How to change iCloud email address?

If you

1. Log out of iCloud on your phone (and turn off 'Find My iPhone' if it's on.

2. Go to http://appleid.apple.com and change your non-Apple email address which is your ID to another non-Apple email address

3. Log back into iCloud on your phone with the new ID address

then the synced data on your phone will disappear from it when you log out, but will reappear (give it time) when you sign back in. Basically you are changing the login but the actual account remains the same: however the sign out and back in again is necessary for the phone (and any other device) to pick up the new login.

Sigh. A year ago I changed my email and pw on my apple iTunes, etc, ID, but never touched icloud. The address on it is a dead email so no way to get email to me to change that pw I forget! I am not. Allowed to turn off find phone or delete that icloud untill I log in, which I can not. So can not use Facetime either. I changed all this yesterday on my ipad air but can not get it to change on my ipod.

If you are referring to this question (which was written in October 2011 when iCloud was in Beta), then the answer is:

I have the exact same problem. My wife's .me email is attached to my iCloud. No - the iCloud account attached to your wife's @me.com account is your wife's Not only does it make my personal iCloud useless for me, it also locks her out of using her personal .me email address. It really seems this should be a solvable problem.

If you want your own iCloud account, set it up under your own Apple ID. It's that simple.

Cheers,

GB

OMG!!!! thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been working with Apple since May 11, 2015. I have searched and searched and finally got the answer to stop the pop up from iCloud which drove me crazy. I got my iCloud email address from a very old one to the current one. Again I cannot say thank you enough! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This helped a lot. Wasted so much time on this. Really ******, Apple. 😠 Scroll down to "How to safely delete iCloud account…"

http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/20/how-to-change-the-email-address-associated-with-yo ur-apple-id/page/2/

This solution no longer works. I called in to Apple Support, and had to request TIER TWO support before i was able to get around this problem. Apple has changed the way they address this problem. The work-around that USED TO WORK but NO LONGER WORKS is to temporarily change the apple ID (on a computer) to the old one. If you try that now, you will be told that a verification code will be sent to the OLD ADDRESS. This is not a solution that worked for me, because in my case the old address was no longer in use.

The solution, as of Jan 2 2016 is this:

1. On your device (iPhone, iPad), go to settings, iCloud

2. On the next screen, tap your account near the top. You will be asked for your Apple ID passworrd

3. Enter your CURRENT PASSWORD that you use with your CURRENT APPLE ID (don't worry that the password doesn't match the password as it used to be with your old apple ID. It should accept your current password

4. Once in, you can delete the account, and enter your new Apple ID and password.

Note: if you are concerned about losing any information associated with the old Apple ID, then do a backup to your computer first.

You are posting to a thread that is almost 5 years old. Many things have changed over the course of time in regards to iCloud issues. Please state your issue completely and fully, and we will see if we can help.

Cheers,

GB

Hi Everyone,

This worked for me:

1. Go to icloud.com

2. Login with your current icloud email

3. Once you login, you will see icons. Click settings.

4. Once you get to settings, you will see beside your picture, "Apple ID, Manage". Click Manage

5. You will see there you can edit your apple ID email.

After all of that, sign out from your account in your mac/iphone/ipad etc. Then sign in using the new e-mail. Everything should be back.

You need to sign out of iCloud on all your devices before you change the email address which forms your ID. Failure to do this can cause serious problems on any device which has 'Find my iPhone/Mac/iPod' enabled.

that is a dang good question, are we stuck with our iTunes / iCloud email? I hate how Facebook doesn't let you change your email EVER (at least as far as I can tell)

Also, I have 2 or 3 @me.com addresses, I need to merge them so i can access my purchased content from any account.

good luck

hello dear Mr. roger wilmut1

im facing a problem with my ipad that is i cannot remember my apple id password & email

im trying to solve this problem but it doesnt work at all i tried many more times to remember if you can help me it will be perfect i have been lost all my icloud account 3 months ago im waiting for your support & help

thanks in advance your scincerly daad al sheikh

For the record, you are not allowed to change your iCloud email address once it has been created, now that we all have access to it.

Doubtful - what would you do if that email address went away...

Matt's solution doesn't work for me. All I can do is to sign out. :-/

thanks