HT201342 Converting aliases to primary accounts

Is there a way to make one of my apple e-mail aliases my main email address/apple id sign-in? Basically, I use one of my email aliases as my main email address already, but I would like to be able to use it to sign in etc. so as to streamline things.  I can't seem to figure out how to do that.
Thanks for your help.

Hello.
From what I understand, the structure of alias on iCloud Mail doesn't have the ability to change alias into main accounts.
This link provides more information on alias.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4897
It states, "Once you create an alias it cannot be made into its own account."
Hope that answers all your questions

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