How to change your "Apple ID and Primary Email"?

I want to switch my Apple ID email to my new one, [email protected] My old one ([email protected]) really wants to stay. If I go to the "Manage Your Apple ID" page, the "Edit" option isn't shown. How to I edit my email?

If I read you correctly, your main reason for wanting to take action is so that whoever stole your iPhone will not know your Apple ID.
To my knowledge, there's no way to log out of your Apple ID on your iPhone, seeing as it's stolen. You may as well erase your iPhone, since it's lost anyways. To do that, go to icloud.com and then Find My iPhone. You can find your iPhone and erase it from there.

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HT5621 When i try to change my apple id and primary email address. The page just flickers and wont change or send me an email to confirm

When i try to change my apple id and primary email address. The page just flickers and wont change or send me an email to confirm

I am in the same boat as all of you and have done lots of digging on this issue around the Apple Support Communities. Over the past three days, I have spent 2 hours on the phone with Apple trying to get creative about how to get around this issue (delete all my accounts and start over, etc.). Unfortunately, the bottom line message Apple gave me was this, "The ONLY way to use your @me as your primary email address is if you set it up that way at the very beginning. If you use a different email as your first primary address, you can never switch to your @me account unless you go and create a NEW @me account and start from scratch that way." So disappointed.

Submit does nothing for "Make your Apple ID and primary email address one and the same"

Hello,
My Apple ID is currently [email protected]
My primary email address is currently [email protected], and has never been used as an Apple ID
I would like to use my primary email address as my Apple ID. But when I click Submit for on "Make your Apple ID and primary email address one and the same", nothing happens, and no error message is displayed neither.
Any idea ?
Regards.

hey johnfromhoboken, i have the same problem. have you solved this one already? let me know. thanks!

I can't change my Apple ID and Primary Email Address, there is no "edit" option

I can't change my Apple ID and Primary Email Address, there is no "edit" option

I am also curious about this.
I want to stop using my hotmail account (which is also my Apple ID) and migrate to my icloud address for all my email.
Why cant I use my icloud mail address as my Apple ID?
Seems strange to be forced to use a hotmail address instead.

HT201356 Why can't I change my "Apple ID and Primary Email Address" to an email address using an Apple domain?

I am trying to use an Apple EMail address as my primary email address and I am unable to change it. I previously had another "nonapple" address identified as my Apple ID and Primary Email address. Now I apparantly can only change it to another "non Apple" related email address. It seems stupid to have to go to Google and use thier email address to make a change.
What gives.

Thanks Roger! I understand that it is an Apple ID already that makes sense. That "non Apple " address however, is compromised and I do not wish to use it anymore and will be shutting it down. I find it strange that I must only identify a "Non Apple" address as my "primary email address". I have an alias address on the account and I can sign in using it as my Apple ID. i don't see the Logic in forcing someone to use another email provider as your primary mail service. (I know I can set up alias's and use them under an Apple domain, but the primary email will still be there and I understand used for any account communications from Apple.) Any further comments on this situations?

Verify now button for your Apple ID and Primary Email Address

Does anyone know why the following verify button on Apple's Manage your Name, ID, and Email Addresses page is not sending the email provided to verify your Apple ID?
[email protected]
<a onclick="javascript:submitForm('VettPrimaryEmail');" class="more" href="#">
Verify now
</a>
Not verified.
Verify now

ok

Make your Apple ID and primary email address one and the same

I have an apple ID ending with mac.com with Gmail primary email address.
I am suggested make them the save. However, when pressing submit, it doesn't allow me.
Any idea? Thanks

calamaro wrote:
All that said, if I understand you correctly, although the @icloud.com email address is attached to my GMail AppleID and serves as my primary email address and login for that AppleID, it's actually a separate AppleID?
If so, that seems awfully confusing.
Yes, it can be confusing. Since iCloud is just another Apple service and requires an account to use it, you already have to have an AppleID to even sign up for iCloud in the first place. You used your gmail-related AppleID to do this. Now, as part of the suite of services offered through iCloud, there is an IMAP email account, and you are prompted to create an email address to use with that account at the time you set up iCloud. That email address is then automatically registered as an AppleID as are (and always have been) all Apple-owned domain email addresses.
You cannot replace the gmail AppleID address with the iCLoud email address as both are active AppleIDs. Not to mention, that you cannot use an iCloud email address as your iCloud account login, since that email is just a consequence of having the account in the first place.
I've probably not cleared anything up with this post (clear as mud, as the saying goes). But yes, your iCloud email address is in one sense merely a feature of the iCloud account you access and log in to using your gmail address AppleID. It is also a quirk of the Apple system that the iCloud email address, once created, is also an AppleID. The curcularity of that relationships means you can never replace one with the other.

Make your Apple ID and Primary email address one and the same: error

So I've encountered what many others have encountered while setting up my new ipad, login using my usual apple id and down the line get asked for an email address. After searching around I discovered that I can (and should) make the email address associated with my account my actual apple ID,rather than associating another email addres with my account.
so i go to manage apple ID, there's the option, click submit ... nothing. Just doesnt work.
Any else had this problem?

