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How do I make my alternate email my primary email on my Apple ID?

I stoped using the email that was my apple id but now it wount let me swtich it to my current email. because it is an @me.com. but I never put it as an alternate, i just apeared there.

Posted on Oct 16, 2011 11:47 PM

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Posted on Oct 16, 2011 11:56 PM

I am having the same problem and would like to know how I can change my email from my yahoo address to my new gmail address

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Oct 22, 2011 3:40 PM in response to grantjohnjamison

I very much would like an answer to this too. i have a primary apple ID that is an outdated email address.

I want to make one of mey alternate IDs the primary ID but can't figure out how to change that.


I deleted my alternate ID (the one I want to use as primary) and tried to add it as the primary ID but now I'm just told the email address is in use... it isn't. I deleted it.


How do I make a previous alternate ID be my primary ID?

Aug 28, 2012 11:16 AM in response to CranberryGirl105

Thanks. I know how to change the Apple ID. The problem I have is that I am trying to change my Apple ID to edwardsanborn@gmail.com. That email address was my rescue email address until earlier today when I changed my rescue email address to something else. So now I want to change my Apple ID to edwardsanborn@gmail.com but the error I get is:


Email address is already verified for another Apple ID.


How do I eliminate that? Or at least how do I found out which other Apple ID edwardsanborn@gmail.com is verified to?

Aug 28, 2012 4:06 PM in response to grantjohnjamison

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Mail works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as other industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. You can send and receive embedded photos and graphics, and view PDFs and other attachments.

Setting Up Email Accounts

You can set up email accounts on iPhone in either of the following ways:

Set up an account directly on iPhone. See "

Setting Up Accounts" on page 16.

In iTunes, use the iPhone preference panes to sync email accounts settings from

your computer. See "Syncing" on page 11.

 

Sending Email

You can send an email message to anyone who has an email address.

Compose and send a message:

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Sep 4, 2012 9:21 AM in response to ufo1947

I am having the same problem. Earlier today I removed my rescue e-mail address so that I could replace my primary ID with it. Now I cannot use it as my primary ID or put it back as an alternate or my rescue ID again. Attempts to do either result in the message that the address is already in use by another account. Umm, yes, that would be my account... Now why can't I put it back of I were able to 'delete' it?


And the Support responses here are inaccurate and do not address the question asked.

Jun 11, 2013 7:30 AM in response to joshsgd

Hi, I'm having the same problem - I want to swap the email addresses for my two apple IDs so i have used a third to free up one at a time. I have changed one but when I try to replace the second apple ID with it I get a message saying that its in use by another account (which would be mine, the one I just removed). Did anyone ever get this sorted out? Cheers

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