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separating my personal iPhone and work iPhone help

I have the same apple ID and iCloud acct on both my work and personal phones. How do i create a separate account for my work phone? Do I have to create an apple ID first, then iCloud? Or vice versa?


I don't want to lose the info on my work phone when I make the switch- I'd like to manually delete what I don't want. Any suggestions? Thanks!

iPhone XR

Posted on Jan 4, 2021 12:21 PM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2021 12:36 PM

dunkcd wrote:

I don't want to lose the info on my work phone when I make the switch- I'd like to manually delete what I don't want. Any suggestions?

My first and strongest suggestion is you abandon the condition you set forth in this first sentence above. Instead you should consider your work person and personal person as two completely separate individuals. Remember your employer has absolute access to anything and everything on your work iPhone.


So assuming you keep your current Apple ID as your personal one, here’s how to proceed:

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Jan 4, 2021 12:36 PM in response to dunkcd

dunkcd wrote:

I don't want to lose the info on my work phone when I make the switch- I'd like to manually delete what I don't want. Any suggestions?

My first and strongest suggestion is you abandon the condition you set forth in this first sentence above. Instead you should consider your work person and personal person as two completely separate individuals. Remember your employer has absolute access to anything and everything on your work iPhone.


So assuming you keep your current Apple ID as your personal one, here’s how to proceed:

separating my personal iPhone and work iPhone help

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