MY apple ID is my primary email address which I do not use any more I have tried repeatedly to replace the old email address but I just get the information that I can not use an existing email address
iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 8.3, iPad
could you please elaborate with further details.
On what device or what exactly are you trying to accomplish.
The description to the issue seems confusing to me
And what you have been told is true. I think you will find that once you have used an email address you cannot use it again. You will need a new one.
Howdy Tomhip
from > Change your Apple ID - Apple Support
Change your Apple ID
Learn how to change the email address that you use as your Apple ID.
In most cases, your Apple ID is also the primary email address of your Apple ID account. You can change your Apple ID to any other email address you control, as long as it's not already in use as an Apple ID. If your email address ends with @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com, it's already an Apple ID.
The way I read this is that - Yes, you can use a "pre-used, but NO longer being used" email address as a Primary Email Address.
IF, the system is not allowing the use of an email address you control, it is either:
From this Welcome page > https://www.apple.com/support/appleid/ , choose Contact Support from the ToC on the left to get started in the process - in 'context' of Apple ID
Change your Apple ID
Learn how to change the email address that you use as your Apple ID.
My Apple ID is my primary email address I no longer use this how do I replace
