How do I delete a icloud email account?

I just set up an icloud email account and realised I misspelt my name in the address..my original primary address is a non apple email account..can I delete the icloud mail address or is it linked forever to my primary address? How do I do it if possible. I'm using an ipad and iPhone linked on icloud..

You can't change the icloud email address without creating a new iCloud account.  You can, however, create an alias address with the correct spelling.  It will operate just as your current address does, receiving email in your curren iCloud inbox.  Just don't ever delete the alias or you won't be able to reactivate it.  This explains how to add an alias: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622.

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  • How can I delete my iCloud email accounts?

    How can I delete my iCloud email accounts? I no longer own any apple devices and find that the email is at best unreliable. Also, I am having to deal with a good portion of daily tasteless spam content at the original @me.com address. As I no longer have any apple devices I wouldn't mind having the whole iCloud account deleted. I have already erased all of my information from the icloud.com site.

    Then that is all you can do.
    You currently can not delete an iCloud account.

  • TS4002 How do I delete my iCloud email account?

    How do I delete my iCloud email account?  I do not want it.  Apple now is forcing its use where before it was using my Windows Mail.  for example, I have iCloud installed on my Windows 8 PC.  I am sharing Contacts with my iPads and iPhones.  I use to be able to to open Contacts on my PC and click on an email address and the Windows Live Mail program using my primary email account would open to compose and send a message to the Contact's address.  Now when I click on an email address iCloud Mail opens.  So, I want to delete the iCloud mail account since I will not be using it and hopefully Contacts will again default to my real mail.

    Finally, you have answered my question!
    I told you that you cannot delete an iCloud email account in my second reply, immediately after you clarified that you were referring to iCloud.com, not the Windows Live Mail application you actually mentioned in your first post. I also provided a link to instructions showing you how to restore the connection between Windows Contacts and Windows Live Mail.
    I cannot help but note that it is absolutely absurd to not allow the deletion of an email account in an ISP or Cloud environment.
    Tell Apple at: http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html then. Nobody here can do anything about that.
    You don't listen we'll, or read carefully for understanding before jumping to conclusions.
    You are unable to describe a problem accurately or coherently, or read and comprehend the simple answers you receive.
    I seriously wonder if you knew an iCloud email account could not be deleted.
    I seriously wonder if you can read - since I told you exactly that in my second reply.
    Rest assured that these exchanges will be brought to Apple Support management attention.
    This is a user-to-user support forum. You are not conversing with Apple Support staff here, so their management will not care. However, feel free to show them so they can see how quickly I answered your questions after you clarified exactly what you were asking.
    I wish I could offer you personal counseling in an effort to help you overcome these limitations that will likely stifle your career.
    Don't worry, I wouldn't accept it anyway, as you have no idea what my career is. However, I do have something that would definitely help you... Go here and treat yourself: http://www.readingglasses.com/
    I am a retired IT executive, visionary and architect with extensive, large-scale global, technical and systems application experience
    Wow, that's unbelievable! You'd literally never guess... Anyway, another "achievement" you can blow your own trumpet for is choosing the most apt username for yourself I think I have ever seen on these forums. Well done!

  • How do I delete the Icloud email account

    Hello, I am looking to delete my Icloud email account, Please advise

    Welcome to the Apple community.
    If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact AppleCare(or Apple ID Support), upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.

  • HT201309 delete an icloud email account

    How can you delete an icloud email account off of your iphone?  It is separate from my apple id.

    Is the iCloud email part of a separate apple id, or an apple id of its own?  You can sign out of it from settings >> iCloud.
    If the iCloud email address was made by turning on Mail in the iCloud prefs, you can simply go to Settings >> iCloud and turn off mail.

  • HT2623 How do I delete my icloud email address and create a new one?

    How do I delete my icloud email address and create a new one?

    You can't, except by creating a new iCloud account.  But you can create an @icloud.com email alias address to use that will receive email in your current inbox (see http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622).  (Note: alias addresses cannot later be used to create a new iCloud account, nor can they be moved to another account or be reactivated should you ever delete them.)

