Separating accounts?
My husband finally got an iPhone but now we get each others calls, Txts, emails etc. How do we fix it so we don't receive each others stuff?
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One of you needs to get their own Apple ID rather than share one. Apple IDs are personal; they shouldn’t be shared any more than you would share a toothbrush. If you share an Apple ID with someone else many bad things will happen. Each user should have their own Apple ID, then you can create Family Sharing→What is Family Sharing? - Apple Support. That way you can share what you want to share and not share what you don’t want to share.
It is OK to share an Apple ID among devices used by one person, such as an iPhone, an iPad and a Mac; in fact, it is a very useful thing to do. But not between devices used by different people.
Here is Apple’s FAQ: https://appleid.apple.com/faq/#!&page=faq. See the 4th bullet item.
So, to actually switch a phone to a new Apple ID, on whichever phone will get the new Apple ID tap on Settings, then the username at the top, then scroll down and tap Sign Out. You can choose to keep the current information on the phone or remove it; that’s a personal choice. When that completes tap on Settings again, then the top entry to create a new Apple ID and password. Once it is set up you can follow the link above to set up family sharing.