My child has got three accounts how can I delete two and keep the one that she’s usingMy child has got three apple accounts how can I delete two and keep the one that she’s using

My child has three accounts I’m looking to delete two and keep one. How do I go about doing that?

iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Aug 17, 2023 6:26 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2023 6:53 PM

Stop using two of them.


Maybe switch the passwords. Maybe.


There is no means to migrate purchases and content among Apple IDs, though your own data can be moved with some effort. (Here is one of various discussions of relocating user content. Again, any purchases, media, and subscriptions cannot be moved.)


Don’t delete the Apple IDs until you’re well and truly sure they’re not being used somewhere. And maybe not even deleting them then.


Why? These Apple ID “deletion” threads too often end badly, when some now-deleted Apple ID is used for, for instance, Activation Lock on some forgotten device.

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Aug 17, 2023 6:53 PM in response to Naramore1986

Stop using two of them.


Maybe switch the passwords. Maybe.


There is no means to migrate purchases and content among Apple IDs, though your own data can be moved with some effort. (Here is one of various discussions of relocating user content. Again, any purchases, media, and subscriptions cannot be moved.)


Don’t delete the Apple IDs until you’re well and truly sure they’re not being used somewhere. And maybe not even deleting them then.


Why? These Apple ID “deletion” threads too often end badly, when some now-deleted Apple ID is used for, for instance, Activation Lock on some forgotten device.

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