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Email on ICloud

I cannot change my ICloud email, how to do it?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 9:38 AM

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Oct 4, 2015 9:49 AM in response to Goldenlev

Do you mean the @icloud.com email address which belongs to the account? 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


Or do you mean the email address which forms your Apple UD and login to iCloud? If this is an @icloud.com. @me.com or @mac.com address you cannot change it. If it is a non-Apple address you can change it by going to http://appleid.apple.com and clicking 'Edit' next to your ID. Log out of iCloud on all your devices before doing this! - seriously: you will run into problems if you don't.

Oct 4, 2015 9:58 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Roger, thank you for such a great answer. And yes I was looking to change prefix such as EXAMPLE@ICLOUD.COM needs to be change to WORK@ICLOUD.COM which I cannot change obviously.

But as far as I understood from your answer I can create up to 3 sub emails account ander icloud umbrella (parent account) and all the mail will be coming in my icloud folder, correct?

I've never heard of @ME.COM and @MAC.COM I will have to explore this.

Thank you

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