how do you get your old email back as the apple id
i changed my apple id by creating a new gmail. but now i want my apple id to be my old icloud email. how do i get it back?
iPhone 11, iOS 16
Follow this guidance→Apple ID: Changing your Apple ID
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it won’t work it says “ this email address cannot be used as an apple id at this time”. this email address was my old apple id but i changed it and i need to change it back to this one.
That usually means you are using it as a backup email address. Log in to https://appleid.apple.com and check.
how do you get your old email back as the apple id