I want to get rid of an old email address but forget the password?

I have changed my email address and password, but to change icloud I need my old email addresses' apple ID password, which I no longer have. Help!

You do not. There is no such thing.
Simply restore the device as new to remove all your personal content from it.

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Getting rid of an old email address when trying to sign into iCloud and iTunes

I have recently had to change my email address because of hacking. Now I can't get rid of the old address from sign in boxes for iTunes. And iCloud. I have changed my apple sign in and password and I'd but it doesn't seem to affect the rest and they still show the old email address but won't let me in even with the bold password.

Okay this is what you have to do because I had the same exact problem:
First thing is to remember just because you don't use your e-mail address anymore doesn't mean it stops becoming an account with Apple.
Theres a couple of ways this could have got started. It be best if he told me A little more about what you know and that way we can figure it out precisely together.
But I was say to make sure that you're connected to the Internet.
try to reset your apple id (email address that you use with apple as an account) password by going to AppleID.apple.com.
Apple provides two ways the reset your password
1) correctly answer your birthday and answer security questions
2) send a reset password e-mail through a process called e-mail authentication
If you are unable to do either one of these you will need to stop and call Apple and speak with a special department called account security. They will need to verify your identity against records you might have on your account but do not see at this moment. They could then send an reset e-mail to whatever e-mail address you desire as a workaround. ( If they can verify you are the account holder)
The other method is only if you have on made an "edit " to your primary Apple ID, but forgot to sign out of settings iCloud first.
To clarify, you would have changed the pre-existing E-mail address to a new different e-mail address that you would rather use now.
in order to fix this problem, you need to go back to AppleID.apple.com and revert the new e-mail address back to the old e-mail address temporarily.
You do this by clicking on the word "edit" to the right of the primary Apple ID.
You're switching it back to the old e-mail address so that way it matches what is on your settings >ICloud section on your phone.
Once it matches again, then you want to click on the words sign out or delete account at the bottom.
Once you have done this ....then you can change (EDIT) your e-mail address back to the one you want to use on the website (appleid.apple.com)
This should resolve your issue. THis is still leaving me to assume alot so if theres more you can share i can give you a more precise answer if this doesnt resolve your issue.

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HT1296 My email address has changed. I have successfully amended it on my computer in Apple iTunes but my iphone 4s and my iPad still show the old email address when requesting the password and will not let me update Apps. Please can anyone advise me what

My email provider has changed and I have a new one.
I amended this on my computer under my Apple iTunes account without any difficulty and it was authenticated. However, I still have the original email appearing on my iphone 4s and ipad2 and I cannot update that information. Neither can I use my usual password to update my Apps. Please can anyone assist me with simple instructions on how to change these important passwords? Thankyou in anticipation for reading and hopefully considering a solution.

Thank you, this has resolved both the iphone and ipad problem immediately. I am concerned that I may have a problem with apps that I bought under my old AppleID as they will not be recognised. Any suggestions for this please?

My computor crashed. All my songs in my itunes library were lost. After I restarted my computor, I started a new library with new itune songs. When I tried to download them on my iphone, itunes wanted to get rid of my old songs on my iphone. What can I do

My computor crashed. I lost my music from my itune library. After I restarted my computor to work again, I started a new itune library with new songs. When I tried to download my new songs to my iphone, itunes said it had to erase all my old songs in order to install the new songs. Is there a way to install new songs without getting rid of my old songs?

That is the way the iphone works.
You need to copy everything from your backup copy of your computer.

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Hi Sister Kate,
If you change the Apple ID you are using on an iPhone or other iOS device, there are several places you need to change it on the device. See this article -
Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

HT5312 I do not know my security question answers. I send my answers send to my old email address but I cannot get into that anymore. How do I send my email to the email address I have now?

I do not know my security question answers. I send my answers send to my old email address but I cannot get into that anymore. How do I send my email to the email address I have now?

Hi RileyDP,
You will have to contact iTunes Support to get them reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699?viewlocale=en_US
or by email:
https://ssl.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html
Cheers,
GB

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TS3899 When sending an email using my iphone it always goes to an old email address and not the address set up in settings

I have removed an email address from my Iphone and have added a new one. My new one has been set up in the settings as the default account. When trying to send an email the phone always asks for a password for the old email address and will not use the new address. How do I get rid of the old address and use the new one? I have used the delete account to remove the old email address.

Try chnaging the Default Account in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
You can also try to Reset All Settings from Settings > General > Reset.
If neither of those work, try restoring the iPhone.

I recently changed my email address at the online iTunes website. Now I can't update my apps because the log-in shows the old email address, but won't accept the old password.

I recently changed my email address at the online iTunes website. Now I can't update my apps because the log-in shows the old email address, but won't accept the old password. How do I fix this?

To Contact iTunes Customer Service and request assistance
Use this Link > Apple Support iTunes Store Contact
Note:
Anything Downloaded with a Particular Apple ID is tied to that Apple ID and Cannot be Merged or Transferred to a Different Apple ID
Apple ID FAQs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5622

HT204074 How do I unassociate a iPod from my iTunes? I want to get rid of an old one

How do I unassociate an old iPod from my iTunes? Getting rid of an old 20GB iPod.

You do not. There is no such thing.
Simply restore the device as new to remove all your personal content from it.

How can i get rid of an old email i used as an apple id

I had an old email address i used as an apple id. I have a new one now but occasioally the email and id which i no longer have keeps popping up. how can i get rid of it from my iphone and ipad?

Hi Chuck,
If you are occasionally prompted for your previous Apple ID, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS 7: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5223
Regards,
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I changed my google account email address over a year ago, but Firefox continues to remember my old one, despite repeated cache/cookie clearing, forcing me to retype in my email everytime I need to log in. How do I get rid of that old email?

I have a google account that I use mostly for the calendar. Occasionally I'm taken to the log in page (my time has expired, or someone else has logged in on my computer to their google account). On the log in page, the email address that Firefox remembers is an email address that I have not used in over a year (although it was the first email I used when I opened my google account). I have deleted that email address within google; I have cleared ALL my cookies and my entire cache numerous times and no matter -- the old email address is what Firefox remembers when I log in new.

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*could not access for the past three months
*while the inter-apple messaging system

HT204053 My wife currently has two different apple accounts as we changed our email address plus got a new computer. I believe that all of her info is under her old email address plus on the old computer. how can we merge the two accounts

My wife currently has two different Itunes account as one is on the old computer with our old email address, Instead of changing the email address on the old account we created a new itunes account with her new gmail address. I just updated the new update for her iphone however I cannot get her contacts etc moved to the new phone as I believe they are all on her old account. It says I need as well to authorize this computer for the itunes store as well but in her account it says one computer authorized (old one) but cannot figure our how to get the new computer authorized as well.

You should be able to authorise the account via the Store drop-down menu at the top of iTunes (if you are using iTunes 11 on a PC then control-B should get the menus to show)
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