I want to delete my icloud account because of new email address. Will all photos be deleted off my phone?

I changed my appleID as I have a new email address. My iCloud account is in my old email address. I've never backed up or stored anything on icloud before so if I delete the account will I lose all my photos,videos and everything else on my phone?
Reason I need to get a new icloud account with new email address is due to getting a new iphone5. I need to back everything up on a new icloud account that matches my appleID.

No. Deleting the iCloud account on your phone merely deletes the account, nothing more. If you sync contacts/calendars with iCloud, you'll be given the option to keep on your phone.

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No. Deleting the iCloud account on your phone merely deletes the account, nothing more. If you sync contacts/calendars with iCloud, you'll be given the option to keep on your phone.

HT204053 My apple id and icloud account merge together, i want to delete my icloud account because of some problems in name but i cann't delete my icloud account also and rename also can you give me suitable answer on my email address

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You can't delete an iCloud account.
Once it is attached to an AppleID it is attached forever.
You can edit the name on your iCloud account or setup an email alias if you made a mistake with the email address.

My first apple id is wrong because my email address was wrong!I can not delete my icloud account because my email address is wrong! Help me please

My first apple id is wrong because my email address was wrong!I can not delete my icloud account because my email address is wrong! Help me please

First go here - https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/ and login under the manage tab. Check your information and be sure it is all correct.
An AppleID is nothing more than an email address, so if you see another email address in the store, then someone has logged in with a different AppleID than yours. Did you let someone else use your iPhone?

HT203052 How do I delete an icloud account which uses an email account no longer in use - I do not have the the passwrd for this account

How do I delete an icloud account which uses an email account no longer in use - I do not have the the passwrd for this account

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

I have a new email address. Changed this on my itunes account. On iPhone deleted old icloud account and created new with new email. I have set find my phone to on. When I download music it no longer goes to icloud an does not show up on my iphone.

I have a new email address. Changed this on my itunes account. On iPhone deleted old icloud account and created new with new email. I have set find my phone to on. When I download music from itunes it no longer goes to icloud an does not show up on my iphone.

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?

My iCloud account shows an old email address i no longer use even though I've updated my apple id with my new email information. How do I get the old email account off my iCloud

my iCloud account shows an old email address i no longer use even though I've updated my apple id with my new email information. It keeps asking me my old password to the old email address which is NOT a valid email any longer. I'm unable to manage my iCloud until this is resolved. HELP

If your Apple ID is the one that you use for making all of your purchases, it should, automatically appear in FaceTime already. How a no longer valid email address got there to begin with is a mystery to me, if in fact you do have, and have been using another Apple ID.
Go to Settings>FaceTime>Apple ID. Tap the old email address and sign out, sign in with your Apple ID. It should be verified and allow you to select it as the address that you can be reached by for FaceTime.
If that does not work, time FaceTime off, restart your iPad and then start all over again.

How can i update my i-cloud account to my new email address?

I have a new email address-the old one is no longer accessible. I'm trying to update my iCloud account with my new email and password and just wanted to delete the old iCloud account. Here's the problem-i don't remember my old password and its saying my birthday is invalid. I can't have a new email sent as I no longer have that email address. Is there another way to delete the old account?

Welcome to the Apple Community Lynn.
You can do that at...
My Apple ID

HT1918 My father has a new email address, whenever we try to sign into his apple account, it comes up with his old email address and asking for his password, I created a new account with his new email address, however I cannot download the eprint app.

My dad's email has changed, he cannot remember his password under his old itunes email account. Whenever he tries to download apps on his new iphone with his new email address, it is asking for his password for his "old email" account. We created a new itunes account with his new email address, but whenever we try to install an app, it keeps asking for his password and shows his old email address. What is the best way to solve this problem?

Hi Vivian Zollman,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
I'm not sure if you are referring to your Apple ID or just your email account in the Mail app. So, I've included all of the articles that may be relevant for you.
iOS: Setting up an email account
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4810
If you already have an email account set up and you want to modify its settings, tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, tap the name of your account, and then your email address. Then tap any information you want to adjust.
iOS: Changing the signed-in iTunes Store Apple ID account
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1311
iCloud: View or change your iCloud payment information
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2616
Cheers,
- Judy

HT1311 Have changed my Apple id to a new email address. its all working fine on my pc and also comes up with the new id on my icloud page on my iphone, but when i tryto buy something from i tunes on the phone the sign in box still has the old id. how do i

Have changed my apple Id to a new email address. its all working fine on my PC and also on come up with the new ID on my icloud page on my iphone but when i try to buy something from itunes etc on my phone, the log in box still contains the old id.
how do i change this?

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
It doesn't sound like you "changed" your Apple ID, sounds like you created a new one. Bad idea. All content bought with an Apple ID is forever tied to that ID. The ID that bought the content is the only ID that can update the content. Apple does not merge IDs not does Apple transfer content from one ID to another.

How can I change my icloud username to my new email address?

Hi
How can I change my iCloud username to my new email address?
I've registered my new email address on My Apple ID but it has not changed on my new Macbook Pro
Any ideas how to change this for good across all devices?
Thanks
Amy

have a look at this document, to see which services need updating across your devices, after you changed the AppleID:
Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5796

I can't access my iCloud account because my primary email is dead. I want to change my ID for the one associated with my current email address.

I can't verify my icloud account because the email associated with it got deleted in a messup by the email provider. I made a new ID with another email address, but I don't seem to know how to set it as my iCloud account. Apple insist on asking me a password for my old account, I enter it, but it says it is incorrect. I have tried to fix it, and apple knows it is there as it appear on the list of apple ID's, but doesn't recognice the password and when I try to reset the password it gets me to my new account, which needs no resetting.
All I want is to get rid of that old account and replace it with my new one in order to use the cloud, but it seems I am stuck with a non funtioning user ID. I have tried everything there is on this pages, but nothing works.
Please, tell me, step by step, how can I remove the old user ID from the icloud account for good and replace it with my new ID on all my devices.
Thank you.

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.

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