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Can I have more than one iCloud account?

Can I have more than one iCloud account?

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Posted on May 20, 2013 3:03 PM

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Posted on May 20, 2013 3:41 PM

Yes, you can only have one primary account in Settings>iCloud, but you can set up additional secondary accounts in Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud. Each account will require a separate Apple ID, and you can only create three iCloud accounts on each iOS device or Mac (although you can sign into more than three on a device if the additional accounts are created on other devices).


Secondary accounts do have some limitations to be aware of. Only the primary account can be used for Photo Stream, Bookmarks, Documents, iCloud Backups and Find My iDevice. Also, push email only works in the primary account; secondary account email is fetch.

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May 20, 2013 3:41 PM in response to JackieD66

Yes, you can only have one primary account in Settings>iCloud, but you can set up additional secondary accounts in Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud. Each account will require a separate Apple ID, and you can only create three iCloud accounts on each iOS device or Mac (although you can sign into more than three on a device if the additional accounts are created on other devices).


Secondary accounts do have some limitations to be aware of. Only the primary account can be used for Photo Stream, Bookmarks, Documents, iCloud Backups and Find My iDevice. Also, push email only works in the primary account; secondary account email is fetch.

May 28, 2014 8:47 PM in response to Alli33

One option is to start backing up one of them to your computer using iTunes instead. To do this, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup and turn off iCloud Backup. After that the device will start automatically backing up to your computer when you sync it with iTunes.


Another option is to migrate your iPad, along with a copy of the iCloud data to a different account. To do this, start by saving any photo stream photos that you want to keep on it to the camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll. If you are syncing notes with iCloud that you want to keep on your iPad, you'll need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself so you can later copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (which only deletes the account from your iPad, not from iCloud; your phone won't be effected by this), provide the password to turn off Find My iPad and choose Keep on My iPad when prompted. Then sign back in with a different Apple ID to create the new account and choose Merge to upload your data to the account. The disadvantage of this is that once your phone and iPad are on different accounts, they will no longer sync data with each other using iCloud.

Dec 12, 2013 8:14 AM in response to normafrommannford

If you want to add a second iCloud account on your device, go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud and enter a different Apple ID. Secondary accounts can only sync mail, contacts, calendars, reminders and notes (not bookmarks, iCloud backup, photo stream, Find My iPhone, etc.). And mail will be fetch, not push.


Each device can create a maximum of three iCloud accounts.

May 28, 2014 8:40 PM in response to JackieD66

I originally set up my ipad with the iCloud account attached to my iPhone but have found that I am running out of storage with both of them backing up to the same account... I was wondering if I delete the account off my ipad if I will loose anything and if I can set up a new Icloud account without having to restore my ipad.?


Just wondering what my options are

Can I have more than one iCloud account?

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