Q: How to change iCloud email address?

I followed the 4 steps given by gail from maine to the letter and it worked perfectly for me.

Thank you

Most excellent r_bookie! Thanks for posting back!

Cheers,

GB

Matts suggestion helped me. Me and my mother were on the same icloud and i did exactly what he said and it worked perfectly!!! Thanks matt! Ive been trying to figure it out for hours!!!! Greatly apprecciated! ; )

This seems to be an solution (after all hope has lost), but Apple says an alias cannot be transfered of merged to an primary account, I'm not fully understanding what does that means exactly.

i have forgotten my old icould password and for deleting its asking me old password, what should i do?

Hi sara,

Are you saying that your old iCloud ID is signed onto iCloud on your device, and you want to delete it?

If so, then I need to know if the new iCloud ID that you want to sign on is:

1.     A totally new Apple ID OR

2.     The same Apple ID that you edited to change it

The approach to resolving the issue will be different based on your answer.

Cheers,

GB

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You are a genious gail from maine

I cant tell you how much trouble ive been having with this and you just resolved it in less than 5 easy steps.

Thanks SO much!

How can i change my icloud email when i don't know the password.

Hi magy679,

You cannot change your iCloud email. You can only change the email on your Apple ID. Are you describing the issue where your iCloud account cannot be deleted because it has a different ID than your current Apple ID? If so, see my earlier post with the steps to resolve this issue.

If it is a previous owner's iCloud account, then the only way to get the account deleted so you can sign on with your Apple/iCloud ID, is to contact the previous owner and have them turn off Find My iPhone or wipe the device from their iCloud account.

Cheers,

GB

YAY, s.burnett! Glad that got you sorted!

Cheers,

GB

Thanks Matt, this did solve my problem

I have been able the change my apple ID and password. However, I cannot change my icloud ID to match. When I attemp Matts solution I am unable to delete the account because I am unable to turn off the find my iphone/ipad feature. It is prompting me to put in my icloud password and that I cannot remember or reset because that email address no longer exists. Is there any way around or to correct this?

If you don't know the password for the original ID you will have to contact Support.

To contact  iCloud Support: if you currently happen to have AppleCare, either because you recently bought Apple hardware or have paid to extend the inititial period, you can contact them here:

http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/contact/

You will need the serial number of the covered hardware.

If you are not covered by AppleCare, then - in common with other free email services - there is no free support and you may be asked to pay a fee.

Thanks that just solved my problems too.