HT201342: Using your @icloud.com email address

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zubairfromkl
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Q: I have an old Apple email and i want to change it. Should I remove this account and register again to have new email? Or I can modify the existing email?

I have an old Apple email and i want to change it. Should I remove this account and register again to have new email? Or I can modify the existing email?

Posted on Jan 10, 2015 2:33 AM

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Q: I have an old Apple email and i want to change it. Should I remove this account and register again to have new email? Or I can mod ... more

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,Helpful

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Jan 10, 2015 2:37 AM in response to zubairfromkl
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    Jan 10, 2015 2:37 AM in response to zubairfromkl

    Once you have created an iCloud account and chosen an @icloud.com address to go with it you can't change the address (short of creating an entirely new account).

     

    However, all is not lost. You can add up to three 'email aliases' - these are additional addresses (not accounts) which deliver into the same inbox as the main account. (In fact it's a good idea to give out alias addresses, rather than the main address, because if they attract spam you can easily change them.)

     

    You should be aware before you start that once you've created an alias you cannot turn that address into a full iCloud account or move it to another account.

     

    More information on aliases here: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a490a

  • by zubairfromkl,

    zubairfromkl zubairfromkl Jan 11, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Jan 11, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Many thanks for your piece of advice.

    I also wanted to get rid of some messages on default email.

    It seems that I need to deactivate this account and register new one.

    Unfortunately, I could not find an option to deactivate it as well.

    Any further advice pls?

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Jan 11, 2015 3:01 PM in response to zubairfromkl
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    Jan 11, 2015 3:01 PM in response to zubairfromkl

    You cannot actually delete an iCloud account from the server. If you really want to abandon it just sign out in the iCloud Control Panel and ignore it in future.

     

    However if the problem is that you are receiving unwanted messages to your primary iCloud address all you need to do is to go to http://www.icloud.com , go to the Mail page, click the cogwheel icon at bottom left and choose 'Rules'. Then set up a Rule to move all messages to that address to the Trash (from which they will be deleted after a week). That way you won't see them.