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my iphone, only the icloud name, is wrong. How can I change it? I do not know old password for old name.....so cant I just change the email????

my iphone, only the icloud name, is wrong. How can I change it? I do not know old password for old name.....so cant I just change the email????

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 9:54 AM

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Apr 10, 2014 11:51 AM in response to Lauross

If the old ID is yours, and if it is an earlier version of your current 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.

my iphone, only the icloud name, is wrong. How can I change it? I do not know old password for old name.....so cant I just change the email????

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