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how can I make a new icloud account on my iphone 8 plus without losing anything?

how can I make a new icloud account on my iphone 8 plus without losing anything? I'm on another account with my mother but I want to switch to my own account without losing photos, contacts and other important information. How can I do that?

iPhone 8 Plus

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 7:41 AM

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Posted on Jul 7, 2020 3:03 PM

Your "photos, contacts and other important information" will be tied to your mother's Apple ID and will reside there. When you create a new Apple ID, it will not port over.


For photos, you will have to download them to a computer, external hard drive, flash drive, etc. See the following --


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzN-0dJlPg8


Contacts and your other important information - Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support.

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Jul 7, 2020 3:03 PM in response to madss_22

Your "photos, contacts and other important information" will be tied to your mother's Apple ID and will reside there. When you create a new Apple ID, it will not port over.


For photos, you will have to download them to a computer, external hard drive, flash drive, etc. See the following --


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzN-0dJlPg8


Contacts and your other important information - Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support.

how can I make a new icloud account on my iphone 8 plus without losing anything?

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