I can't change my rescue email address for appleid
For some reason, my rescue email is my soon to be ex's. I went into Apple ID to manage the account and it shows only my email address, yet emails to change the password go to him. Help!
Where on that site did you look ? From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312 :
Navigate to appleid.apple.com using your web browser.
Click "Manage your account"
When prompted, sign in using your Apple ID and password.
Click Password & Security
You'll be asked to answer 2 of your 3 security questions before you can make any modifications. If you are unable to remember your answers, you can choose to send an email to your rescue email to reset your security questions.
After you've validated your identity by correctly answering your security questions, click Edit to the right of your rescue email address.
Once you've finished editing your rescue email address, click the Save button directly below the email field.
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i want to switch my user id with my rescue email address, how can i change my rescue email address to something else to free that up?
Hi EllaBella0902,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The information below may be able to answer your questions about how to change your rescue email address:
Manage your Apple ID primary, rescue, alternate, and notification email addresses
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5620?viewlocale=en_US
Before you make any changes, you may want to review the information in the Frequently Asked Questions section of this article:
Using your Apple ID for Apple services
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
This article explains how to update the information in the various services that use the Apple ID if you change it:
Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5796?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Cheers,
- Judy -
HT5312 Can I change my rescue email address
Hello,
Can I change my rescue email address cause its not able to receive the reset email
RegardsReset Security Questions
Frequently asked questions about Apple ID
Manage My Apple ID
Or you can email iTunes Support at iTunes Store Support.
If all else fails:
1. Go to: Apple Express Lane;
2. Under Product Categories choose iTunes;
3. Then choose iTunes Store;
4. Then choose Account Management;
5. Now choose iTunes Store Security and answer the bullet questions, then click
Continue;
6. Sign in with your Apple ID and press Continue;
7. Under Contact Options fill out the information and advise iTunes that you would
like your security/challenge questions reset;
8. Click Send/Continue.
You should get a response within 24 hours by email. -
HT5312 how can i change my rescue email address?
I have forgotten my security questions for my apple id. i was wondering how can i change the rescue email address and change my security answers?
Reset Security Questions
Frequently asked questions about Apple ID
Manage My Apple ID
Or you can email iTunes Support at iTunes Store Support.
If all else fails:
1. Go to: Apple Express Lane;
2. Under Product Categories choose iTunes;
3. Then choose iTunes Store;
4. Then choose Account Management;
5. Now choose iTunes Store Security and answer the bullet questions, then click
Continue;
6. Sign in with your Apple ID and press Continue;
7. Under Contact Options fill out the information and advise iTunes that you would
like your security/challenge questions reset;
8. Click Send/Continue.
You should get a response within 24 hours by email.
In the event you are unsuccessful then contact AppleCare - Contacting Apple for support and service.
Another user had success doing the following:
I got some help from an apple assistant on the phone. It is kind of round about way to get in.
Here is what he said to do and it is working for me...
a. on the device that is asking you for the security questions go to "settings", > "store" >
tap the Apple ID and choose view"Apple ID" and sign in.
b. Tap on payment information and add a credit/debit card of your preference then select
"done", in the upper right corner
c. sign out and back into iTunes on the device by going to "settings"> "store" > tap the
Apple ID and choose "sign-out" > Tap "sign -in" > "use existing Apple ID" and you
should be asked to verify your security code for the credit /debit card and NOT the
security questions.
d. At this time you can remove the card by going back in to edit the payment info and
selecting "none" as the card type then saving the changes by selecting "done". You
should now be able to use your iTunes store credit without answering the security
questions.
It's working for me ...I just have to put in my 3 digit security pin from the credit card I am using.
Good Luck friends! -
How can I correct my rescue email address for my security questions (when I am logged in with my Apple ID)?. This email address is currently showing a typo.
You won't be able to change your rescue email address until you can answer your questions, if you don't know the password for that email account and you can't get it reset then you will need to contact Support in the country where you and your iTunes account to get the questions reset.
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 this page to update your rescue email address for potential future use : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312 -
Someone was using my account and changed my security question's answers and changed my rescue email address. What can i do to change everything back to the way it was?
The Three Best Alternatives for Security Questions and Rescue Mail
1. Use Apple's Express Lane.
Go to https://expresslane.apple.com ; click 'See all products and services' at the
bottom of the page. In the next page click 'More Products and Services, then
'Apple ID'. In the next page select 'Other Apple ID Topics' then 'Forgotten Apple
ID security questions' and click 'Continue'.
