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How do I delete an old inactive Apple ID.? It keeps asking me for a password but the id is inactive so it won't accept. I can set up I cloud on my new ID
iPhone 5s, iOS 7
Is there a way to tell which apps are associated with the old id? Or do I have to delete all my apps and start all over again?
I signed into my apple id, updated it with a new email address, deleted the old one from the account. Then I signed out of everything icloud, itunes, app store, on both my iPad and Macbook. Then signed back in with the newer email address. I still get the pop up with the older email address. Isn't it technically still the same account just a newer updated email address.
Settings > iTunes and App Stores > Apple ID > Sign out
Then sign in with the correct Apole ID
I did it! and it's still asking me to sign in with the old apple ID. I dont know what else to do? Does someone know what I'm missing here?
Do you mean you are getting popups with your old Apple ID already filled in and asking you to provide a password?
Did you create a whole new Apple ID or did just change it?
I created a whole new Apple ID. I sign out from iTunes and I can even see my new Apple ID set as Apple ID. But yes, I'm still getting the pop up asking me the password for the old Apple ID when I'm trying to make updates for my apps :(
The apps that are updating were purchased with your old Apple ID.
iTunes purchaes are permanently linked to the Apple ID that made them.
Is your old ID still valid? Will it still take your password?
If not, you will need to delete these apps and redownload/purchase these apps with your new Apple ID.
Yeah, that crossed my mind but I wasn't sure if that was a good idea. I'll try that and see what happens. Thanks!
What if I delete my apps to redownload and ask me again for the old Apple ID? what's next? I could try with just 1 app? Will be that enough to see if it works? :(
Any new downloads/purchases will use the Apple ID entered here:
Settings > iTunes & App Store
How do I figure out which apps were purchased with the old Apple ID??
From computer: Go to the iTunes Store and sign in with your old Apple ID, click Purchased in the Quick Links section the click Apps.
From iPad: Sign into the App store with the old Apple ID (Settings > App Store). Open the App store app > Purchased
From iPhone: Sign into the App store with the old Apple ID (Settings > App Store). Open the App store spp > Updates > Purchased
Thank you very much for your help. Simple and straightforward. 🙂
The problem is I don't know the password for the old ID, and it is a dead email address, so I can't login. Is there another way to identify which apps area associated with the Dead ID?
wow…!
that makes sense...
but that amounts to a truckload of apps (roughly), so you have to empty the truck and then spend the money again…?
What if I don't know which App I purchased what with? I had an iPhone4 and when it broke, I moved on to a series of about 3 or 4 Android phones before finally coming back to an iPhone 6+ 3 or 4 years later. When I got my 6+, I could no longer remember the original ID/password combination so I created a new one. Why is it not possible to simply delete the "new" ID when what I am concerned with is all of my music etc that I purchased years ago with the old ID?
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