Apple ID change
How do you change your Apple ID from an email to a phone number? I’ve looked everywhere, but I’ve only seen how to change your email to another email, not a phone number.
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How do you change your Apple ID from an email to a phone number? I’ve looked everywhere, but I’ve only seen how to change your email to another email, not a phone number.
I believe you cannot change from an email address to a phone number, only to a different one of the same kind.
Use your mobile phone number as your Apple ID - Apple Support
talks about changing one phone number to a different one, plus about regional limited availability of using a mobile number but only when you are creating a new Apple account.
Change your Apple ID - Apple Support
talks about changing from an email address to an email address.
On a related theme: Now my Apple ID my mobile no I want chang… - Apple Community
August 2021 post by a Community Specialist about changing from a telephone number Apple ID to an email format:
"While it's possible to change your Apple ID to a different phone number, there isn't a way to change it to an email address."
That's related to what was mentioned in a previous post, "Change your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number"
Note it says to a "different" number, i.e., changing from a mobile number ID to another mobile number. You are wanting to change from an email address to a number.
I believe you cannot change from an email address to a phone number, only to a different one of the same kind.
Use your mobile phone number as your Apple ID - Apple Support
talks about changing one phone number to a different one, plus about regional limited availability of using a mobile number but only when you are creating a new Apple account.
Change your Apple ID - Apple Support
talks about changing from an email address to an email address.
On a related theme: Now my Apple ID my mobile no I want chang… - Apple Community
August 2021 post by a Community Specialist about changing from a telephone number Apple ID to an email format:
"While it's possible to change your Apple ID to a different phone number, there isn't a way to change it to an email address."
That's related to what was mentioned in a previous post, "Change your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number"
Note it says to a "different" number, i.e., changing from a mobile number ID to another mobile number. You are wanting to change from an email address to a number.
From: Use your mobile phone number as your Apple ID - Apple Support
Change your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number
Depending on the country or region that you live in and how you created your Apple ID, you might be able to change your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number from your Apple ID account page or on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
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Apple ID change