Manage your Apple ID - Safe to Change ID?

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Manage your Apple ID - Safe to Change ID?

Hi,

I've noticed that the options available on the Manage your Apple ID (appeid.apple.com/account/manage) have changed recently.

You can now click on Edit, and then Edit Email Address... for your Apple ID.

My Apple ID is currently an @gmail.com address, which I don't want. I want to change my Apple ID to an @me.com address that I already have.

If I click on Edit Email Address... and change it from an @gmail.com address to @me.com, will everything be OK? Is it safe to do? The last thing I want to do is accidentally mess up my Apple ID.

Thanks for your help.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) 12GB RAM

Posted on Jan 17, 2017 7:22 AM

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Reuben Feffer Author

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Apr 6, 2017 10:25 AM in response to FoxFifth

Yeah, except...

If you go to appleid.apple.com, and under APPLE ID click on Edit Email Address..., you STILL can't change it to an Apple owned domain (@me.com or @icloud.com). So, I am STILL stuck with a Google email address, as my Apple ID, which is crazy. Like, everything I do with Apple, all my iTunes Store purchases, all my App purchases, essentially goes "via" Google, their competitor.

I just want my APPLE ID to be @icloud.com instead of @icloud.com. Is that too much to ask in 2017?

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FoxFifth

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Jan 17, 2017 8:42 AM in response to Reuben Feffer

The ability to change the email address that you use for your Apple ID is something that has existed for a long time. See the following instructions: Change your Apple ID - Apple Support

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Answer 3

FoxFifth

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Apr 6, 2017 10:33 AM in response to Reuben Feffer

Sorry -- I missed that part in your original post. You may want to make the suggestion to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

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