2. Call Apple Support in your country: Customer Service: Contact Apple support.
3. Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions.
A substitute for using the security questions is to use 2-step verification:
Two-step verification FAQ Get answers to frequently asked questions about two-step verification for Apple ID. -
I can't change my rescue email address ?
I don't appear to be able to change my rescue email address it doesn't appear in any options ?
Anyone got any idea's It's an old address I no longer have access to. It does not appear anywhere in my profile or in listed email addresses
Thanks
BarryCould you please specify, do you use iMail app or just a web browser?
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How do I change the RESCUE email address listed for my security questions to my Apple ID notification to change security questions? The current email for changing my security questions is no longer my email. And I forgot my security questions answers. What do I do?
iPad 2, iOS 7.1There is no need to post multiple versions of your question, the answers will be the same,
Please see your other thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6078685?tstart=0 -
How can I change my rescue email address to retrieve my security question answers?
Help me! I try to download songs from my phone and a message keeps popping up saying since this is my first time downloading from this device I need to verify my identity by answering my security questions. It's not the first time I've downloaded music from my phone and I can't send my questions to my rescue email because I dont remember whose email address it is. How do I change it?
You need to either answer your security questions or remember your rescue email address to check it. Afte that you will need to contact Apple account security to reset your password (after proving you are who you say you are).
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iTunes won't let me download anything until I verify my account, but I cannot do it! I need help URGENTLY.
You can't change your resuce email w/o security questions.
If you don't have a rescue email address (you won't be able to add one until you can answer 2 of your questions) then see if this user tip helps : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4551
e.g. you can try contacting iTunes Support : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Account Management , and then try Apple ID Account Security
or try ringing Apple in your country and ask to talk to the Accounts Security Team : http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57 -
Why can't I change my rescue email address for my apple ID account?
The email address I would like to use as my current rescue email address used to be my alternative email address. I switched my alternate email address, but it still won't let me set it as my current rescue email address. It is an icloud account. When I did the same thing with my gmail account (took it off the alternate and changed it to the rescue) it worked. Is it just the icloud account that doesn't work? My gmail acccount used to be an alternate address too.
Frequently asked questions about Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/he37 -
Can you please put the steps to change the rescuer email address since I cannot receive any emails
The steps on the page that you posted from should work, but you can only change your rescue email address if you remember your answers to your security questions :
- log into the account via the 'manage your apple id' button on http://appleid.apple.com
- select the Password & Security section on the left-hand side of your account's screen
- answer the account's security questions
- you will then get a screen where you can change the address (and/or the questions)
If you can't remember your answers, and you aren't receiving the reset email to your current rescue email account (and you've checked the spam folder as well as the inbox on it, and tried clicking the reset link again) then you will have to contact Support in your country to get the questions reset.
Contacting Apple about account security : Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security
If your country isn't on that page then try this form to contact Support : https://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html
When they've been reset follow the above steps for changing your rescue email address -
HT2534 I would like to change me rescue email address on my itunes account.
My rescue account needs to be change because it no longer is available to me. Can I change my rescue email address?
You can - from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312 :
Navigate to appleid.apple.com using your web browser.
Click "Manage your account"
When prompted, sign in using your Apple ID and password.
Click Password & Security
You'll be asked to answer 2 of your 3 security questions before you can make any modifications. If you are unable to remember your answers, you can choose to send an email to your rescue email to reset your security questions.
After you've validated your identity by correctly answering your security questions, click Edit to the right of your rescue email address.
Once you've finished editing your rescue email address, click the Save button directly below the email field. -
HOw do I change my rescue email address? I want to change my Apple ID and it's telling me that it can't be the same as my rescue email , even though I have already deleted "alternate email address"
See Kappy's previous write-up.
Some Solutions for Resetting Forgotten Security Questions: Apple Support Communities -
... realised... sorry
You won't be able to change your rescue email address until you can answer 2 of your questions - you will need to contact iTunes Support or Apple to get the questions reset.
e.g. you can try contacting iTunes Support :http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Account Management , and then 'Forgotten Apple ID security questions'
or try ringing Apple in your country and ask to talk to the Accounts Security Team :http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
When they've been reset you can then use the steps half-way down this page to update your rescue email address for potential future use : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312. Or you could change to 2-step verification : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5570
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