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how do I sign out of iCloud on iPhone?

I've had to change my Apple ID email address. All sorted, iTunes/app stores etc. however I've just checked on my iPhone 5, under settings>iCloud and it still shows my old email address.


It's greyed out and I can't see how to log out and back in again with my new email like for example iTunes on my iPhone.

Can someone help please, and how is iCloud "workings" if its using the old address?


Thanks

Posted on Aug 21, 2013 12:40 PM

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Nov 27, 2017 7:15 PM in response to Clearned94

I had to make a new apple account because I forgot my password... So now how do I sign outta I cloud to resign in wih my new account...


You don't without the password you can't remember.


You can attempt to reset that password here >>> http://iforgot.apple.com


Otherwise, you can produce the original proof of ownership to Apple and request they remove the activation lock that will be in place once you erase the phone.

Aug 21, 2013 2:08 PM in response to the loc-man

To change your iCloud ID, go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, then sign back in with the new ID. This deletes the account and your iCloud data from your device, but not from iCloud. Provided you are signing back into the same account, your iCloud data will reappear on your device when you sign back in.


To avoid losing photo stream photos, save them to your camera roll (if not already there) before deleting the account. To do this, open your my photo stream album, tap Edit, tap the photos, tap Share, then tap Save to Camera Roll.

Aug 21, 2013 2:54 PM in response to the loc-man

You're welcome. It would be clearer if you had an option to sign out, but at least for now, that's how it works. You need to save your photo stream photos beforehand because they are deleted from your device when you delete the account, and when you sign back in you will only get photo stream photos from the last 30 days because older photo stream photos are no longer in iCloud. Saving them to the camera roll protects them from being deleted (and potentially lost).

Dec 8, 2013 7:49 PM in response to emzlet

emzlet wrote:


i have the same problem with my icloud
the old email lost its password now i cant log out to use my new email


You have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password for the old ID when prompted to turn off Find My iPhone, then sign back in with the ID you wish to use. If you don't know the password for your old ID, or if it isn't accepted, go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Tap edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iPhone on your device, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

Dec 12, 2013 8:34 AM in response to randers4

and this is what happened :


i have a iphone 4S then i wanna downgrade to normal iphone '4' and cash



i swapped my iphone 4S to someone's iphone 4 then they added cash


i was bypassed by them they block my iphone 4 !!


now i cant use my iphone because they blocked it by icloud

they inputed password on it XD


they also blocked me on facebook and chnge there moble nmber... 😟 😟 😟

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