  • I need help to delete my iCloud email account.

    Where can I contact when I need to ask Apple deleting my iCloud email account? And please tell me how to remove the iCloud email from my iPhone! Thank you!

    You cannot delete an iCloud account from the server, but you can remove it from your phone by going to Settings>iCloud and clicking 'Delete Account' (this does not remove the account from the server).
    You should then go to http://icloud.com and delete any data there you want to, and then just ignore it.

  • How do I delete an old email account from my iPhone that keeps popping up?

    How do I delete an old email account that keeps popping up on my phone?

    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.
    Have a nice day,
    Mario

  • How do I delete an old email account that's associated with my Apple account? When trying to activate my Apple account my old email keeps popping

    How do I delete an old email account that's associated with my Apple ID? When trying to login on to my Apple account with my  ipad2 the old email account is still tagged as the primary account.

    OK that's what Ithought you were talking about.
    You can't actually delete an old Apple ID. You just sign into the new ID to use that one. Your old ID must be popping up because you used it in the past to purchase content with it. You cannot transfer purchases from one Apple ID to another Apple ID. You have to continue to use the old ID if you want to update content that was used to purchase with that ID.
    Did you sign into your new account in the settings and you can't stay signed in?

  • How can I delete a old email account for my app's on the iPhone 4

    How can I delete a old email account from my iPhone 4 so when I go into my app's and download it don't bring up the old account

    Hi Shandra,
    You have to open iTunes -> click iTunes Store and login with the old email and then logout -> Now login with the new email that you want and connect your iPhone via USB to your computer and synchronize your iPhone with new email.
    I hope I've helped.

  • HT204053 how do I access my Icloud email account from a Windows XP computer?

    how do I access my Icloud email account from a Windows XP computer?

    JonCarp wrote:
    i get a server error message
    Which browser do you use (and why iCloud when you are using a version of Windows that is not supported)

  • How do I delete my icloud email (me)?

    How do I delete my icloud email (me)?

    Hi Aurion23,
    If you intend to keep using iCloud on your iPad, your best course of action would be to update your Apple ID/iCloud information so that you have a known password and it is associated with an active email address. You may find the following articles helpful:
    iCloud: Change your iCloud password
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ph2617
    Apple ID: Changing your Apple ID
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5621
    Regards,
    - Brenden

  • HT204053 how do you verify your icloud email account?

    How do you verify your icloud email account?

    Log in at http://appleid.apple.com to resend the verification email.

  • How do I delete a MobileMe email account from iPad that has iCloud on it?

    I Have an iPhone 4s that I installed iCloud on during the setup process. My iPhone, iPad and PC sync properly. However, my iPad email settings display both the MobileMe and iCloud accounts (with identical settings to each other).  Sometimes, the iPad receives duplicate emails, but not all of the time.  When I try to delete the MobileMe account through the iPad email settings, the delete/disable option does not appear.  My iPhone and my PC, with Outlook email, only have one email account setup, iCloud.  My PC is using Windows 7 (64bit) and Outlook 2010.   So, how do I get the MobileMe off of my iPad?

    Also FIXED, after reading Ned the Nerd's solution to delete the iCloud account, which is actually the account I wanted to keep.  After I deleted the iCloud account in the Mail/Contacts/Calendar settings, I was able to go into the MobileMe account, turn everything off, and then I was asked if I wanted to delete the MobileMe account.  After deleting the MobileMe account, I clicked back on the iCloud icon, still displayed in the settings, and logged back into iCloud.  All of my email, contacts and caledars restored perfectly, and now there is only the one iCloud email account displaying in my email app.  Thanks Ned!

  • How do I delete my icloud email address without deleting icloud account. I dont want to loose all my data etc.

    I need to delete my icloud email address. my surname changed. i do not want to delete my entire icloud account. is this possible? I have seleted delete in the section manage my Apple ID but how do I delete that account from my Ipad.

    Managing (iCloud) Data on Your iPad
    http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1899113
     Cheers, Tom

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