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How do you change your email address

I am receiving emails addressed to another person through my emails @ iCloud. They are mainly marketing emails but they are addressed to a completely different person who lives apparently in Rochdale, I live in Birmingham. It is as if we are both using the same email address.


Would like to cancel this email address and set up a new one. When I go on settings I can see my email address but cannot delete/ amend it.


Comments would be appreciated.

iPhone 7, iOS 12

Posted on Mar 12, 2019 4:28 AM

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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.)


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: https://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a


As to the spam to your main address, you can set up a Rule on https://www.icloud.com to move all mail addressed to that address to the Trash from where it will be deleted after a week. Go to the Mail page, click the cogwheel icon at bottom left, and choose Rules.



Posted on Mar 12, 2019 4:48 AM

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Mar 12, 2019 4:48 AM in response to TraceyH147

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.)


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: https://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a


As to the spam to your main address, you can set up a Rule on https://www.icloud.com to move all mail addressed to that address to the Trash from where it will be deleted after a week. Go to the Mail page, click the cogwheel icon at bottom left, and choose Rules.



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