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Changing ID

I need to change my Apple ID because it is currently set to an email address that will soon be invalid. However when I try to do this to the address I want to use I get "Your new Apple ID cannot be the same as your notification email address. Choose a different email address."


Can anyone help, please?


iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 12

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 4:20 AM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2019 4:44 AM

For security reasons, your 2FA notification email address cannot be the same as your AppleID email address. If you don't have one, create a free address with a service like Gmail or Yahoo! Mail.


You will need a second email account and will need to change your 2FA notification address to that address, then change your AppleID.


About your Apple ID email addresses - Apple Support

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Jul 22, 2019 4:44 AM in response to idleparty

For security reasons, your 2FA notification email address cannot be the same as your AppleID email address. If you don't have one, create a free address with a service like Gmail or Yahoo! Mail.


You will need a second email account and will need to change your 2FA notification address to that address, then change your AppleID.


About your Apple ID email addresses - Apple Support

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