Once i have changed my apple id on the website how do i change it on my phone (for icloud) it is greyed out?

i have changed my id on the website but on my phone i cant change it for icloud.  my old id address is greyed out so i cant change it?

Deleting the account only deletes it from your device, not from iCloud.  Your data will reappear when you sign back in, assuming you are signing back into the same account with just a changed name.  The only thing you might want to do before deleting the account is to your camera roll before deleting the account (by tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon -- box with upward facing arrow, then tapping Save to Camera Roll).
If you don't know the password for the old ID, and if your new ID was created by editing the details of this old ID (rather than being an entirely new ID), go 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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