HT204053 Apple ID change for Icloud

hello everybody, can you tell me how to change the apple id for icloud on an iphone? if I go to Setting, Icloud, Account, the Apple ID is grayed out and can't change it... Thanks

Sorry, Misread your post.
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.

Similar Messages

When I bought my iPhone 5s I set up the email account for iCloud with a Shaw Cable address. Shaw was my ISP. I changed ISP's which rendered my iCloud email account as useless. I did reset my AppleID but it didn't change for iCloud. How can I change?

Ok so now I right the novel. Haha.
I bought my iPhone 5s and set up the AppleID for iCloud to be the same as the Apple ID I already used for iTunes and the App store. I was using @shaw.ca as part of the emaill address. I changed my ISP to save money so had to change the Apple ID. I had no issues changing it for iTunes and the App store, but it wouldn't change for iCloud. I don't recall the password and can't have it sent to me as that address does not work any longer.
What do I do to get my AppleID for iCloud working again?

Yes, you understood correctly. From your explanation, you created your hotmail.ca ID by revising the shaw.ca ID. Given that, you should perform the steps listed in my original post:
Make sure you are signed into iMessage and FaceTime with your current ID. If they are signed into the old ID, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive and Settings>FaceTime, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with your current ID.
Then temporarily recreate the old ID by going to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. (You should not have to verify the old email account so it doesn’t matter if you no longer have access to it.) Now go to Settings>iCloud, turn off Find My iDevice and enter your current password when prompted (even though it prompts you for the password for your old ID). Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll (unless using iCloud Photo Library). When finished goThen go to Settings>iCloud, tap Sign Out (or Delete Account if you are not running iOS 8) and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign back in with your current iCloud ID and password (your data will download back to your device).

HT204053 How to change my iCloud I.d to the same as apple I.d

When I brought my I.pod I used my partners details for payment purchases but my e.mail and password for apple I have changed my details but need to change the I cloud email as I don't have one and this is still in my partners ....so now I have my phone how do I do this.

To change the iCloud ID you have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password when prompted to turn off Find My iDevice, then sign back in with the ID you wish to use. This will only delete the account from your device, not from iCloud. Your partner's device(s) will not be effected by this.

HT204053 Having trouble changing my icloud account info to new apple id

I changed our apple id a while ago. Our phones have not been backing up because I have been unsuccessful in changing my apple id under the icloud account information. Under icloud in settings on my iphone, it still has listed my old apple id.(I tried to get into it but the old apple id and password arent matching up) I touched on the account to try to change my apple id but it is not letting me highlight that section to be able to change it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hi Will_M123,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand you want to get all of your Apple devices on the same iCloud account. Are you receiving some kind of alert when you try to sign out of the iCloud account on the MacBook Pro? Please use the following information as a reference for signing out of iCloud.
iCloud: Change iCloud feature settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2613
I hope this helps,
-Joe

HT204053 Apple offered to install iCloud, and I allowed it. Yet when I try to sign in to iCloud using my Apple ID email and pswrd--an ID that I've been using for YEARS--I'm given the message, "This Apple ID is valid but is not an iCloud account." What is

To repeat my question, Apple offered to install iCloud, and I allowed it. Yet when I try to sign in to iCloud using my Apple ID email and pswrd--an ID that I've been using for YEARS--I'm given the message, "This Apple ID is valid but is not an iCloud account." What is going on?
Everywhere I search on Apple's Support site says to sign in to iCloud using your "Apple ID," which I did. I've had my iTunes account for years (even migrated from the old AOL account system). It's the standard email+password that everyone is supposed to use.
My main question is how can I have a valid Apple ID and not an iCloud account--if the two are supposed to be linked?
Thank you for any help you can give me!
tlj

I've tried both. First, I tried on my pc, where iTunes had installed iCloud when it last updated. I have iTunes installed on this computer (and on my iPad and iPhone), but that wasn't the issue.
So I went online, thinking I needed a separate iCloud Apple ID, but it prompted me for my current Apple ID and gave me the message about my ID being "valid" but not an iCloud account," which, lol, was what it had asked me to do in order to create one. I checked, and at least one other user is having the same issue. I'll attempt to copy/paste the Support request url: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4430653?tstart=0
Thank you for any help you can give.
Trish

HT204053 Are there advantages to having two Apple IDs, one for iCloud and one for Store Purchases?

I bought my new Mac through our company and created a new ID for it, thinking that I am likely in future to need other Apple products for the business, but I already had an ID for personal use, as does my husband, who also works for our company.
I understand that for us to receive our emails separately we need to use our personal IDs for iCloud, but althought the vendor confirmed it was possible, I did not understand from him whether it was a good idea from a business point of view for us to use the business ID for Store Purchases.
If anyone does this, I'd be really grateful to know why you find it useful.

