change Apple ID email
I have created an iCloud email account and now want to change my email address that is my Apple ID to this new email but it is telling me I am unable to??
iPhone XR, iOS 13
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If you created a new iCloud email account, you created a new Apple ID account. Apple ID accounts can't be merged. The address from one account can't be used on another Apple ID.
If you didn't create a new account, but added the email account to your existing Apple ID, you may have to wait 30 days to use the address as your Apple ID. From the article below.
If you try to change your Apple ID to an @icloud.com email address that was created within the last 30 days, you might be asked to try again later.
Based on what I have read, I suggest you leave your Apple ID email address as a 3rd party email address because you have more flexibility if you need to change the email address. For example, if the Apple ID got compromised, you can change it to another address. I also have read of many people who were locked out of their accounts when they forgot their password. Since the recovery email address is the @iCloud email address, if you forget your password, you also can't access your email to get emails from Apple to recover your account. You can set a rescue email address, but for some people, this hasn't worked.