Can I have two apple ids on my phone

I somehow have over the years managed to create two apple ids and have made purchases of music etc on them both., Can I have both ids on my phone or otherwise is there a way to merge them please. Many Thanks Nigel

Posted on Jan 25, 2022 1:34 AM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2022 4:43 PM

you might try setting up a family with your two apple ids. Then enable purchase sharing with each other, though even that can cause problems, especially with Homekit.


It's a crappy situation that Apple willfully put a lot of old iTools and .Mac users in. You can't merge Apple IDs, you can't transfer purchases to a new Apple ID. If an Apple ID is compromised, you can't delete that Apple ID and start over. It's purely a marketing decision and has nothing to do with security.

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Jan 26, 2022 4:43 PM in response to Nij17

you might try setting up a family with your two apple ids. Then enable purchase sharing with each other, though even that can cause problems, especially with Homekit.


It's a crappy situation that Apple willfully put a lot of old iTools and .Mac users in. You can't merge Apple IDs, you can't transfer purchases to a new Apple ID. If an Apple ID is compromised, you can't delete that Apple ID and start over. It's purely a marketing decision and has nothing to do with security.

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