How to Delete @me and @icloud addresses

You can't delete accounts you have created, just log out of them and don't use them.

Sorry, I thought you were wanting to delete the whole account.

No you can't remove the Apple email addresses once you have created them, if you don't need them just uncheck mail in the iCloud settings and don't use the addresses.

Thank you. That's what I want to do.

Question though: does that mean I will be in for bad surprises? I don't understand apple's thought process at all.

What do you mean in for bad surprises? Apple offers you 5 GB free storage with an iCloud AppleID that you can use for backups and documents in the cloud. Next to this, you have the possibility for creating an iCloud mail address. If you have an existing AppleID, you can add this iCloud mail address to your AppleID; if you want to create an AppleId you can do so using an iCloud mail address from the start (eliminating the need for a secondary mail address).

During the creation of this mail address there are some very clear notices that the adding of a mail address is permanent and that it will be permanently linked to your account. Apple is relatively inflexible in allowing you to change details of the account/merging accounts/transferring purchases between accounts, but to me this seems largely due to security issues. Let's not forget that you can associate iTunes Store credit - or associate a credit card - with an AppleID and make purchases with it aside from storing personal information like contacts and calendars.

If these things don't seem perfect or seem convoluted, it's generally because - as I see it - Apple is trying to strike a balance between protecting the privacy of its customers, providing one central service: one AppleId (rather than logins for all different services) and making it easy to make purchases.

What Winston Churchill suggests will not mean any bad surprises at all. You can always resume using your complimentary mail address in the future.

Kind regards,

I have a problem similar to App Producks but less knowledge of how Apple thinks than App. I want to change my iCloud password. In setting it up a year ago I was not aware of the cloud's potential and chose my simple password I use for non-critical sites. Now I know a bit more and use the cloud for a lot of stuff I don't want easy to find by the bad guys.

I followed some instructions in the apple support site which led me to change my apple password. Some how I ended up with a new iCloud account with a good secure password but nothing in it. My old account still exists with the easy to guess password. i.e. one account with my info/data in it with a poor password and one account empty but with a good password.

Can I change the password in my "old/used" account? If not, can I transfer all the stuff in it to the "new/empty" account and ignore the old account? Former preferred. I use iCloud for storing email, calendar, contacts, notes, reminders, and a few documents. It syncs for an iMac, MBA, and iPhone.

An aside; Why does the Apple spell check not recognize iCloud, iPhone, or iMac?

Geoff

Hi Geoff K,

"An aside; Why does the Apple spell check not recognize iCloud, iPhone, or iMac?"

Amusing observation. I had not noticed it; I use a browser-native spell check.

As I understand you, you have an AppleID that you use for various Apple services that you wish to change the password for. In trying to do this, you created another AppleID. I would recommend ignoring this newly made AppleID and focus on using the first. There's - as I understand your story - no reason to switch to this new AppleID and it is not possible to transfer your purchases between the old and the new AppleID. Keep with the old is my advice.

What you want to find out is what the AppleID's username is. Generally, this is your mail-address. If you have a mail address that you receive notifications on iTunes purchases or iCloud invitations, that is likely the username you are using.

Go to appleid.apple.com , use 'Manage your AppleID' and login using your username and the 'unsafe' password. To the left, you'll have 'password and security', you'll be asked for your security questions and be able to change your password after verifying them.

If you have forgotten the answers to your security questions, reset your password at iforgot.apple.com and contact AppleCare Phone Support to reset your security questions. This is assuming you have not yet set up your two-step verification process.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Please do not post your email address here.

Kind regards,

Thanks, Jerome, I think that worked. I thought that was what I did previously but somehow got into a different Apple account. So I still have 2 clouds floating around out there but I guess that doesn't matter as long as I don't put anything in the one I don't monitor. With the no delete feature my clouds will be floating through the cyber sky long after I'm dead.

Geoff

Sorry, but I believe there is no way to properly answer your question.Please start a live chat with Apple for assistance as i believe so their the only ones with the power as so, your email is used for recovery, purchase, and more!If it so changed, you'd need to restart your device, also, your best bet is to just to contact apple also.Didn't help?Sorry!Theres really no way...I recommend you also to backup all data now, then easily create a new Apple ID and transfer data around!

It seems apple are **** bent on making life difficult, when it comes to deleting anything.