Data transfer to new phone defaulting to wrong Apple ID email address

I have backed up my old iPhone to iCloud and I am trying to transfer from my old device to my new iPhone. As I go through the process with the new phone holding it beside the old phone, the new device eventually asks me for my iCloud account password but the iCloud account e-mail address shown is incorrect and is one that I have no access to. I want to make sure that all my apps and data transfer across to my new device seamlessly and that I lose nothing in the process.


How do I make sure that the new device is picking the data from the proper iCloud account that I have backed the old device up to? And how do I remove the wrong e-mail address being suggested so that I am prompted with the correct iCloud email address and asked for the password associated with that?


Again, I need to ensure that I don't lose any data in the transfer.


Thanks for any help!

Posted on Apr 16, 2024 10:52 AM

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Apr 16, 2024 11:03 AM in response to Irlquery24

Hey! How are you doing? I see that you are having some issues with iCloud transfers. Fortunately, here are some solutions which may help you:


Use iCloud to transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone





*As far as I am aware, if you backed up your previous phone recently, you should not loose any kind of data/information. Meanwhile, to be 100% sure, please contact Apple Support.


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