stahlstalin
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Q: Delete or Merge apple ids

I have two apple ids, one in @mac.com and another is @icloud.com. I do regular purchases in my recent apple id @icloud.com. I am not able to add my primary mail id to it since it is used by my earlier apple id @mac.com. How can I delete my earlier apple id @mac.com so that I can use the email id used in it in my latest apple id? Is there any way to merge the two apple ids?

 

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Stalin

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.2

Posted on Jan 12, 2016 7:31 PM

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Q: Delete or Merge apple ids

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  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Jan 12, 2016 7:35 PM in response to stahlstalin
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    Jan 12, 2016 7:35 PM in response to stahlstalin

    Change your Apple ID - Apple Support

     

    you want to change your unwanted Apple ID primary email address to some other email address than you want to use for your going forward Apple ID - then merely abandon use of the unwanted one

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Jan 12, 2016 7:41 PM in response to stahlstalin
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    iCloud
    Jan 12, 2016 7:41 PM in response to stahlstalin

    There is no way to merge the two IDs, nor is there any way to change them since they are using an Apple Domain email address.

     

    Not sure what you mean by using your "primary" email address on the other ID. Unless I'm misunderstanding, you have one Apple ID that has a Primary Apple ID of abc@mac.com, and one Apple ID that has a Primary Apple ID of 123@iCloud.com.

     

    Is that not correct?

     

    If it is, then, again, pick one, change the passwords on both to be the same, then when you have to type in a password for one of them to, say, update an app, it won't matter which ID the app was originally purchased with since you will be typing in the same password for either.

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Jan 12, 2016 7:52 PM in response to stahlstalin
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    Jan 12, 2016 7:52 PM in response to stahlstalin

    You can see what Gail is referring to if you read the article linked to:

     

    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, you can't change your Apple ID and you won't see Change Email Address on your account page.