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Recently changed my Apple ID and primary but emails go to previous primary email

Recently changed my Apple ID and primary email adress. Later I used the new Apple ID to download apps in Appworld. Then an email was sent by Apple to my OLD primary email indicating that the account has been used.
My old Email adress was my previous work and now they are receiving my security emails.
How do I change this that these security emails also go to my new primary email adress? New email adress was verified and in use.

cstrate wrote:
One additional note. Went back and did not see the option to sign out and then sign back in
Sent from my iPad
You'll see that option after tapping on the email address. But you say that's grayed out... do you have restrictions enabled? Go to Settings > General > Restrictions. If they're on, it will ask for your restrictions passcode (could be different from the lock screen passcode). Enter the code and check if changes to "Accounts" have been restricted (you'll have to scroll down to see this).

Edit Apple ID and Primary Email Address.

HI, I cannot change my Apple ID and Primary Email Address. The "Edit" Link doesn't show up next to it. Only "Your Name" and "Alternate Address" can be edited once I log into "Manage ID". Please help! Thank You!

You can't delete an Apple ID or an iCloud account. Just stop using it and create a new one. If you want to make your ID the same as your new @icloud.com address please see this post:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22283348#22283348
Otherwise create an ID at http://appleid.apple.com using a non-Apple email address and then use the ID to create a new iCloud account. I would personally recommend the second option: if you take the first you must make sure to add a non-Apple contact address because otherwise if there is a problem (such as forgetting your password) Apple can only contact you at an address you can't access.
Note that you can't transfer iTunes Store purchases from one account to another. Also depending on your requirements you may only need to create an 'email alias' which is an additional address (not account) - please see
http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a

I am trying to change my Apple ID. Try to do this I keep getting an error message saying 'This email address is designated as your rescue email address and cannot be used as your Apple ID or Primary email address. Please choose another.' The email address

I am trying to change my Apple ID. Try to do this I keep getting an error message saying ‘This email address is designated as your rescue email address and cannot be used as your Apple ID or Primary email address. Please choose another.’ The email address that I want to use did use to be my recovery email but I have changed it, so that address is no lonegr associated with my account. I do not understand why I cannot use it as my Apple ID now. Can anyone help?

Contact iTunes customer support for assistance.

How do you change your apple id and password on your iPhone?

How do you change your apple id and password on your iphone?

To change your Apple ID go to Settings>Store>Apple ID, tap the ID shown, sign out, sign back in with the ID you want to use. To change the password go to https://appleid.apple.com/, click on Manage you account to the right, sign in, click on Password and Security on the left, the Change Password on the right. If you change your password you will need to sign out on your phone, then sign back in using the new password.

I created an Apple ID for my daughter with her own gmail address, but I want her Apple ID and primary email address to be an iCloud email address. How can I do this? I can't set up an icould email address for her without first creating an Apple ID?

I have created an Apple ID for my daughter with her own gmail address as the primary email address, but I want her Apple ID and primary email address to be an iCloud email address. How can I do this? I can't set up an icould email address for her without first creating an Apple ID right?
I'm not good with computers so please explain in simple way...:)
I also wonder what the best way is to set up accounts for children in a family. I dont want them to be able to purchase apps etc through the parents accounts, also some things we like to share as a family and others we don't want to share. Is there any good. clear, simple explanation from Apple Support about these issues? Or best to go to Apple store and go to genius bar or one to one advise?
thanks

You can set up an iCloud account which makes the iCloud email address you choose the Apple ID and thus the login for it:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22283348#22283348
though I have to say I think it's more sensible if the ID is another address, both for security reasons (so people don't know what the login is) and as a contact address from Apple if the account were to stop working and they needed to contact you. So personally I would to to System Preferences, enter the GMail address which is an ID, and then choose a nerw @icloud.com address.
If she has her own iCloud account she will need either her own computer or her own user account on your Mac to be able to make use of it. You should note that under Apple's terms of use Apple IDs are only available to children of 13 and over.
As to purchasing apps, this is nothing to do with iCloud: it's iTunes, and the login can be different. So you can all sign into the same iTunes account but have different iCloud accounts. Or she can have her own iTunes account if she is of suitable age (credit card needed for purchasing apps).
If you have other children you should be aware that any one Mac or device can create only three iCloud accounts - this is tied to the serial number, not the user account, and once reached cannot be bypassed. You can of course sign into an iCloud account created on another device.

I want to change my primary e-mail address that I use with Apple ID - help guide says Select Edit next to "Apple ID and Primary Email Address." But there is no 'edit' on that section there is on every other but not that one. Can anyone help?

I want to change my primary e-mail address that I use with Apple ID - help guide says Select Edit next to “Apple ID and Primary Email Address.” But there is no 'edit' on that section there is on every other but not that one. Can anyone help?

You can create an alias @icloud.com email address within your current account that will receive email in your current iCloud inbox (see http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a490a). (@me.com addresses are no longer available as new addresses.) Just be aware that you cannot use an alias address later to create a new iCloud account or move it to a different account.
Also, even if you created a new iCloud account with a new ID, your existing purchases would not be lost. They are permanently tied to the original ID you used to purchase them. You can also continue to use the existing ID for the iTunes store; it does not need to be the same as the ID you use for iCloud.

I suddenly recieved 6 'How to change your Apple ID password' emails, even though I haven't been on the Apple site in months....should I be concerned that someone is trying to use my account?

I suddenly recieved 6 'How to change your Apple ID password' emails, even though I haven't been on the Apple site in months....should I be concerned that someone is trying to use my account?

I wouldn't be too concerned. The most likely cause is that someone is attempting to login and made a mistake in entering their Apple ID and typing yours instead. So, they are getting an error and offer to reset their password. But the email that generates is being sent to the real owner of the Apple ID they are entering, you. If you are really concerned, you can go to the Apple support site and reset your password yourself to be on the safe side.

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