tried to telephone me at home, but I was out at work. So I emailed a response (using my BT webmail from work) and included a screenshot of my Account and Billing information which still shows the Primary ID as the old email address.
I then had a phone call to my mobile asking me to hold while I was put through to someone else. After a minute listening to Peer Gynt I spoke to a lady and I was able to confirm (again) what I wanted doing to change my Primary ID. She assured me that this had already been done and my "new" email was showing on their systems as the Primary one. I asked why that did not show when I clicked on Accounts and Billing from that email account, but she did not have an answer. I then asked if she could delete the old account. She went away for a short while to check how, but returned to say that it could not be done by her. As I do not seem to have Primary ID rights showing on my account login, she suggested just leaving the "old" account alone for 90 days after which it would automatically be deleted (?).
OK, so I accepted this, but on checking my account this evening, it is still not showing as the Primary ID.
I'll mark this as "Solved" but I only have BT's word for that and do not have my own online evidence!

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