When I purchased my ipad I logged on with my hotmail address apparently it got hacked so was advised to change this I did but on the i pad the old e mail address remains as my icloud account name how do I change this ?

When I purchased my I pad at the store they advised me to log on with my hot mail address we did this and apparently found out that my Itunes account had been hacked. I was then told that apple would cancel my hotmail account and that I had to use a new email address which I did logged on everything has changed apart from the Icloud account which is still keeping the old e mail address as my id. Please can someone explain how to change this. When I look on my i pad there is a red bar that says delete account I was wondering if I deleted this would everything be ok if I started over again?
Thank you in advance for any help.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")
Providing you are simply updating your existing details and not changing to another account, when you delete your account, all the data that is synced with iCloud will also be deleted from the device (but not from iCloud), but will be synced back to your device when you login again.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your computer, you need to sign out of the account from your computer first, then sign back in using your updated details. (System Preferences > iCloud, click the sign out button)
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iTunes account on your iOS device, you need to sign out from your iOS device first, then sign back in using your updated details. (Settings > iTunes & App store, scroll down and tap your ID)
If you are using iMessages or FaceTime, you will also need to log out and into your ID there too.

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