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t. s. shelliot
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Q: changing icloud account on iphone?

Hello! So, when I activated my iphone, icloud was set up using my parents' apple id. I haven't yet used icloud, but I want to, just not with their id. Is there a way to change my apple id associated with icloud without deleting my parents' account?

iPhone 4S

Posted on Aug 31, 2012 1:37 PM

by pvonk,Solvedanswer
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You can't have two account active, only one.  Go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to bottom and tap "Delete Account".  This doesn't delete data in the icloud account, it only drops the connection to that account.  (And all data from that account will be erased from the iphone.)  Then log in using your icloud ID.

Posted on Aug 31, 2012 1:52 PM

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  • by pvonk,Solvedanswer

    pvonk pvonk Aug 31, 2012 1:52 PM in response to t. s. shelliot
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    Aug 31, 2012 1:52 PM in response to t. s. shelliot

    You can't have two account active, only one.  Go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to bottom and tap "Delete Account".  This doesn't delete data in the icloud account, it only drops the connection to that account.  (And all data from that account will be erased from the iphone.)  Then log in using your icloud ID.

  • by t. s. shelliot,

    t. s. shelliot t. s. shelliot Aug 31, 2012 2:23 PM in response to pvonk
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    Aug 31, 2012 2:23 PM in response to pvonk

    Thank you very much. :)

  • by 1puttpro,

    1puttpro 1puttpro Jul 28, 2014 1:53 PM in response to pvonk
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    Jul 28, 2014 1:53 PM in response to pvonk

    I have a closely related situation.  But I DON'T want to delete my parents contacts (mostly relatives) and photos that are currently on the iPhone4.  Can I switch iCloud accounts and KEEP that data?

  • by bigmike314,

    bigmike314 bigmike314 Aug 8, 2014 9:20 AM in response to 1puttpro
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    Aug 8, 2014 9:20 AM in response to 1puttpro

    i just did the same thing. When you go to delete your iCloud account to change your email (what i did), it will ask if you want to keep the data on the iPhone (i.e. contacts, reminders, calendars, etc.) and it worked fine for me. However, i also have my contacts linked to another email on my phone, and i would certainly back them up somewhere else before deleting the account just in case! :-)

  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 Aug 8, 2014 9:28 AM in response to bigmike314
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    Aug 8, 2014 9:28 AM in response to bigmike314

    bigmike314 wrote:

     

    However, i also have my contacts linked to another email on my phone, and i would certainly back them up somewhere else before deleting the account just in case! :-)

     

    FYI, deleting an iCloud account will not effect contacts of other data associated with another non-iCloud account such as Gmail, Yahoo, exchange, etc.  It only removes iCloud data (unless you elect to keep it on your device when prompted).

  • by gimpor33,

    gimpor33 gimpor33 Dec 2, 2015 10:05 PM in response to pvonk
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    Dec 2, 2015 10:05 PM in response to pvonk

    I have the same situation. Parents phone and their iCloud account. they have no idea how to recovery the password for the iCloud account. I am trying to pass the phone to my son but we are unable to switch the phone to my iCloud account.