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?
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
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.
So in short:
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.
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?
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.
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.
Change iCloud email to other Apple ID
