HT204053 My husband and I share an apple ID. How can I get a new ID for my husband's phone

Question

How can I get a separate Apple ID for my husband phone.  He has a iphone4

Answer 1

When multiple devices sync with the same iCloud account any data you sync with the account such as contacts is merged, and the merged data will appear on all devices connected to the account.  To fix this you both need to have separate iCloud accounts (you can continue to share the same Apple ID for purchasing from the iTunes and app stores).  One of the phones can keep the current account; on the one that will be moving go to Settings>iCloud and turn all data that is syncing with iCloud (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off.  When prompted choose to keep the data on the iPhone.  After everything is turned off, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account.  (This will only delete the account from this phone, not from iCloud.  The other phone will not be effected by this.)  Next, set up a new iCloud account on this phone using a different Apple ID and turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On.  When prompted, choose Merge.  This will upload the data to this new account.  At this point you will have two different iCloud accounts, one for each phone, with identical data on them.
You will then have to go to icloud.com on your computer and sign into each iCloud account separately and manually delete the unwanted data (such as deleting his contacts from your account, and vice versa).  These changes will be reflected on each phone.  When finished you will have individual iCloud accounts with just your own data on them.
Be sure to also use different Apple IDs for iMessage or you will start getting each other's text messages as well.  If you are using the same ID, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive and uncheck the email address shown under "You can be reached by iMessage at" on both of your phones.  This will prevent this from happening.