If you want to move your iCloud account to another existing ID you'll have to delete the existing account, set up a new account with the other ID, then upload your data to the new account. To do this, begin by going to Settings>iCloud and turn all synced data (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off. When prompted choose to keep the data on your phone. After everything is turned off you can scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. Then set up the new account with your other ID and turn syncing for calendars, contacts, etc. back to On. When prompted, choose Merge. This will upload your data to the new account. Note: this will not migrate your photo stream photos. You will need to save these prior to deleting the existing account.

Two Apple IDs, one for Icloud - But can't reset the password

I have 2 Apple IDs. (No ide how - but I do).
Account A I can access - but I can't set it up for iCloud
Account B - When I try to reset the password - it leads be back to account A
When I look at My iPhone - In the iCloud setting - it references the Account B address.
When I try to login to iCloud Desktop - If I try to get a new Password for account B, an email is sent to my account A email address, and all that I keep on doing is changing Account A's password. I tried to answer the security questions - which I did - but was told that my dog's name is not what my dog's name is!
ALL that I want to do is enable iCloud so that I can sync my contacts with outlook and iPhone. iTunes 11 does not permit you to do this without iCloud.
How can I resolve this? Any ideas?

I have this same issue and have since day one. I cannot seem to figure out how to get into icloud.

Why is my old Apple ID showing for iCloud account after IOS7 update?

So, about a year ago I switched from a local internet service provider to Google Fiber. As such, my email account from the internet service provider was shut down, and I moved my email to a Gmail account.
I used to have my Apple ID set to [email protected], but just before switching to Google Fiber, I updated the Apple ID to [email protected]. I have been using the @gmail.com Apple ID for about a year now to purchase items in iTunes and backup my iPhone and iPad to iCloud. My previous purchases under @isp.com in iTunes were still there and available for download.
Last night, I updated to iOS 7 on my iPhone. I was never prompted to "restore" from a backup during the upgrade. When I finally got into the phone, all of my apps, photos, music, etc. were there. I went to run a backup on iCloud from the iPhone, and found the iCloud settings show my Apple ID to be @isp.com, instead of @gmail.com. With the new security features in iOS 7, I can't change the Apple ID (the field is grayed out), restore the device, or delete the exiting iCloud backup, without knowing the password for the old Apple ID of @isp.com, which I haven't used in over a year.
I have read several other posts about changing the Apple ID back to the old email address, then verifying that email in order to change the password to something new, but in my case, I don't have that option since the old email address has been shut down. I called Apple Support and they were baffled by this. After a half hour of troubleshooting, their only suggestion was to do a full "Erase All Content & Settings", and then set up the iPhone as a "new device", before trying to restore from the @gmail.com Apple ID. The problem here is that the option to "Erase" also feeds into the new security features for iOS 7, and requires the old password from when I was using my Apple ID as @isp.com.
I'm all about the increased security, but it seems this has essentially locked out a ton of users from getting to their own stuff, simply because at some point they changed their Apple ID.
It seems a number of people are having this problem, so if anyone finds a solution to this, please let me know.

Thanks mellaguy - makes me feel a little better knowing there are others out there experiencing the same problem!
A short time ago, iCloud mysteriously let me sign in using my current password from the @gmail.com Apple ID, which I had tried probably 30 times before. It's almost like iOS7 on my device suddenly connected with the iCloud servers, and obtained the most "current" information?
Apple Support told me earlier today that when I changed the Apple ID login from @isp.com to @gmail.com last year, I was simply updating an existing "account", and did not create a separate account. This was why all of my previous purchases under @isp.com were still available for download, etc. They said that despite the fact my old @isp.com Apple ID was showing after the iOS7 update, I should be able to enter the current password for the @gmail.com Apple ID. When that didn't work, I went to iCloud on my Mac and changed my password. Even after changing the password to something new, it still didn't work on my iPhone running on iOS7. Mysteriously, after 30+ attempts to login using the new password, it suddenly accepted it. It had literally denied my password repeatedly within 5 minutes before it accepted it, which is why I thought maybe it suddenly connected to the server and recognized the current login credentials for my account.
I'm not sure why it suddenly decided to let me sign in, but I've finally managed to disable the "Find my iPhone" feature long enough to change the iCloud Apple ID to @gmail.com and start a backup (still in progress).
The one thing I can't tell from the other threads I'm reading is if this is a widespread iOS7 issue on all devices, or if it is isolated to a particular device (or model). I'm hesitant to upgrade my iPad2 until I see more on this issue.

