Unverify email address

Sometime ago I created an Apple ID xxxx@yahoo.com. When I moved over to MobileMe for my email, etc, I created a new Apple ID with yyyy@me.com, but sicne I'd bought loads of apps using xxxx@yahoo.com, I kept it in use too. I added my yyyy@me.com as the primary email address for my xxxx@yahoo.com, so that any emails came through to my MobileMe account, since I didn't actually use my Yahoo account for email.


Now I want to more or less abandon my Yahoo Apple ID and just use my MobileMe one.


Problem is I'm trying to sign in to FaceTime on my Mac and iPad 2 as yyyy@me.com, but it won't let me since yyyy@me.com is already a verified email address on another Apple ID (my Yahoo one)


How do I totally remove any reference to my yyyy@me.com email address from my xxxx@yahoo.com Apple ID?


I tried going to appleid.apple.com and making changes there, but it doesn't save - it just reverts back to the previous settings.


Thanks

MacBook Pro (Mid-2010) Intel i5, 4GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.6), Mac Mini (Early 2009), MacBook (Early 2009), iPhone 4, iPad 64GB

Posted on Jul 27, 2011 1:51 PM

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Oct 13, 2011 10:30 AM in response to markmc78

Hey guys, I had the same problem with my appledids and emails, here is what I did to resolve my problem... go to your appleid account at appleid.apple.com and click on manage account, enter the appleid and the password.. what you need to do is sign in to the account from which you want to unverify the email, add a different email address to this account, one that you dont have associated with any appleids, and make that email your primary email, then delete the other email from that appleid. Now sign out of this account and go and sign in to your appleid and add the email address you deleted form the other account, so now you should have both email under just one appleid.

It worked for me and I had the same exact problem as you. Hope it works for you too.

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