I purchased a new Iphone. I wanted to enter my data manually. When prompted for my email address, I was told the email address was already in use. So, I used my secondary email address. When I try to add my primary email, I receive the message "Invalid Email This email address is not available. Choose a different address". Please help.
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iPhone 11, iOS 16
Where are you trying to do this? For what purpose? To me it sounds like you are trying to set up a new Apple account. To do that, Apple won't let you re-use an email address it has seen before.
Since you already have an account (you are posting to this forum which requires an ID), why not just sign in with it?
Read this support article to learn how to sign in with your Apple ID on various kinds of devices --> Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support
For an Apple Mobile device:
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Sign in to your [device].
3. Enter your Apple ID and password.
4. If prompted, enter the six-digit verification code sent to your trusted device or phone number and complete sign in.
Where are you trying to do this? For what purpose? To me it sounds like you are trying to set up a new Apple account. To do that, Apple won't let you re-use an email address it has seen before.
Since you already have an account (you are posting to this forum which requires an ID), why not just sign in with it?
Read this support article to learn how to sign in with your Apple ID on various kinds of devices --> Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support
For an Apple Mobile device:
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Sign in to your [device].
3. Enter your Apple ID and password.
4. If prompted, enter the six-digit verification code sent to your trusted device or phone number and complete sign in.
Do you wan to add your Apple Mail account to the Mail app?
If yes, just enable Mail in the the settings for Apple ID / iCloud / iCloud Mail settings on your iPhone.
After that your Mail account will be added automatically to the Mail app.
Error when adding mail ID ""Invalid Email This email address is not available. Choose a different address"
