How to change email address on iCloud account?
Not sure how it happened while registering my wife's new iPhone, but the email address that appeared on iCloud was her iTunes address and not her .me address. We would like to change the iCloud addres to her .me address. How?
Welcome to the Apple Community.
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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Changing email address on iCloud account
My email was hacked a while ago, and I managed to change email addresses on most accounts I can't seem to change the address on my iCloud account, any help please?????!!!!
Welcome to the Apple Community.
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 > iTunes & App store, scroll down and tap your ID)
If you are using iMessages or FaceTime, you will also need to log out and into your ID there too. -
How to change email address on iCloud
My email address was hacked into so I had to change it. Which caused me to change my apple ID also. Now I am not sure how to change my email address on Icloud. It still show my old apple ID. Do I have to delete the whole account an start it over? Not smart with computers and did not want to fight holiday crowd at the apple store for help. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Kodester wrote:
What can I do?
do what it says. delete the account and re-add it. -
can i change my email address on icloud account on phone? to email i used on new mac ?? do they need to be the same for optimal use?
Yes the Apple ID is the thing that ties your devices to you and shares your information and content between them.
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.
This article provides more information about Activation Lock. -
TS3988 Change email address in iCloud
I have changed my email address on apple Id . How can I change my email address on ICloud account. It won't let me in. Please advice
Welcome to the Apple Community.
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. -
Old email is closed. I have no access to it. Cannot change email address for icloud in system preferences,does anyone have a way this can be corrected? I don't have access to icloud.
Hi Joycars,
Can you not simply sign out of the iCloud account with the incorrect email? Not sure I'm following?
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Hi lucegrist,
If you are looking to add or change email aliases associated with your iCloud account, you may find the following article helpful:
iCloud: Create or change email aliases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph2622
Regards,
- Brenden -
How can I change my email address on icloud, I have already changed it on my apple id, but it still is asking for lmy old email and password and I can not back up or anything?
Hello RousePryor
If the iCloud account ends with an @icloud.com, then that is something that you cannot change it. If that is not the case, then you will need to sign out and may need to change it back to the old Apple ID to do so.
Apple ID: Changing your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5621
Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5796
iOS 7: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5223
Regards,
-Norm G. -
How do you change email address on icloud ?
How do you change emial address on icloud on my iphone ?
Delete the account thats on there and then sign in with your new address.
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Changing email addresses in iCloud
I recently upgraded to Lion and switched my mobileme email addresses to iCloud. I want to replace one of my aliases with another. Can anyone tell me how to do this please?
How many aliases did you have in MobileMe? You were allowed five, but iCloud allows only three. If you had five, all will have been migrated but you will have to delete three before you can add one. If you currently have three you can delete one but you will have to wait a week before you can add another. If you have only two you can add another one immediately.
Go to the Mail page at http://icloud.com , click the cogwheel icon at top right and choose 'Preferences', and click 'Accounts' in the toolbar of the pane which opens.
If you have more than two aliases, select one or more and click the '-' sign below the list. If you hava a space available, click 'Add an alias'. -
i need to change my email address on icloud. i have done that in all other accounts on macbook pro, iphone and ipad, all successfully. cannot get icloud up to date on mac.
Okay. This IS THE SOLUTION. Read this. 1) YOU did use your Apple ID password ... even if, like me, you don't remember doing it and couldn't figure out why you did not log the "new iCloud password". 2) See link below. Apparently, Apple does not currently allow you to enter a different password for a new @me, iCloud e-mail account. I followed the instructions in this link below, using Snow Leopard, and set up my @me e-mail account on my iMac in Mail app. The icon is "mobileme", but I can live with that. Geeh! Did I actually solve an Apple problem for once? Boy, that's neat. Enjoy all.
http://www.macstories.net/news/configure-an-icloud-email-account-on-snow-leopard / -
Change email address on my account, now can't purchase content from aTV?
I recently changed the email address associated with my Apple account, and now when I try to purchase something through my Apple TV, it shows my old email address and then when I enter my password it denies me cause it doesn't recognize the old email address.
How do I get my Apple TV to recognize the fact that my Apple ID and email address for my account has changed?Try making a purchase from the iTunes on the host computer, maybe there is a new 'agree to terms' box you have to check or something because you changed your account information - that sometimes works.
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Re: changing email address in my account
I have changed email address according to the stepps illustrated by skype services but in the the last step "confirming by password" it does not accept my passoword of my account so pleasle who can help me why? and how can I change my email address?
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TS3988 Change email address on iCloud
Does anyone know how to change your email address for iCloud? In settings on my iPhone it has en email address listed however I need to change this as the email address listed was hacked. There doesn't seem to be any way I can edit this in settings. Hope you can help, thanks!
See here...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17490284#17490284
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