How do you battle multiple iTunes accounts on iPad? Mine is showing old/unused and my wife's account and not showing mine! Any ideas???

Every time i try to update apps my iTunes account will not appear only my old one and my wife's. I can't figure out how to fix this can anyone hel???

Apps are associated with the iTunes account used when purchasing/downloading the app from the iTunes Store. If you are both using the same iTunes Library for syncing there can only be one copy of the app in the library. When you update an app you need to provide the password for the account associated with the app.
Your options are:
1. Live with having the mix of accounts on your iPad.
2. Separate iTunes libraries for each of you, with your own purchased/downloaded apps.
3. Use only one iTunes account for both of you. This requires redownloading/repurchasing the apps under the one account.
You can see which account is associated to an app by selecting the app in iTunes on a computer and choosing Get Info from the File menu. The details are in the Summary tab.

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