how to change iCloud account on iPhone, without deleting data on iPhone

Thank you for the info.....It worked...

Worked for me as well...thanks!

Thanks so much!!! I thought I was going crazy. This worked perfectly for me 😀

Worked perfectly - thanks! Never would have figured that out.

I have the exact same problem as you! I don't have access to my old email that my iCloud account was made to as my Apple ID email is different! Did you work it out at all?? Someone pls helpppp mmmmeeee

I have the same problem. My old e-mail address no longer exists so I can't send a confirmation to it..

I get what you're saying about changing it back but if there's some kind of confirmation email to the old email address then I won't be able to access mine either!!! So frustrating!!

Thanks so much, as I was up a blind alley.

This is really vital stuff, as it's not uncommon that you have to change email accounts. It worked a treat.

Okay, I think figured it out!

I did NOT have access to my old email address and still had "Find My iPhone" turned on so I...

1. Went to the App store

2. Re-Downloaded the Find my iPhone App

3. Signed into the App with my new Apple ID email address

4. Went back to Settings>iCloud and was able to turn off Find my iPhone

5. Then I was able to "Delete Account" and sign in again with the new address!

The key is to download the App again!

Hope that helps!

I have had this problem for a year and THIS WORKED!! Thank you!

kjhamilt,

The iOS 7 update froze midway thru and then proceeded to wipe my iphone 4 clean last night. No one at the Apple store, support line, or chat could provide me a solution and just said my data was gone which didn't make sense as it all should have been backed up in the cloud. As it turns out when it reset it linked to the wrong iCloud account, so after deleting and entering the new account I could restore from the icloud backup and am back to whole again. Thanks for saving all my contacts, pics, notes, etc that they said were gone.

No problem. Glad it worked for you too!!

I'm having same issue, i'm using 7.04 update and when i reinstall the app in the icloud setting it still has the settings blurred out.

Can't login as i dont have access to the email.

kjhamilt it seems I have the same problem that you had; however after I download find my iphone and login with my new apple ID, I still can't turn FMIphone off in settings without my old email. What did you do for this step?

Hm. My only guess is that the phone prompts you to use your old email address but allows you to change it to your new address. My other piece if advice would be to try the whole process again. Sorry I can't provide more info...I think the part you're having trouble with was pretty straightforward for me.