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Q: I have changed my Apple ID.  How do I change it on my icloud account.  It just keeps defaulting to the old Apple ID #.

I have changed my Apple Id, how do I change it on my icloud account?  It just defaults to the old id.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jan 20, 2014 9:45 AM

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Q: I have changed my Apple ID.  How do I change it on my icloud account.  It just keeps defaulting to the old Apple ID #.

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  • by JimHdk,

    JimHdk JimHdk Jan 20, 2014 9:47 AM in response to Me3901
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    iPad
    Jan 20, 2014 9:47 AM in response to Me3901

    Delete the iCloud Account and create a new iCloud account with your new iD.

     

    See Settings > iCloud.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 20, 2014 9:49 AM in response to Me3901
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    Mac OS X
    Jan 20, 2014 9:49 AM in response to Me3901

    Did you change the email address of your existing Apple ID, or did you create a totally new Apple ID? Assuming that you did it correctly and just changed the email address on your Apple ID, go to Settings/iCloud and turn off Find my iPhone. You will need the passcode for the OLD email address to do this. Then log out of iCloud on the phone. Log in with the changed address. Do the same for Settings/messages, Settings/Facetime and Settings/iTunes&App Store.