My iCloud ID and my apple ID are different. I don't know the password for icloud and dont use the email of it. I cant delete icloud without the password

That indicates that the old ID is not an earlier version of your current ID. Your current ID must be an entirely new ID that was not previously associated with the old email account; otherwise it would not prompt you to verify the address. If that's the case, this won't work and you'll have to provide the password for the old ID in order to turn off Find My iPhone and delete the account. If you don't know the password, and no longer have access to the old email account to reset it, you'll have to contact Apple for assistance resetting the password, either by going to https://expresslane.apple.com, then click More Products and Services>Apple ID>Other Apple ID Topics>Lost or forgotten Apple ID password, or by contacting the Apple account security team: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699.

Reactivating the phone requires you to enter the ID and password that were used to activate it originally. If you are not the original owner, you will need to contact them and either get the ID and password or have them erase the device and remove it from their account as explained here: Find My iPhone Activation Lock: Removing a device from a previous owner’s account. No one else can help you with this and there is no way around it.

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

Enter your Apple ID and click Forgot Password,

Apple ID - Manage

Every iCloud ID is also an Apple ID. You may also have a second Apple ID that you use for other services such as the iTuens store, but that doesn't change the fact that your iCloud ID is an Apple ID.

If it is not being recognized when you try to change the password, that's a different issue. Hopefully Apple support can resolve that for you.

randers4 - Your instructions worked for me. I deleted my old iCloud account then logged back in with my current iCloud ID and password. I'm not sure if all my old data is lost, but I should probably do another backup soon to make sure. Thanks for your help.

I also have the same problem of different iCloud email (old email) than my updated Apple ID. I can't sign into iCloud because I don't remember the password. When I follow your advise to delete the iCloud from settings it says it will delete everything from my iPhone which I of course don't want. Everything is backed up but still unsure about losing everything. Thanks for any help.

Go to icloud.com and sign in with the account ID you are trying to change your device to. If you iCloud data appears there, you can safely delete the old account. When you sign back in with the new ID, the iCloud data in that account will sync to your device.

If you have any photo stream photos on your device that are over 30 days old that are not already in your camera roll, save them to the camera roll before deleting the account to avoid losing them. To do this, open your my photo stream album, tap Select, tap the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward pointing arrow), then tap Save to Camera Roll.

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, tap Edit, 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.

Hi Randers 4 I recently bought a second hand iphone 4s but the person left on the find my phone control and I cant sign out to a reset as I dont have their password, will your explanation sort out my problem if i use my own apple id to sign out of icloud thanks

So I just got a new 5 for work. During setup, I couldn't remember at that moment which backup option was most current - tunes or cloud - and I picked tunes. After setting up the new phone, I was stuck with the old icloud ID and login which I couldn't rmember nor have access to the old email due to a different job. So I went throught the process of changing back to the old email on ICloud using Randers' instructions. The problem that I now have is that it requires validation - and that link was sent to the old email I can never access. I wanted to just completely clear and reset the phone and start the setup over with cloud, but in the process, I deleted all settings. Now I have a new Iphone that doesn't work and is locked. I can't clear it off until I get the cloud password debacle fixed. Any suggestions?

Try recreating your old ID from your current ID again. You shouldn't need to verify the old email account. Just save the settings. Then wait a few minutes for the servers to update and try to use your current ID password again.

OMG, as Gomer Pyle would say "thank you, thank you, thank you!" This worked perfectly. I had to re-do it a couple of times, signing in one way, verifying and signing in with the other email etc., but it worked great. I had to restore to get ready to sell, since I purchased a new iPad air, thanks for the help, worked great!!

hello Precelly,

I got a problem with my iCloud too' ! Well my iPhone 4s is deactivated because I entered the wrong passcode many times wrongly! and now to activate my phone, I have to enter the iCloud ID and password.. And when I try to enter them, It says that They are wrong!

Can u help me with reseting my iCloud password? Because my phone won't be activated unless I insert the correct iCloud ID and password!

And please tell me how I can contact Apple so that they can also help me with this issue!

hello.. I got a problem with my iCloud ! Well my iPhone 4s is deactivated because I entered the wrong passcode many times wrongly! and now to activate my phone, I have to enter the iCloud ID and password.. And when I try to enter them, It says that They are wrong!

Can u help me with reseting my iCloud password? Because my phone won't be activated unless I insert the correct iCloud ID and password!

And please tell me how I can contact Apple so that they can also help me with this issue!

But, I cannot use the way shown to reset the iCloud ID and password because my iPhone is de activated! The problem is that I cannot activate it unless I enter the iCloud ID and Password.. Son is there any way of reseting the iCloud password from the PC?

Please keep in mind that I tried resetting the Apple Password .. But that didn't help in reseting the iCloud's password! Seems like the Apple ID and it password is not the same as the iCloud ID and its password! That's the issue ..! Please help me with that!

& I tried to use the way of talking to the Apple Support, But again it says that am entering an invalid number.. I live in the Sultanate of Oman & I put the number with its international code which is (00 968 ) ..!