how do I edit my apple id information?
I created an apple id for someone else and put my birth date instead of hers. How do I edit the information to the correct one. She is a minor.
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I created an apple id for someone else and put my birth date instead of hers. How do I edit the information to the correct one. She is a minor.
Go to Manage your Apple ID and sign in and you can update the birth date at the bottom of the Name, ID and Email Addresses page:
Cheers,
GB
joeydogtoo
With all due respect to our friend gail, for the life of me, I cannot find her reference to a place on MY AppleID page - anywhere on any topic. Here's the screen she pointed to:
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After much searching for the same issue on another thread, we must conclude that "Birth Date" is un-changeable - likely because of security reasons* - based on Apple's own statement to that effect.
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ChitlinsCC Feb 5, 2015 11:12 AM
Re: How do I change my child's apple if from a adult back to a child in response to ct1216 | This solved my question
according to the instructions here > Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids - Apple Support - the ¶ says
Use these steps to create an Apple ID and add the child to your family group:
The only thing you can do is create another NEW account with a new alias - such as "Child'sNameTOO" with correct birth date - for example, or better yet, let the child choose their own alias an
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The date of birth can be changed via the Password & Security section on http://appleid.apple.com - answering the security questions on that screen will take you to a second screen where the date of birth, security questions, and rescue email address can be changed.
An adult account can't be changed to a child account, so the range that the date of birth can be changed to is limited. Child accounts can only be created by a family organiser in family sharing.
Thanks for the info King_Penguin. I have 2-step verification, so once I type in my verification code I get a single screen with all my info, including the Rescue email address and birth date....
But the limitation for changing an adult to a child account is a great thing to know!
Thanks 🙂
GB
With 2-step verification that makes sense
Thanks
Howdy all - joey, gail & King_Penguin
I guess everybody is right! IMHO, there are too many obscure caveats. If we three capable, experienced, veterans of website use find different information on the same subject, it is no wonder that the folks that are casual users of the cool devices are having difficulty.
♥ best to all ♥
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Thanks everyone! I was able to change the birth date although still not the correct one - but close enough. It won't let me change it past a certain year.
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