HT5622 Changing apple id to icloud email

I have an apple id with a yahoo email and I want to change my apple id to my icloud email. How can I do this?

From Roger Wilmut1 -
You can't change the main email address belonging to your iCloud account. You would have to create an entirely new iCloud account from scratch.
However a better alternative is to create an 'email alias'. You can have up to three of these - they are additional addresses (not accounts) which deliver into the sam inbox as your main address. Please see:
http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a
Note that new aliases will be @icloud.com. not @me.com.

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HT5622 Changing Apple ID for iCloud

I changed my Apple ID on iTunes and have successfully changed it under the iTunes App Store on my iPad and iPhone, but have not figured out how to change it for iCloud. Do I have to delete the iCloud account (old ID) and set up a new one for the current Apple ID?

Thanks for your response. I've now tried deleting the account, but it prompts for the password to the old Apple ID. I tried both old and new passwords, but as expected, neither worked. I get a message that either the Apple ID or password is incorrect....not surprising since the old Apple ID is the problem to begin with! Any other suggestions?

How do I change Apple ID for iCloud account?

I changed Apple ID online because my email address changed. How can I change Apple ID for iCloud?

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

How to change apple id in iCloud on iPhone

How to change apple id in iCloud

If the old ID is your ID, and if your new ID was created by editing the details of this old ID (rather than being an entirely new ID), go 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. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iPhone on your device, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account 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 and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

How to change apple id for icloud?

how to change apple id for icloud?

From the knowledgeable Roger Wilmut:
You can't change the primary email address, the one you created when you opened an iCloud account (or if you migrated from MobileMe the address you log in with) other than by opening a completely new account.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621
However you can create three 'email aliases' - these are extra addresses, not accounts, which deliver into the same inbox as the main address.
http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a
It's actually quite a good idea to give out an alias address rather than the main one, since these can be easily changed should you get spammed.

HT204053 how do I change my recently chosen icloud email address to a different one or add on a 2nd one, keeping the first?

how do I change my recently chosen icloud email address to a different one or add on a 2nd one, keeping the first?

If you are wishing to change your @me address, this cannot be done, however if you wish to change another address;
You need to change your details with Apple, Start here, change your country if necessary and go to manage your account.

HT201342 how do you change your (mac/me/icloud) email address

how do you change your (mac/me/icloud) email address

You cannot change an iCloud email address unless you create a new iCloud account. You can, however, create an email alias, which is an alternate email address that will receive incoming email in your existing iCloud email inbox. To do this, see http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622. Just keep in mind that once you creat an alias, you can't later use this to create a new iCloud account or move it to another account, even if you delete the alias.

Can I change my actual (main) iCloud email address, and if so how?

Can I change my actual (main) iCloud email address, and if so how?

Once you have created an iCloud account and chosen an @icloud.com address to go with it you can't change the address (short of creating an entirely new account).
However, all is not lost. You can add up to three 'email aliases' - these are additional addresses (not accounts) which deliver into the same inbox as the main account. (In fact it's a good idea to give out alias addresses, rather than the main address, because if they attract spam you can easily change them.)
You should be aware before you start that once you've created an alias you cannot turn that address into a full iCloud account or move it to another account.
More information on aliases here: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a

How do I delete iCloud account to change apple id, when iCloud demands password from defunct account to turn off find my iPhone?

How do I delete iCloud account to change apple id, when iCloud demands password from defunct account to turn off Find my iPhone? I read all the replies that ignore this gotcha.

Hi tony.vidmar,
The article linked below details a number of troubleshooting steps that can help get signed out of your old iCloud account on your iPhone.
If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203828
Regards,
Allen

HT204053 How do you change apple id for icloud if phone is already set up. Need to give each phone in my account their own apple id for icloud so that we dont receive each others messages but can still all use same id for purchases.

How do you change apple id for icloud if phone is already set up. Need to give each phone in my account their own apple id for icloud so that we dont receive each others messages but can still all use same id for purchases.

Settings-icloud-scroll to the bottom, select delete, if you want to keep the content select keep, otherwise it'll remove it. Then once it is done add the account information for the account you want on that phone. Your apple ID in settings-store will remain the same and each device can still purchase/use content from that account.

How to change Apple id in iCloud @ device

I have sucessfully changed my Apple ID thru the Apple ID website and iTunes etc. However, my iPhone's iCloud account information still shows the old Apple ID which I tried but unable to edit it although I had successfully changed to the new Apple ID at iCloud's website. Please advise how to change Apple ID in iCloud's settings in iPhone itself.

It worked for me too! Thanks! I was very frustrated!

How to create a shared Apple ID with iCloud email address for household?

I would like to create a shared Apple ID with iCloud email address that wife and I can share and access from separate devices? A shared household iCloud email address would be useful for email contact for creating/managing bill accounts for utilities, school for kids, bill pay etc… I currently have my own Apple ID on my MBP.
Thanks!
dlaron

If you mean that you would like to create a shared iCloud account with a shared iCloud email address and you already have an iCloud account of your own, you can do that by creating a new Apple ID (see https://appleid.apple.com/account), then use the ID to set up a secondary iCloud account on your Mac by going to System Preferences>Internet Accounts (or Mail,Contacts,Calendars)>iCloud and signing in with the new ID. You can then turn enable Mail in this account to create the shared email account. Secondary accounts are more limited than primary iCloud accounts, and will only sync Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders and Notes.
Once the account is created, it can be added to iOS devices by signing in with the ID in Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud.
Or, if your only interest is in having a shared email account, you might consider just setting up a free Gmail account to share.

HT5622 Can I use my iCloud email address as my Apple ID?

Can I use my icloud email address as my Apple ID?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can log into Apple's services (such as iCloud et al) with your iCloud email address if that's what you mean.

HT5622 my apple id and icloud id is different. My icloud is a old email address that dont even exist anymore. I dont even know the password to . Need to get it the same as my apple id.

My e-mail address apple id is different from my icloud e-mail address. The icloud address is an old one that doesn't even exist anymore. I want to make my icloud e-mail to match my apple or itunes e-mail.

Hi Kim,
The password for your iCloud account and your Apple ID are one in the same, as the iCloud email account is an alias for your Apple ID as well.
After you set up your @icloud.com email address, you can use it to sign in to iCloud. You can also sign in using the Apple ID you used to create your iCloud account.
iCloud: Set up an @icloud.com email address
Cheers,
Alex H.

Change Apple ID for iCloud

Some time ago I Inherited my wife's previous iPad along with her Apple ID for ICloud. I have now purchased a new iPad air 2 and transferred the old iPad info however her iCloud email address (gmail) came along with the transfer. I have my own Apple ID set up for ITunes and would like to change the old ID to match so I'll have the same one for both my iCloud and ITunes accounts. Can I please get some guidance on how to do this? She still uses her Apple ID on her devices so I'd only like to make this change on my iPad (and Iphone). Thanks a lot.

Hi Friend,
Delete the account (in Settings>iCloud), then set up a new account using her ID. If you need to migrate any iCloud data to the new account, be sure to choose "Keep on My iDevice" when prompted about what to do with the iCloud data; then when setting up the new account, to merge the data with the new account be sure to choose Merge.
Hope it helps

HT5622 Changing apple id to icloud email

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