HT204053 can i change my icloud account to different apple id?

I have a different apple ID than I have on other things. I'm not sure why, but I wasn't very savvy about apple when I set it up. Is this a problem? I have constant problems with my contacts not syncing properly between imac, ipad and iphone. Contacts are constantly disappearing. Is this the reason?

Try checking Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Default Account (in the Contacts section) to be sure it's set to iCloud. This will ensure that new contacts are added to iCloud and not Hotmail. Then go to icloud.com to confirm that your contacts are in your iCloud account. Assuming they are, go to Settings>iCloud on your phone, turn Contacts to Off, choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted (they will still be in iCloud), then after a minute or so turn Contacts back to On. This will cause your iCloud contacts to reappear on your phone. This process of disconnecting your contacts from iCloud, then reconnecting again may cure your iCloud syncing issues.
Add a new test contact to your phone to confirm that it syncs properly with your contacts on icloud.com and your other devices. Assuming it does, you can delete it again. Hopefully things will stay fixed.

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HT204053 can I have multiple icloud accounts for one apple id?

I have multiple people in my family using our original apple id . As they have gotten iphones, macbooks, etc they register there devices under our originale apple id. over the holidays when my youngest child got her ipod touch and registered it for icloud, two of the children now are seeing each others texts? Is there a way to use the same apple id for the family and have seperate icloud accounts for each person or should we have a seperate apple id for each person?

Yes but the issue with receiving each other's text messages is not being caused by sharing the same iCloud account. To fix this, each person needs to be using a separate Apple ID for iMessage on their devices. (Note: you can continue to use the same iTunes account on all your devices but each person should use a different ID for iCloud, iMessage and FaceTime). There are a couple of things you need to do to sort all this out.
First decide who will be keeping the current ID for all services. On the device(s) belonging to the other people in your family, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the Apple ID, sign out, then sign back in with a saparate ID for each person. After doing so you will no longer be getting each other's messages on your devices.
Next, to avoid getting each other's FaceTime calls, do the same thing in Settings>FaceTime.
For iCloud, to avoid having merged data by syncing with the same iCloud account you will need to migrate each person to their own iCloud account. To do this, first decide who will be keeping the current account. On the other devices go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. (This will only delete the account from the device, not from iCloud. The device(s) that will be keeping the current account will not be effected by this.) When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data, be sure to select Keep On My [iDevice]. Next, set up a new iCloud account using a different Apple ID on the device(s) belonging to each person. Then turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account.
Finally, to un-merge the data in your iCloud accounts you will then have to go to icloud.com on your computer and sign into each iCloud account separately and manually delete the data you don't want (such as deleting the other person's contacts from your account, and vice versa).

HT4623 How can I change my Icloud account on my ipad to the one I use on my iphone?

How can I change my Icloud account on my ipad to the one I use on my iphone?
For example on my iphone I log in with a yahoo account. My ipod was originally set up with another e-mail account (which I can't remember the password). I want to use the yahoo e-mail and the password associated with it to log on to both devices.

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.

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iCloud has nothing to do with your shared plan.
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https://iforgot.apple.com

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Yes, of course, just sign up for a new account:
iPhone, iPad: Settings > Mail, Calendar, Contacts > iCloud > choose that you want free @me.com address during the process.

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i recently "upgraded" my old iphone 4 and bought a secondhand 4s, i forgot to ask the owner to reset the phone but it was pretty blank and now I can't change his icloud account to mine.... Any ideas on how to do that? I have some files on my icloud that I Rather not lose. Please help me with a way to do this. By-the-way the owner's icloud was made with an old email address made just for this iphone and used it only on activation....(and he is kind of a jerk)

Hi Mihai.rxn,
Based on your description, it sounds like the phone in question may still be Activation Locked to the previous owner's Apple ID. If that is the case, you may find the following article helpful:
Find My iPhone Activation Lock: Removing a device from a previous owner’s account - Apple Support
Regards,
- Brenden

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I know this is a year later, but someone may want to know. Go to http://appleid.apple.com login and you can change it there.

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Chelzn wrote:
How did you change Apple ID on the iCloud? I'm having the same problem.
Are you trying to change the iCloud ID on your device? If so, are you running iOS 7?

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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.
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HT204053 how can i change my icloud account

My phone synced with my husband's when we updated to IOS because we used the same Apple ID. Now, I don't want all of my pics going to his phone. I have changed my Apple ID, but I havent found a way to change the iCloud account.

If you only renamed your iCloud ID, all you have to do is go to Settings>iCloud and tap Delete Account, then sign back in with your updated ID. (Note: this will only delete the account and any synced data from your phone, not from iCloud. As long as you are signing back into the same account your data will be synced back to your phone when you sign back in.) Before deleting the account, if you have any photos in photo stream that are not in your camera roll or backed up somewhere else save these to your camera roll or you will lose them. To do this, open the photo stream album in the thumbnail view, tap Edit, tap all the photos you want to save, tap Share, then tap Save to Camera Roll.
If you created a new ID, you'll need to delete the account, create a new account with the new ID and migrate your data to the new account. To do this, go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data, be sure to select Keep On iPhone. Next, set up a new iCloud account using your new ID, then turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account.

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Your iCloud account ID and password are the AppleID and password you used when you created the account. As fromsouth says, change the password for the AppleID and you've changed it for your iCloud login. You can also change the primary email address of that AppleID if you need to.

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