I am trying to swap my Apple ID with my Alternate email address but it wont let me

I am trying to swap my Apple ID with my Alternate email address but it wont let me - it says that the ID and alternate email address cannot be the same - I have treid changing the alternate email address first to a different one but this has failed.

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HT204053 I setup an apple id using my gmail email address from my iphone and then I decided to change my email to icloud. So I setup an icloud email account. Now I want to change my apple id to my icloud email account, but it wont let me. How can I merg

I just got an iphone recently and I started my apple id using my gmail email address. I decided to change email from gmail to icloud so I setup an icloud email account and now I have two apple id accounts. All my primary information is in the gmail apple id account and i just want to merge the two together. I've tried changing the apple id on the main account to the icloud email, but it says it already exists. How can I merge these two accounts without deleting one or the other?
Thanks
pallhues

You can't merge iCloud accounts.
You could move all your calendars contacts etc over from the account you don't want to the one you do, it's not simple but about all I can suggest.

My company set up a Icloud account under their help desk email but i dont have the password to fix it so i need to be able to change the Icloud apple id to my email address but it wont let me because found my Ipad is turned on and cant change?

My company set up an Icloud apple id under their help desk email by mistake and there isnt a password so how do i change the email address/apple id
to my email address that i do have the password for? I can use the Ipad for everything except the Icloud account.

If you mean that Find My Phone is asking for a password to a different Apple ID to your current Apple ID and that ID is a previous version of your current ID, not an entirely different one.
This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details and some other circumstances.
The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID using your current password, you don’t need access to this address if it’s previously been used with your Apple ID, once you have saved these details enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone" and delete the account from your device. It may take a short while to remove the account.
You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, save it once again and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
This article provides more information about Activation Lock.
This is answer is provided from my own database of boilerplate responses and the content was last reviewed and tested on: 2014/05/23

I am having serious issues trying to alter my old iCloud account with an old non-functioning email to my new apple id with a new email address. The message keeps coming up on all my apple products with my old email (which is not available anymore).

I am having serious issues trying to alter my old iCloud account with an old non-functioning email to my new apple id with a new email address. The message keeps coming up on all my apple products with my old email (which is not available anymore).

I have the same problem - it is maddening. I rely on this iPad for work so this is not just an annoyance! The above solutions of changing the appleid on the device or on the website do not work.
The old email address no longer exists - I haven't used it in a year probably and I no longer have the account. I logged into the appleid website and there is no trace of the old email address so there is nothing that can be deleted or changed there. On the iPad there is no trace of the old email address so nothing can be deleted there either. I have updated the iPad software and the same problem comes right back. Every 2 seconds I am asked to log in using the old non-existent email. The device is currently useless.
The only recent change to anything was the addition of an Apple TV device, which was set up using the correct login and password.
Does anyone have any ideas? The iPad has been backed up to the iCloud so presumably it now won't recognize the current iCloud account? So restoring may notbe an option?

I have been trying to change my apple id to my new email address and it says the id egsists what do i do

i have been trying to change my apple id to my new email address and it says i cant as the id is in use what do i do

    If your new email address is an Apple-related email account (e.g., Mobileme account), you will get the 'email is already in use' message. If this is the case, you cannot consolidate your old Apple ID with your new one. I (and many others) have ran into this same issue.
      If this is indeed the cause of your problem, I recommend that you start using your new Apple ID exclusively. If you made a considerable number of purchases under your old Apple ID (i.e., through iTunes), you will still have to log in under your old ID for that account.
      Hopefully, one day Apple will allow us to consolidate accounts.
I hope this helps.
Rex

I want to switch my Apple ID email address with my "rescue" email address, but it won't let me - how do I do it?

I want to switch my Apple ID email address with my "rescue" email address, but it won't let me - how do I do it? Thanks

As far as I understand the way that it works, you won't be able to do this. You are trying to switch two email addresses that are already associated with your Apple ID and therefore, cannot be switched as such.
Each address is already in use, you so can't make the switch. If both email accounts are active and still work, why rock the boat anyway?

Two Apple ID with the same email address.

Hello,
I have 2 Apple ID's using the same email address.
When I sign in with my Apple ID in the Apple Support Communities web he request me to "Choose your Apple Support Communities username.", So I write a user name and click continue - and this error message is shown: "account utilizing this email address already exists. Only one account per email address is allowed on Apple Support Communities."
I know which Apple ID user using this email address but I can't change to different email address (this option in "Edit Profile" is impossible).
What I can do?!

This advice is not proper for the issue at hand.
Your advise lets you reset the Apple ID not verify your current ID.
In either case the recommended link does not work at this time - nor gives any response as to why you do not recieve the email they promise!!

Hi my name Abukar I had an old apple ID and I had problem with signing it so I decided to make a new apple ID with a new email address, so how can I link with two apple IDs and how can I get back all my previous apps that I purchased before, I cloud stuff

Hi my name Abukar I had an old apple ID and I had problem with signing it so I decided to make a new apple ID with a new email address, so how can I link with two apple IDs and how can I get back all my previous apps that I purchased before, I cloud stuff

It is not possible to do that.
Allan

How do i change my primary Apple ID to my alternate email address?my primary email is no longer in use.

