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Signing Out old Apple/iCloud ID

If you forgot to sign out of iCloud (and had Find My iPhone turned on) before you changed your Apple ID email address at Apple - My Apple ID, then you need to do the following to get signed out after the fact:

 

1.     Go to Apple - My Apple ID sign in with your current ID and EDIT that ID back to the old email address. This is temporary. Do NOT verify it, do NOT change the password

 

2.     Go to Settings>iCloud on your device (or devices) scroll down to the bottom and go through the Sign Out. When asked for your password, provide the current password

 

3.     Go back to Apple - My Apple ID, sign on with the old email address but the current password and EDIT your Apple ID back to the new email address (you may have to verify it again...c'est  la vie)

 

4.     Go back to Settings>iCloud on your devices and sign in with your current Apple ID and password

 

 

You should be all set!

 

Note: If you set up an entirely new Apple ID, then you will have to recover the Original ID and its password, and you would not be able to follow the steps above. Since your other ID actually still exists as an independent entity, you have to sign onto iCloud with that Apple ID in order to proceed. If you don't remember what that Apple ID was, you can try to find in via FORGOT APPLE ID

If you remember what the old ID is but just not the password, then go to Apple - My Apple ID, click on Reset, answer the Security Questions, and you will be able to use that Apple ID to sign out. If you don't remember the answers to your Security Questions contact Apple Support to have them reset ACCOUNT SECURITY CONTACT

 

Whenever you change your Apple ID, before doing anything, sign out of the following on both your devices and your Mac:

 

App Store App

iTunes App

Messages App

Mail

FaceTime

and ICloud, of course!!!

 

 

Remember, an "Apple ID" is, in essence, the User Name on your your Apple Account, keeping the same account, just changing some of the info on it.

 

Setting up a brand new Apple ID is setting it up by creating a new account. Doing that allows you to start completely fresh with no information from your previous account on it. This, of course, includes any media purchased under the Apple ID that was used on that oher Account.

And in anticipation of your question - no - an Apple ID that has been used on one account cannot be used on another account as the Apple Id (Username).

 

So, unless you have to open a brand new Apple Account for personal or other reasons, it is always best to keep the account you have, and just change the Apple ID/iTunes/iCloud Username associated with that Apple Account. That way, all of that account's history remains with you - All of your purchased Music, Movies, TV Shows, or other media are forever tied to the Apple Account that they were purchased under, so if you set up a brand new Account, then you are starting all over from scratch....

 

Cheers,

 

GB

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