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Edit my existing icloud email address?

Hello I have an icloud email address: i.e. using fictitious prefixes (abc and xyz):

I currently have: abcd@icloud.com, I want to change it to wxyz@icloud.com how do I do that please?

Posted on Jun 6, 2020 11:07 AM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2020 5:09 AM

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


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Jun 7, 2020 5:09 AM in response to Hahny

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


Edit my existing icloud email address?

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