Apple ID

I was trying to enable mms notifications on my iphone and changed my apple ID to an sms email. Now, I can not change my Apple ID back to the original email address. Let me know if there are any solutions. Thank you.

iPhone SE (Gen 2)

Posted on Aug 6, 2022 2:35 AM

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Posted on Aug 6, 2022 9:18 AM

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, 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.

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Aug 6, 2022 9:18 AM in response to Communities04dh

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, 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.

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