Hello!
I accidentally changed my main apple ID into my daughter's email address, thinking I would be able to change my old iphone's apple ID that way. I was supposed to give her my old iphone (5s). Now my own iphone (iphone6) bears her email address. I want to revert it to my own email.
What should i do?
Thank you!
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Greetings :)
It seems, in some instances, you may be able to use a phone number instead of an e-mail address as your Apple ID sign in.
May be worth a look at Apple Support's article:
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT207944#change-appleid
Cheers :)
Apple hasn’t published any guidance for using an address again. Normally, if your e-mail address was associated with an ID in any way, for example as a Notification email address or a Rescue e-mail address, then it can't be reused with another Apple ID for approximately one year. I have also seen posts that stated Apple told them there was a 30 day waiting period before the address could be used again. You will need to get another e-mail address to use as your Apple ID or you can try waiting 30 days to see if that works.
You are welcome. Are you following the steps in this article? Note the restrictions in the article.
What to do after you change your Apple ID or password - Apple Support I suggest doing this before you change your Apple ID or password.
Thank you for your response --it was informative.
Though, I have a follow up question, maybe you can also enlighten me.
I have already entered a new email address yesterday but i still could not remove my daughter's email address.
I was expecting to see a button that would give me an option to make the new email as 'Primary'.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Hi again, I have already figured it out and removed the unwanted address. Thank you :)
You are welcome.
Accidentally changed my Apple ID email
