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Laurent P. Author

Level 1

28 points

How do I change my iCloud account on my iPhone

I know i'm not the only one who ha the same prb out there, and I read a lots of stuff in the different discussions, but I want to make sure, so let me ask:

my wife and I share the same store account, and somehow when I set up our two iPhones, her iCloud account got attached to my Apple ID. Which obviously is not good, since we don't want to share all contacts and appointments, etc...

So, I just what to change her iCloud account from my apple ID to hers. How do I do that?

I am thinking to delete that account (settings->icloud->delete account), but i want to make sure this is not gonna wipe out all her data.

Also, I read somewhere on the Apple website that once you have attached your device to an iCloud account, you have to wait 90 days before to be able to change account. Is that true? Or deleting account will do it?

Thanks for your help.

Laurent

Posted on Oct 20, 2011 10:56 PM

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Rudegar

Level 10

173,958 points

Posted on Oct 21, 2011 9:10 AM

I believe that the icloud and old mobileME is natively tied to the appleID and that's the whole point and you will never be able to separate that tie

but I could be wrong

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Vajpai

Level 1

15 points

Feb 21, 2013 10:35 PM in response to unhappy 4s user

Thanks

It has helped me.

To the point, precise, and easy.

in10se

Level 1

0 points

Mar 24, 2013 5:09 AM in response to photo1257

All you have to do is visit https://appleid.apple.com/ . Log in and you can edit your info. Best luck!

Apr 9, 2013 2:24 PM in response to Laurent P.

I have a strange problem...

I have two iCloud accounts, one of which I'm phasing out. I have an iMac, iPhone and now an iPad. I deleted the old account from my my iPhone in iCloud settings, then added the new one, same on iMac. Problem: on my iPhone, although settings show my new iCloud email address and settings, when I go to download an app, the pop up window throws up my old iCloud email and wants the old password. There is no way of asking it to reflect the new, the one actually in settings. Can anyone help? Am I missing a trick?

Apr 9, 2013 2:32 PM in response to CJEonline

Ummm... Ignore me, just fixed it by going to settings/iTunes & App Stores and changing Apple ID there.

Now I'm just talking to myself,

dsjr74

Level 1

0 points

May 21, 2013 11:18 AM in response to GZukes

You rock! This worked perfectly. Thank you for helping.

Jun 9, 2013 11:49 AM in response to unhappy 4s user

This is really helpful and seemed a good first step, but my issue is that I can't seem to change the app store ID in any way. I can delete the icloud account and reset the phone, but whenever I do the backup it retrieves the old email address as the ID. I got a new phone and during the setup process changed my apple ID and so now it won't work on the old or the new phone. Any ideas anyone?

Jun 9, 2013 11:51 AM in response to 2phonesMum

Hi 2phonesMum,

To change the AppleID in iTunes and & App Store on your phone go to Settings>ITunes and App Store. Click on your old AppleID and then click on Sign Out. Then Sign in with your new ID.

Cheers,

Ellaski

Level 1

0 points

Aug 24, 2013 12:38 PM in response to GZukes

GZukes is amazing. I just needed to know that I would not lose my data by pressing delete and you provided the assurance. I have not been able to use so many features in my phone because my email changed and the old email was inaccessible. Thanks for helping a computer illiterate.

Aug 26, 2013 10:05 PM in response to Laurent P.

How do you go about deleting the account I can't seem to find how. Thanks!

Vajpai

Level 1

15 points

Aug 27, 2013 9:13 AM in response to Hayleymarie_03

Simple...

Settings -> iCloud

DELETE ACCOUNT - this will be in red background

Hope you are able to achieve your objective this time.

rcaper

Level 1

4 points

Sep 9, 2013 10:44 AM in response to unhappy 4s user

THANK you. I've been struggling with this issue forever.

Sep 11, 2013 4:59 AM in response to gail from maine

Gail from Maine - you are a Godsend -thanks

Sep 13, 2013 8:06 PM in response to Walkerkaren73

You are most welcome karen!

I'm glad I was able to help! Thanks for posting back. 🙂

Cheers,

Sep 18, 2013 8:17 PM in response to unhappy 4s user

it helped me so much! thank you 🙂

Sep 22, 2013 11:18 AM in response to Laurent P.

im having this issue, i get that you are supposed to go and delete your icloud account and then just log back in with the correct one but my problem is that when i try and delete the account it asks for the password of the old account which doesnt exist anymore and therefore wont let me delete it, whats up with that and why didnt my icloud change to my new apple id

How do I change my iCloud account on my iPhone