2. Apple ID 1 for iCloud 1 for iTunes

Problem I deleted the account for iCloud storage since I handed back my old iPhone . Problem is I have 2 iPads using this cloud.
Now I cannot upload to the cloud for my IPad. Is there a way to associate the cloud to the same Id as the iTunes ID?

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.

HT204053 Can I change my iCloud id

I want to eliminate my me.com account name for iCloud, and use my e-mail (preferred) account name. How can I change my iCloud account name, or transfer purchases (especially music) to my preferred account name?

If your iCloud account is the same Apple ID as the one you've changed then you will have to sign out completely (on an iPhone it's Settings>iCloud and click 'Delete account' - silly labeling: it will not delete the account from the server, only from the phone). Then you can log in with the new ID.
If your iCloud account is using a different ID from the one you've changed you can't change it to use the same login. You can change the login, provided it isn't an @icloud.com, @me.com or @mac.com address, at http://appleid.apple.com

Problem updating apps for OS5 due to switching apple ID name for icloud

I had to change my Apple ID name to be able to sign up for iCloud. Now when trying to update my iPhone/iPad apps for OS5, certain apps won't update because it's showing my old Apple ID associated with them. How do I change my ID associated with those apps? I'm signed into iTunes with my new ID and certain apps are being updated and show my new ID. Any suggestions.
Thanks!

I changed my Apple ID because I was having problems with the email address associated with it. Now I can't update any of the apps downloaded with the original ID. I can't get back to the original ID because it says it's locked for security reasons. How can I find out which apps were purchased with that ID? How can I keep from having to pay for them again-some were quite expensive? You can't talk to anyone on the phone to explain your frustration. HELP!!!

How to manage different apple id's for icloud and itunes purchases and game center etc. ?

Hi
Myself and my brother have been sharing the same apple id for all the itunes purchases. We both have iphone 4. Since the introduction of icloud, we are little confused about the id managing process. Yesterday, we both updated our iOS to iOS 5. And, just after installing iOS 5, we were asked to enter apple id and password. We both entered the same id and password. Now both are iphones have overlapping contacts and other stuff.
Now, we have deciced that we want to make separate apple id's for ourselves i.e we want different apple id's for our iclouds (plus game center) and same apple id's for all our itunes purchases (if we are allowed to do that).
So now we have no idea how to do this after once entering the same id during iOS 5 installation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

If you're wanting to share content between multiple apple ids in the family I would suggest to use iTunes match.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/

HT204053 can i change my icloud email adress?

I have my old apple id on my icloud. Everything changed except my icloud an would like to change it

To change your iCloud ID, go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, then sign back in with the new ID. This will delete the account and your iCloud data from your phone but not from iCloud. Provided you are signing back into the same account, your data will reappear on your phone when you sign back in.
To avoid losing photo stream photos older than 30 days, save them to the camera roll before deleting the account (if not already there). To do this, open your my photo stream album, tap Edit, tap the photos, tap Share, tap Save to Camera Roll.

Need help with Apple ID login for iCloud/MobileMe to move Calendar.

Despite the multiple warnings from Apple that MobileMe would be shutting down on June 30 & that I needed to migrate my "stuff," I didn't realize that my iCal calendar on my Mac & iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) was through my MobileMe account (@me.com login) and not my "main" Apple ID account (which is a Gmail login), so I didn't bother doing anything to migrate my "stuff" because I hardly ever used my MobileMe account, or so I thought. That said, my life revolves around my iCal calendar-- can't live without it! Two days ago I started getting a pop-up message on my Mac that says "iCal can’t log in to your “[email protected]” account because your password may be incorrect." It was while I went through Preferences to fix this that I realized my MobileMe account was the master one for iCal! I know that my password was correct, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that MobileMe is now shut down that caused the pop-up in the first place. Meanwhile, my calendars are not syncing between my devices, which is something I'd like to resolve ASAP!
I'd like to push everything over to iCloud, but I noticed that for some (dumb) reason, I used my MobileMe account login for iCloud as well! Is there any way to merge or replace my MobileMe account with my Gmail Apple ID account so that my iCloud is no longer tied to MobileMe, since that program is now defunct? If not, at the very least, any help you could provide on how to transfer my calendar to the Cloud would be much appreciated! Thank you!

Nevermind. Figured out the answer myself! Just had to dig a little deeper into the Apple Support Community than I had before I posted!

HT204053 how to change the iCloud email on iPhone 4s

i made one for my phone and one for my sisters phone and by mistake i put a wrong email and i cant change it now can some one help me please! thanks

To change the icloud account that the device connects to, go to Settings>icloud, scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap Delete Account. This will delete icloud data from the device (but not from icloud itself). then log in using a different account.

HT204053 Apple ID change for Icloud

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for