My IPhone keeps on asking me for a password to an Apple ID that does not exist anymore. I cannot set up iCloud without typing in a password to an Apple ID that does not exist. Every time I type in the old password it says that something is incorrect

There is a contact link.

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Apple Support by e-mail or chat Select your device, Battery, Power and Charging, then Power adapter not working to get a chat option.

Very nice solution if your old email still exists! In my case, I changed the email address in my Apple-ID because my old email provider was closing my account.

When I try to change the email in my Apple-ID to the old address it sends the verification code to a non-existing email account.

What can I do now?

I have contacted apple support. They say I have to reset my iPhone. This seems to be possible as soon as Apple engineers unlink my iPhone from iCloud so that it allows resetting without requiring the password of the non-existing Apple ID...

If this is an iCloud ID, and if the old ID is yours and your current iCloud ID was created by editing the details of this old ID (rather than being an entirely new ID), go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click 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 iDevice, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll. When finished 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.

Thank you. It worked and saved me a trip to an Apple store.

Thanks for posting back what Apple support told you.