will changing apple ids affect my phone number?

if i change my apple id on my phone will it mess up my phone number? i’m trying to be very cautious before i change it and want to be sure.

Posted on Apr 29, 2018 7:46 PM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2018 7:53 PM

The phone number assigned to your account by your carrier has nothing to do with your AppleID and vice versa. However, beware that you will lose all content tied to the AppleID if you create a wholly new one. If all you wish to do is change the primary email address for yiur AppleID then follow the directions in Change your Apple ID - Apple Support


Purchases are permanently tied to the AppleID used when making the purchase. And the accounts you use for FaceTime, iMessage and iCloud are defined by the AppleID you use to login in with. If you create a new AppleID, you will be creating new accounts for all Apple services - your old content and information will not tranafter.


If you just change the primary email of your existing AppleID, then the account information follows that change and everything remains intact.


None if that however has anything at all to do with your cellular telephone service and number.

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Apr 29, 2018 7:53 PM in response to zanderneedshelp

The phone number assigned to your account by your carrier has nothing to do with your AppleID and vice versa. However, beware that you will lose all content tied to the AppleID if you create a wholly new one. If all you wish to do is change the primary email address for yiur AppleID then follow the directions in Change your Apple ID - Apple Support


Purchases are permanently tied to the AppleID used when making the purchase. And the accounts you use for FaceTime, iMessage and iCloud are defined by the AppleID you use to login in with. If you create a new AppleID, you will be creating new accounts for all Apple services - your old content and information will not tranafter.


If you just change the primary email of your existing AppleID, then the account information follows that change and everything remains intact.


None if that however has anything at all to do with your cellular telephone service and number.

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