delete wrong apple ID from the appstore login

ROFL Gail, did you consider that unless you remember the answers to the secret questions... you can only reset your password if the email address is still valid?

Also, the post may be old, but the problem still exists. It has obviously never been fixed.

Either way, there are no restrictions to "sticking with an old account". A customer is supposed to be free to change accounts as long as he is willing to lose past purchases. As a matter of fact... I believe Apple requires it if you move permanently to another country/AppleStore area.

A customer isn't supposed to get harassed by poor programming that keeps asking for an account that is not the one in the phone's Settings/iTunes/AppleID. Lame is lame. Defending lameness instead of giving a solution is pointless, and if you were an apple employee... then it would be gross incompetence.

And no I am not talking from ignorance, even if "that is how it works today". I am a software developer myself. If I designed and coded something that poorly thought out and then antagonized users that noticed the flaw instead of fixing ASAP... I'd get fired on the spot. But then, maybe that is why Apple has volunteers manning these forums instead of having an easy to find proper customer support department.

What I would suggest as a start is answering what people are asking for: HOW DO WE IDENTIFY EVERYTHING PRESENT IN AN iPHONE THAT IS USING AN APPLE ID DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS IN "Settings/iTunes/AppleID". And then submit an iOS request for enhancement to provide an easy to use mechanism that is on the phone and is obvious enough that people can find it without coming to the forums.

If you want to make a suggestion to Apple do so here: Apple - Feedback

And again, your post makes no sense. Why would anyone create a new Apple ID and lose all of their past purchases when they can just change the one they have?

Also, it is very simple to find out which app is tied to the old ID. Update one app at a time. When one comes up with the password request to the old ID, delete it.

Finally, if you forget the answers to your Security Questions, and the Rescue email address (which is not the same as the Apple ID email address) is also no longer valid, then all you have to do is contact Apple Support to get them reset: ACCOUNT SECURITY CONTACT

GB

As a matter of fact... I believe Apple requires it if you move permanently to another country/AppleStore area.

You mean non-fact.

This is is not a requirement and is not needed.

You can continue to use same AppleID if you move to another country.

Thanks! Missed that misstatement! 🙂

Cheers,

GB

what I did.....

logout of icloud

logout of I tunes / music store

IN settings..... General / reset / reset all settings (does not delete any data)

log back in to the above using the new account......

problem seems to have been solved......

THANK YOU!!!! No one has been able to figure that out for 4 years!! My daughter used her email to download facebook and it shows MY apply ID but wont let me use it, kept asking for HER password, which she doesnt remember! Removed the app and now its GONE! Thank you so much!!

AmyKDR wrote:

kept asking for HER password, which she doesnt remember!

See this -> If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support

This post addressed the problem:

Re: Wrong Apple ID: How do I change the Apple ID prompt when Updating All Apps?

FIXED: All you have to do is delete the apps that were downloaded from the old ID and reinstall them with the new ID. Wished someone had said that an hour ago. My name says it all.

Someone said it in the second response in this thread. And it was undoubtedly repeated multiple times in this 17 page document since it is the most standard answer for this type of issue.

Your user ID is only a reflection of your attitude....

GB

I like using Apple products I have to say. So back off o the issue so maybe we can help someone else? It appears that some of my apps have been downloaded by a different Apple id. It must have been done in the past by someone else bc I didn't do it. So here is My question to you: how do I solve my real problem? How can you see in iTunes what Apple ID downloaded the app originally??

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applesuksapplesuks wrote:

Gail, your response is pure Apple. Pure arrogance. I'm so glad you work there

Gail doesn't work for Apple.

So here is My question to you: how do I solve my real problem? How can you see in iTunes what Apple ID downloaded the app originally??

Select the app in iTunes, right click - get info.

Well, first, I don't work for Apple. Everyone here unless specifically identified as a Community Specialist is a user just like you. We volunteer our time here, and the point I made was that your statement was patently false. "Wished someone had said it an hour ago"? Someone did....

And to answer the question which you now just asked, you find that out by going to iTunes on the computer you sync with, open the Apps view, click on My Apps, select an app, press CTL+I to "Get Info", click on the File tab, and it will show what Apple ID purchased the item.

GB

yes, very similar problem for me. Big UGH.

For me I updated my apps individually through the iPhone. When I click the update button if it asks for the password for the old account I simply delete that app.

Once good advantage to doing this is I got rid of a bunch of apps I don't use anymore 🙂

Once I got rid of all the apps I had purchased under the old account, it no longer asked me for the old account password.