Wrong Apple ID showing in "Update Apps"

Venkat1234 wrote:

Is there a way to find out the associated apple id with the app requiring update? or should I delete all the apps requiring update & reinstall them? I was holding back from doing this but now the no. of apps requiring updates has increased to 14 and may have snowball effect.

thanks once again

Use computer iTunes > Get Info to find out which Apple IDs were used to purchase the apps.

Thank you so so so so much! This worked for me too 🙂.. This problem has been driving me bonkers all day and I was getting to the end of my tether! I'm now smiling once again, thanks to you!!... Thank yoooooouuu 🙂

My problem ids also update ... my email is xyz@xyz.com and it says so i settings store, settings icloud etc ... but i want to update my apps it ask for the password to xyz@xyz.comm .... where did that extra m come from? And how do I get rid of it?

I have chedked there .... and thr problem is only when I want to update - I can download new apps with out this.

It is very very strange.

I have exactly the same problem on the iPhone and the iPad.

On the page you mention everything is as it should be.

I'm really puzzled

I just got the iPhone 5 and started setting up all my apps. I had several that needed to be updated and I encountered the same issue. My settings showed the correct account, but the update screen was showing me a very old itunes account id. Worst yet, I put in what I was sure was the old password, and it still didn't work.

I ended up trying to check the old account password and went to appleid.apple.com. I signed in with my old account, and sure enough that password worked. Looks like I had to verify the (very old) account. I responded to an email for verification. After that, my iphone updates worked. Must have had an old app from before my me.com account days. Hmmm.

Guys, I once had this problem too... When I update my apps, it shows Tim Cook's apple id... I took it to the apple retail store, I live in Malaysia, so it's Switch... And they reinstall iOS for me... After one day, I get the same problem again but this time, it shows my old apple id... Then I go to settings and reset all settings and everything is solved!!! Try it out, maybe it will solve your problem too! Good luck

There is a chance that you had downloaded the app with old apple id, hence it doesnt allow to update and shows old apple id,however , in any case ,

->just start itunes in your pc

->connect your device to the pc after starting itunes

->it will ask for authorizing the device, allow authorization by giving the latest apple id that you have and the password.

->Then the updates will happen as usual and you should not have problem anymore

settings/itunes and app stores/tap on apple id/sign out/then sign in with correct id

If you have content associated with more than on id, then you'll have to keep changing

It would be best to restore device, then set up with one id, preferably your own with your own content

I restored a backup on my iPhone 4s at which point the wrong username appeared on when updating apps on my iPhone. In my case, deleting the affected apps and then re-downloading solved my problem.

What seems to have happened is that another user (who shares my Windows 7 PC) had apps in common with me. When I restored my backup, my iPhone assumed these apps belonged to this other user. So, deleting them and re-downloading from my iPhone worked.

This is the solution that I found when I had this problem:

Update all account information. When you go to the app store, select "UPDATE ALL". (For some reason, this did not work with individual app updates.
When the screen pops up to login with the wrong address, press cancel. It will scroll you through all email address options associated with your account.
Unfortunately, this will only update the apps downloaded under THAT email address. All others, have to be deleted and re-downloaded under the new email address.

You cannot update old apps using your new itunes account purchased by old itunes account.

You need to remove the app you want to update then redownload/purchased it using your new itunes account

to get rid of old itunes account.

Help! Tried updating my 5s to iOs 8, and for some reason it crashed and made me restore my phone. No problem, restored it. My phone is showing that the apple id is MY apple id, BUT when I try to update some apps (not all, weird...) it shows my HUSBAND'S apple id and wants HIS pw! WEIRD!!!! No idea why. I can't find his apple id hiding in any settings anywhere. I've even signed out of my apple id and re-signed in, and still to no avail.

Help! Oh, and another oddity - some of my apps are missing from my screen, and I have to re-download them. Weird.

I found on my Wife's phone that the apps that were trying to update could only be updated by the older apple ID, it was if the original command was made by the older ID acc using it to access iTunes to update. I had signed in and out nothing would work I was at whits end so I just thought out of the box. The Two apps that were trying to update I deleted then downloaded them again. When asked the correct ID was referenced for the password. Had a little fist pump on this one but it's what you will suffer when one of you is up to date with tech and the other just wants to be. After changing you apple id delete any apps that are trying to update and install them using the new acc information.

Hope this helps.

Yep, only thing that worked for me too; delete and re-download. Note; did not lose any "data" from any of the apps I deleted, including spotify, facebook, messenger, kijijji. All of them worked fine after the new download.

It sounds like you have apps linked to an old apple id on your phone. Say like, your Facebook or instagram was originally downloaded on that old apple id. When you do a restore from previous device they were purchased on it brings them over. Also, if you have apps downloaded in your iTunes from other apple ids. When you sync your device with your computer it will do the same. The way I found to fix this was deleting all my older apps, at least the ones I know for sure weren't purchased on this phone, and then redownloading them from the app store. Get rid of the apps linked to the old account, get rid of the that error.