So, me and my family have been sharing one Apple ID for a while now. I made a personal @icloud.com email, which is attached to the Apple ID we share. Now, I want to use my own personal Apple ID, however it seems I can not get my @icloud.com email to link with my personal Apple ID. Is this somehow possible?
Eric Root,
That is correct.
Jasonves-- It can be a pain, but now you need to think of that first iCloud account as your family's shared account login, and you need to create a new AppleID via iCloud if that's what you so choose.
As I tried to explain above, an iCloud email address can only be associated with one ID. You can't remove the @iCloud.com address and transfer it to another Apple ID.
Ah. Ok. Unfortunately from my experience, an AppleID may not be associated with more than one account. It's a security risk (not for those who want you use it as you are intending to...) but it can open a can of worms if there was someone who was able to link their single email address to multiple accounts....
Ultimately it's for your safety.
Do you mean you want to create your own personal Apple ID and cannot use your @i.cloud.com email address because it is linked to a Family Sharing group?
You may need to quit the group or get the organizer to remove your icloud.com mail address from it.
See if this helps. Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support
I do not need to make a new Apple ID, I think I havent explained myself clearly, so basically:
There are two Apple ID's: example1@gmail . com is the ID which my family uses. I had made an iCloud email e.g. jasves@icloud . com which is tied to this apple ID.
Now, I decided to make an Apple ID with my other personal mail, which is e.g. jasves@gmail . com. However, I still make use of the jasves@icloud . com email, and want to link this iCloud email to my new Apple ID jasves @ gmail . com. Meaning, it should first get separated from the family Apple ID example1@gmail . com.
Is this possible? If so, how?
So in short:
You can't make a personal Apple ID using the @iCloud.com email address that is tied to another Apple ID. That address is tied to the original Apple ID and can't be used for a new ID. You need to get another email address to use as your ID.
Change iCloud email to other Apple ID