How do i change my primary Apple ID to my alternate email address?my primary email is no longer in use.

Becky...
Try here > Frequently Asked Questions About Apple ID

I have ended up with 2 apple ID's and want to cancel 1 of them and merge everything together. How can I do this?. Ive tried changing my sign in to the same email address but it wont accept it.

When I signed on at Christmas an update was available on my ipod classic. When I updated it...... it then crashed and when I took it to the store they dismissed it and said its a driver/hardware problem (which it didnt have before I updated it to the latest version) anyway its now dead.
I also have a nano that was purchased as a present for me and I want to add the nano to the same account but it wont let me as it was originally set up in a different account. I have tried to cancel/delete that account but it still wont let me add the new nano to the original account. Can anyone help wih this please?.

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My Apple ID is not an email address but my iCloud address is. How do I sync songs?

I have a iPhone 4S and it's running IOS7. My Apple ID is not an email address. I have an email attached to the Apple ID, which is the same as my iCloud ID. How do I sync music and photos onto my iPhone?

Thanks for the reply. However, that will not work. It gives you the option to merge your ID into your primary email address, but the function is not working. I have seen some other discussions where people are having the same frustrations. Also, if you have used your primary email for anything else, it wont let you edit your ID to that. It will say it is already in use.

Can 2 people set up apple id with the same email address

My husband and I share the same email address can we set up our apple ids with the same email and different passwords?

No. You can share the same Apple ID for iTunes content, but for everything else...FaceTime, iMessage, iCloud, etc., you really need separate Apple ID's & these iD's must be verifiable email addresses. If you don't set things up that way, you'll have a mess on your hands.

I want to change apple ID to new gmail addr. But it wont let me swap my current ID address with new one because the new one is default one and in use so it's not accepted. Imget themessage already in use so how do I simply swap positions of 2 email adr?

How tonswap new email address for old one in apple ID. When I try to make my new gmail address my apple ID it won't accept it because it's already in use as my rescue email. I'd like my other email to be rescue email and gmail to be apple ID but their edit account area won't take the address simce it's already in use. I just want to swap them!

Welcome to the Apple community Yao.
If you mean that Find My Phone is asking for a password to a different Apple ID to your current Apple ID.
This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details.
The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID using your current password, you don’t need access to this address if it’s previously been used with your Apple ID, once you have saved these details enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone" and delete the account from your device.
You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, save it once again and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
This article provides more information about Activation Lock.

HT2736 im going out of town tomorrow and i want to rent a few movies, when i go to rent them it asks for my secrity questions and i forget them, i tried to do the resuce email thing but it wont let me, what are my other options other than phoning apple su

please help

If by 'won't let me' you mean that you don't have a rescue email address on your account : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312
Then you will need to contact iTunes Support / Apple to get the questions reset - which will normally be by phone as they need to confirm your id and that it's your account.
Contacting Apple about account security : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
When they've been reset you can then use the steps half-way down the HT5312 link above to add a rescue email address for potential future use

How do I can my rescue email address? I was asked to answer my security questions, but I forgot the answers and realized my rescue address was outdated. I tried adding alternate email addresses, but my faulty rescue address remained the same.

I tried to change my rescue address, since it is outdated, and was not receiving any of the emails from Apple to this faulty address regarding resetting my security questions.
I cannot proceed in regaining full use of my account to make purchases if I do not reset my security questions, and I cannot reset them without receiving such an email, and I have no idea how to change my rescue email. The Apple ID support section of this site was unfortunately unhelpful and led me in circles.
Please help me to change my rescue email address!
If it helps, a few months ago I changed my primary account email, and my old primary address is my faulty rescue address now. It is no longer on my list of addresses but continues to show up as my rescue address.
An additional portion of my question: Is it possible, if I terminate one Apple ID, to move purchases made on that ID, to a new ID? I'm not sure if it's a violation of the terms and conditions if DO NOT keep the purchases on two accounts simultaneously.

Alternatives for Help Resetting Security Questions and/or Rescue Mail
     1. If you have a valid rescue email address, then use this procedure:
         Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions.
     2. Fill out and submit this form. Select the topic, Account Security. You must
         have a Rescue Email to use this option.
     3. This is the only option if you do not already have a valid Rescue Email.
         These are telephone numbers for contacting Apple Support in your country.
         Apple ID- Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security. Select
         the appropriate country and call. Ask to speak to the Account Security Team.
     4. Account security issues almost always require you to speak directly to an
         Apple representative to securely establish your identity as the account holder.
         You can set it up so that Apple calls you, either immediately or at a time
         convenient to you.
            1. Go to www.apple.com/support.
            2. Choose Contact Support and click Contact Us.
            3. Choose Other Apple ID Topics and choose the appropriate topic for
                your issue.
            4. Follow the onscreen instructions.
         Note: If you have already forgotten your security questions, then you cannot
         set up a rescue email address in order to reset them. You must set up
         the rescue email address beforehand.
Your Apple ID: Manage My Apple ID.
                        Apple ID- All about Apple ID security questions.

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