I need to delete an iCloud account off my iPad to sign in with another but I don't have the password

Hi all, I have inherited an iPad from an ex employee of our company and I'm trying to delete his iCloud account so I can sign in with mine!
Every time I try deleting it I get asked for his Apple ID password which I don't have a can't get!
Are there any ways I can delete his account off this iPad an sign in with mine?

Sorry, no way around Activation Lock. If there was, it wouldn't be much of a security feature. You need the original owner to disassociate it from their account or you have a very expensive doorstop.

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HT5622 I bought an Ipad on EBay. The person that I bought it from deleted nothing. There are too many Apple ID's on it to create another. I don't have the password to log on to any of the existing ID's. How do I get rid of the existing ID's?

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While Demo's suggestion will remove the existing Apple IDs from the device, it is my understanding that there is a lifetime cap on the number of Apple IDs that can be created with each device. If a device has reached that limit, I would not expect that erasing the device would allow creation of more Apple IDs.
The relevant sentence in the iCloud Terms and Conditions is in the third paragraph of REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF THE SERVICE (the first major section:
"Apple reserves the right to limit the number of Accounts that may be created from a device and the number of devices associated with an Account. High-speed Internet access is strongly recommended for use."
(See http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/en/terms.html for the context.)
You should be able to link an existing iCloud account to the iPad. If you don't have one, you may be able to create one using a browser on a desktop of notebook computer.
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Will deleting my iCloud account off of my iPhone delete any information and pictures off of my phone?

Having lost my original email password, and Icloud account password, will deleting my iCloud account off of my phone strip images from my photo stream? I am in desperate need of updating my Iphone and have already set up a new icloud account, but am worried that it will take with it's deletion valuable memory stored in my phone. Please help. I want to be rid of the old account and use my new one, without loosing anything off of my actual phone

You will lose the data stored in the iCloud account - like contacts, reminders, calendars, etc. Photos will not be erased. I'd sync to itunes before connecting to the new icloud account to be safe.

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How do I delete an iCloud account from my iPad that I no longer know the password for and have no access to the email account to change it?

You will need the password. If you can't get it reset via http://iforgot.apple.com (if you remember the answers to the account's security questions then you should be able to reset it via them) then try contacting Support in your country, they should be able to reset it.
Contacting Apple about account security : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT569
If your country isn't on that page then try this form and explain and see what they reply with : https://ssl.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html

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Try going 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 iDevice, 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. When finished 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.

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I can't delete my icloud account from my ipad. It keeps saying "Cannot delete icloud account" "there was a problem deregister isn't this ipad with icloud. Try deleting your account again." I've updated to the latest software update and done a network reset on my ipad. But nothing seems to work. Also my ipad doesn't allow me to update any applications. i think there might be something wrong with my account.

Hello Cheryl,
If you are stuck trying to remove your iCloud account, then try restoring your iPad. Start with turning off Find My iPad and then use iTunes to restore it. Check out the article below for the steps on how to do that.
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252
Regards,
-Norm G.

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This is just sending me in circles to log into to a non-existant apple id with no password to delete my iCloud so i can log in with my updated apple ID.

Settings/iTunes and App Store log out then log in with new ID. you might want to change ID in iMessage, FaceTime and Siri and delete the cloud account and create one with new ID. remember apps are forever linked to the ID used to download them and can only be updated with that ID

HT4436 if i delete my icloud account on my ipad will it delete my icloud information on my iphone

If I delete my Icloud account on my Ipad(it is no longer my ipad) will it delete all my Icloud information on my Iphone?

No. It will only remove information synced with icloud on the ipad. It will have no influence on your iphone.

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My phone shows my name plus iCloud old iCloud account. My kids' new iPads show my name plus my new iCloud account. But both accounts show my children as "family" associated with them.
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Hi and thanks. The password on the old iCloud account doesn't work and my ex-husband says he doesn't know what it is -- and that he's not getting emails to reset the password. I tried using the rescue questions and even the birthdate isn't working. I think he's changed it to keep me out, but it's charging my credit card account.

If I use the same iCloud account for my ipad and iPhone, will changes I make on one change on the other as well? I'm not sure of the advantage of using teh same iCloud for both devices.

If I use the same iCloud account for my ipad and iPhone, will changes I make on one change on the other as well? I'm not sure of the advantage of using teh same iCloud for both devices.

No, it only mirrors changes to synced data. This includes mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, safari bookmarks, notes, iWork documents and data, and photo stream photos (assuming you choose to sync all this data). Changes to iTunes data such as music, apps, podcasts, etc., are not synced using iCloud. In your example, if you delete an app from one device it will remain on the other until deleted there too.

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Use the Settings app to sign out of the old ID and sign in with the new one.
Settings > iTunes and App Store > tap on the Apple ID > Sign Out > then sign in with the correct Apple ID.
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I shall open delete my present account with iTunes and open a new one - but I do not have the password. How can I then delete the present account??

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Since you can't delete Apple IDs and having multiple Apple IDs can cause confusion, what you may want to do is rename your existing Apple ID to the new email (desired Apple ID). That would in effect do what you want, get rid of the old and give you the new.
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