HT201342: Using your @icloud.com email address

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anne.menefee

Q: ICloud address

I do not want to use the ICloud address that has been reserved for me.  How do I change this?

Posted on Feb 17, 2014 1:57 PM

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Feb 17, 2014 2:08 PM in response to anne.menefee
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    Feb 17, 2014 2:08 PM in response to anne.menefee

    Once you have created an iCloud account and chosen an @icloud.com address to go with it you can't change the address (short of creating an entirely new account).

     

    However, all is not lost. You can add up to three 'email aliases' - these are additional addresses (not accounts) which deliver into the same inbox as the main account. (In fact it's a good idea to give out alias addresses, rather than the main address, because if they attract spam you can easily change them.) (New aliases can only be @icloud.com ones; @me.com addresses cannot now be created.)

     

    You should be aware before you start that once you've created an alias you cannot turn that address into a full iCloud account or move it to another account.

     

    More information on aliases here: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a