How do i change the default iCloud account on my iphone

I have an old icloud account (which was attached to an old itunes account) which is now not in use. I have a new account which I use, however, my iphone (the old one a 4S and the new one a 5S) keep defaulting to the old icloud account. How can I change it - it seems stuck and, as a result, my phone and mac are not fully syncing! Any assistance would be much appreciated!

Welcome to the Apple community Louise.
If you mean that Find My Phone is asking for a password to a different Apple ID to your current Apple ID.
This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details.
The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID using your current password, you don’t need access to this address if it’s previously been used with your Apple ID, once you have saved these details enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone" and delete the account from your device.
You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, save it once again and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
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tsand66 wrote:
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