How do you create 2 iCloud accounts under 1 Apple ID

I have 2 iPhone XR’s, 1 Apple Watch Series 4 and 1 iPod Touch. I need to utilize all devices on a single Apple ID with 2 separate iClouds?

iPhone XR, iOS 12

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 4:34 PM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2019 4:38 PM

You can’t have two iCloud accounts on one device at the same time under one Apple ID. It’s not possible. You can and should use the same Apple ID on all devices, but you should only use one iCloud account as well. The iCloud account is tied to your Apple ID and all content that you sync with Cloud uses the same Apple ID to function as it is intended.

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Mar 28, 2019 4:38 PM in response to Community User

You can’t have two iCloud accounts on one device at the same time under one Apple ID. It’s not possible. You can and should use the same Apple ID on all devices, but you should only use one iCloud account as well. The iCloud account is tied to your Apple ID and all content that you sync with Cloud uses the same Apple ID to function as it is intended.

Mar 28, 2019 4:40 PM in response to Community User

You cannot do so. An AppleID is an Apple services unique personal ID. When you sign in to an Apple service (iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime ,iBooks, the App or iTunes Store, these forums,...) you create an account for that service associated with that AppleID.


One AppleID equals one service account with each service. You cannot have two service accounts for any given service associated with a single AppleID. So one AppleID = one iCloud account.

Mar 28, 2019 4:47 PM in response to askbarnabas

One is for a 8 year old along with one iPad under one account when he downloads games they show up across all devices. Under a separate Apple ID I lose out on seeing all devices including track my device, I was hoping for a medium something subtracting the earlier but keeping the latter.

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