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separate a family account

I changed my Apple id account but it is the same as my husbands so I lost my contacts. I tried to change it back to recover my contacts and it will not allow me to do that. We need to switch to two accounts because his makes things complicated. How do I recover my contacts and change his Apple id email?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on May 31, 2020 7:30 PM

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Posted on May 31, 2020 9:59 PM

You won't be able to do what you want. It sounds like you created a new Apple ID rather than changing your Apple ID. So, now some things no longer are available to you. For example, you won’t be able to transfer anything purchased from the App and iTunes Stores to the new ID. And, there are other issues to be addressed.


See what Eric Root says on this matter here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251343949 and

 

what Winston Churchill says about it here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7452747

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Note that you can can set up family sharing between the two IDs to share purchases made with them on different devices. See:

 

Family Sharing  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060

 

Set up Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201088

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May 31, 2020 9:59 PM in response to helpforiphone16

You won't be able to do what you want. It sounds like you created a new Apple ID rather than changing your Apple ID. So, now some things no longer are available to you. For example, you won’t be able to transfer anything purchased from the App and iTunes Stores to the new ID. And, there are other issues to be addressed.


See what Eric Root says on this matter here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251343949 and

 

what Winston Churchill says about it here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7452747

__________

 

Note that you can can set up family sharing between the two IDs to share purchases made with them on different devices. See:

 

Family Sharing  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060

 

Set up Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201088

May 31, 2020 8:10 PM in response to helpforiphone16

Using More than One iDevice on the Same Computer


This applies mainly to couples who are adding another device and do not want their email, messages, etc. being duplicated on both devices. To begin, read: How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer. You need to establish a separate Apple ID and password for whoever will use the new iDevice. See Apple - My Apple ID and Frequently asked questions about Apple ID. The easiest way is to do this on the computer using iTunes: iTunes- How to set up an Apple ID within iTunes.


On the computer create a new user account for the person with the new iDevice. This will be the user account that person will always use. He/She will no longer use the other user account. This way that person will have a separate iTunes Library. Note that once done you cannot "share" apps under a single Apple ID. Each of you must purchase your own apps under your own Apple ID. When you decide to split up like this one of you will need to re-purchase the apps that they want to use.


Start by transferring the new device(s) to a new account along with all your data. Save any photo stream photos that you want to keep to your camera roll (unless they are already in the camera roll) by opening your Photos app, tap on Albums icon at the bottom. Now, tap on My Photo Stream album; tap Select; tap on the photos you want to select, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow) in the lower left corner; then tap Save to Camera Roll.


If you are syncing notes with iCloud that you want to keep then you need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself. Later you can copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account.


Tap on Settings > iCloud > Delete Account (only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud; the person keeping the current account will not be affected,) provide the password to turn off Find My Phone and choose to Keep on My iDevice when prompted. Sign in with a different Apple ID to create your new account. Choose Merge to upload your data.


Once you are on separate accounts, you can each go to icloud.com and delete the other person's data from your account.


The above was created by the user, randers4. Changes were made to improve readability and syntax.

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