ICloud with 2 Apple ids (1 very old)

When Apple kicked off many years ago I set up an Apple ID with my work email address. I no longer work at that Employer and have since changed my Apple ID to a generic email address.
Problem is, on my devices (iMac and iPad) I am consistently asked to sign into iCloud - using my old work email address.
Under system preferences on my Mac, it asks me to enter password for my old Apple ID - I have no idea what this is. And I cannot ask for password re-sets as it would go to my old work email address - and I would never receive as I no longer work there.
On my iPad (within Settings) it references both my gmail Apple ID (the correct one) and my old work id. It is 'Verifying' - so the system looks like it is trying to do something as it simply spins/buffers. It says.
ACCOUNT NOT VERIFIED
Check your email at [email protected] for instructions to verify this account.
Check Email
iCloud
Account (and it references my OLD work email)
So - in the above scenario - my iCloud tab in Settings is calling out both ids.
I simply want to use my current Apple ID for everything - but I am struggling to figure out how I tell my systems that my old work id is no longer relevant for anything in my life.
Can anyone assist ?? Please ??? thanks..dt

On the iMac go to the System/iCloud preference pane and (if you're not signed it) sign in with your current Apple ID. If you are signed in then sign out and back in with the ID you want to use.
Do the same on the iPad, sign out if signed in and then sign in with the correct ID.

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If you only changed the name of your ID rather than creating a new ID, just go to Settins>iCloud and tap Delete Account then sign back in with the new name. (Deleting the account from your phone does not delete it from iCloud. Your data will be synced back to your phone when you sign back in.)
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how to login Icloud with apple ID on windows 7

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We recently got a hold of an old iPhone to use as an iPod Touch / super-mini iPad-Mini. Can I use a separate Apple ID for that iPhone on the same Win7 laptop in the same iTunes as above? So can iTunes (the program) on one computer be authorized for multiple Apple IDs? No apps, music, etc need to be shared.
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I just got off the phone with Apple's support (got transferred several times, but they finally transferred me to an "expert" in the security department.
I'm moving to the east coast, and my current ISP is only local to the California Bay Area, so I need to use a new email address for my AppleID. I thought the obvious choice would be my icloud.com email address.
The Apple support "expert" was confused, but eventually said I'd need to create a non-apple email to use as my email address for my existing AppleID if I didn't want two separate ID's.
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Come on Apple - you look riduculous. You're abandoning loyal long time customers by saying either create and manage two AppleID's or don't use "iCloud" so you can have a single AppleID.
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> The first photo, dated 1883, is printed on cardboard. The picture is
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> haven't a clue on how to fix this.
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