I am trying to change my apple ID because the current one is no longer a valid email for me. When I put in the new email....it says not avi

kelliwoelfel wrote:

I am trying to change my apple ID because the current one is no longer a valid email for me. When I put in the new email....it says not available....but it is my email!!

read here Change your Apple ID - Apple Support

Have you logged into your Apple ID to see if the address shows under Reachable At, as a Rescue email address, or as a Notification email address? If it is listed, you can remove/replace the email address.

Apple ID - Manage  

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 as an  Apple ID email address 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 from somewhere like AOL or Yahoo to use as your Apple ID or you can try waiting 30 days to see if that works.