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Home app trying to link an old Apple ID

Home app keeps referring to an old APPLE ID


iPhone SE23, IOS 27.0.1


since updating to iOS 27.0.1, the Home app keeps trying to access an old Apple ID… how do I remedy this?

iPhone SE, iOS 27

Posted on Nov 4, 2026 11:29 AM

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Posted on Nov 4, 2026 8:05 PM

The Home app follows the Apple ID that owns the home, and any HomePod or Apple TV still signed into the old one. The iOS update doesn't move that over. Open the Home app, tap the More button, then Home Settings, and see who is listed. If you can still sign in with the old Apple ID, do that on one device, invite your current Apple ID, accept it, and then leave with the old one. Check each HomePod and Apple TV too. If any of them is on the old Apple ID, the phone will keep asking for it. Sign that device into the current Apple ID, or remove it from the home and add it again. Also look at Settings > your name > Media & Purchases and make sure that's the current Apple ID.

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Nov 4, 2026 8:05 PM in response to empress275

The Home app follows the Apple ID that owns the home, and any HomePod or Apple TV still signed into the old one. The iOS update doesn't move that over. Open the Home app, tap the More button, then Home Settings, and see who is listed. If you can still sign in with the old Apple ID, do that on one device, invite your current Apple ID, accept it, and then leave with the old one. Check each HomePod and Apple TV too. If any of them is on the old Apple ID, the phone will keep asking for it. Sign that device into the current Apple ID, or remove it from the home and add it again. Also look at Settings > your name > Media & Purchases and make sure that's the current Apple ID.

Home app trying to link an old Apple ID

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