How du I change my primary email without changing my apple ID?

When you go into 'Manage your Name, ID and Email Addresses' it comes up with an option to 'edit' your 'Apple ID and Primary Email Address' - not one or the other. My apple ID is an old email address which will soon discontinue so I need to change it. But as I understand you can not change you apple ID without losing your previously purchased apps - or consequent updates for them. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks

You lose content if you change accounts, you are keeping the same account just changing the details.
Firstly, you need to change your details with Apple,  Start here, change your country if necessary and go to manage your account.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")
Providing you are simply updating your existing details and not changing to another account, when you delete your account, all the data that is synced with iCloud will also be deleted from the device (but not from iCloud), but will be synced back to your device when you login again.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your computer, you need to sign out of the account from your computer first, then sign back in using your updated details. (System Preferences > iCloud, click the sign out button)
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iTunes account on your iOS device, you need to sign out from your iOS device first, then sign back in using your updated details. (Settings > store, scroll down and tap your ID)

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