Making iCoud my primary email account.
Hello,
I would like to make my iCloud account my primary email account, so that I no longer have to use my GMail account and can get rid of it completely. As of right now, I have an iCloud account, a .me account, and a GMail account. Does anyone know how to do this? Do I have to delete my iCloud account, and make a new one? If so, how do I go about doing this?
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Brianne
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