Changing Apple ID

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Changing Apple ID

My current Apple ID is my old work email address. I just retired a week ago. I have a personal email account on Yahoo but that email is used for notifications. When I try to change my Apple ID (old work email) to my personal email (Yahoo) it says I am not able to use the same email address for both. Do I have to set up a 2nd personal email account in order to change my Apple ID? I prefer not to create another email just for the purpose of managing my Apple account. Thanks.

iPhone 11, 13

Posted on Apr 5, 2020 9:30 AM

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donv_the_ghost

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Apr 5, 2020 10:31 AM in response to Trooper222

it sounds like you have two Apple IDs, a third-party Apple ID--name@yahoo.com and an Apple-related Apple ID, specifically name@iCloud.com, name@me.com, or name@mac.com. If so, you can't merge Apple IDs by changing an Apple ID. You should be able to use either type to sign into any site requiring an Apple ID on any device.

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Eric Root

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Apr 5, 2020 10:37 AM in response to Trooper222

You can either create a 2nd personal email account to get a new address or you can remove the Yahoo address from your ID to use as the ID email address. There will be a delay before you will be able to use it as the Apple ID email address for the work account. I have seen posts that stated Apple told them there was a 30 day waiting period before the address could be used again.

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