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I messed up my Apple ID with the wrong email and now I can’t change it. Help!

I messed up my Apple ID with the wrong email and now I can’t change it. Help!

Posted on Jun 17, 2020 9:09 PM

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Posted on Jun 17, 2020 9:18 PM

Follow these steps to change the email address or phone number that you use as your Apple ID.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202667


What to do after you change your Apple ID or password - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204071

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Jun 18, 2020 9:47 AM in response to Pineapple54_15

This might be your problem. See What to do when the Mac App Store shows a different Apple ID for software updates https://www.macworld.com/article/3267709/mac-app-store-apple-id.html. This document refers to a prior owner, but is also applies to cases where a current owner's old Apple ID is the problem.

 

Basically, If an app is purchased/downloaded using one Apple ID, then you can't update it with another Apple ID. The app is inextricably linked to the first Apple ID. You'll have to delete it and repurchase/download it again with the second Apple ID.

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But, this also might be your problem. See Turn off Activation Lock https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201441. All possibilities related to iPhones, iPads, and iPods are covered here except the case of inheritance.

 

If you are the original owner: If you have iOS 11 or later and your account is protected with two-factor authentication, use get help with a forgotten passcode or disabled device to recover your passcode. Otherwise, use forgot your Apple ID or your Apple ID password to recover the needed credential(s). If you can’t recover the needed credential(s), contact Apple Support and present your original purchase receipt for your device from an authorized Apple seller with the device’s serial number on it. You’ll need a photo ID too.If you can do neither, then the device is useless to you.

 

If you acquired your device second hand, you usually will need to obtain the needed password from the person that last set it up. If you can’t obtain it, in the rare case your device came activation locked from an authorized Apple seller, then contact Apple Support and present your original purchase receipt for your device with the device’s serial number on it.* You’ll need a photo ID too. If you can do neither, then the device is useless to you.

 

In both cases, you can use the suggested support options below. Alternatively, if an Apple Store is open in your area, then you can go there to deal with your problem. In this case, you can make a genius-bar appointment (https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/) if you want.

 

Apple ID Support https://support.apple.com/apple-id

 

Apple ID account security for country-specific andregion-specific help https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204169


*Rarely, an iDevice is purchased activation locked from an authorized Apple seller. 

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