How can I resolve Apple Account association issues on my iPhone?

I’ve pressed both multiple times to no avail

It wasn’t intentionally I’m sorry

I go a message that my Device Is Already Associated With an Apple Account and I can auto-download purchases on this device with just one Apple Account every 90 days.

I bought my iPad new from Verizon over a year ago. Never had aproblem till I upgraded to 18.1. This is an OS bug.

Apple bar Genius had me do a "Settings Reset" Not the entire phone. It worked. Did have to re-sign in most accounts afterward though.

Apparently you can't. You just have to live with it. 🤨

What does “reset the Setting Only” mean?

Im now on 18.3.1 and the bloody thing is still appearing at least a dozen times a day.

Thanks a lot ! This (resetting phone settings) worked for me as well (at least for 1 week now), whereas nothing from Apple support chat was helpful.

This is lifesaving, it was so annoying.

Yes,exactly. Third party apps that are not pre loaded on the phone but that have been separately downloaded from the App Store would be the ones to delete and reload one page at a time. Then retest to see if pop up resolved. Hope it helps as it’s resolved my same issue.

So my android broke and I was forced to use my wife’s iPhone Xr until my z flip gets repaired. I have logged in to my Apple account and the phone shows it is associated with my Apple account along with my iPad. Problem is I keep getting the same message and I also am getting her pictures of that she takes on her phone in my photo files. Also my calendar is somehow linked to hers. Every time an add something to my calendar she sees it on her phone. I haven’t figured out how to stop it. At first even my text to my phone number were showing up on her iPhone which is a completely different number. Insane how our 2 phones were basically linked and still are to some degree.

I have selected both and nothing happens. The message has been coming more frequently now. Nearly every time I touch my phone. Plan on taking it into an apple store, genius bar, see if they can help. 13 Pro Max

@Apple support - is anyone from Apple going to wade in here???

This is a persistent bug that has been reported since at least October 2024. I get this message multiple times a day and it makes no difference whether I click ‘cancel’ or ‘transfer’. It’s been going on for months and is now acutely irritating.

When will this be fixed?

I’m having the same issue with my iPhone 14 after the update to 18.1 or whatever it was it’s saying this device is already with an apple account if you turn on automatic downloads with your apple account you cannot auto download past purchase, you can’t transfer or cancel, it does that all day what is going on with the last update

I've chosen transfer... several times. It mentions a 90-day lockout from downloads but my phone (15 Pro Max) seems to work just fine. The message seems to appear after any power cycle or update. For those choosing cancel I believe the message will just repeat so choose transfer to be less annoyed.