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I signed up to my apple id without thinking I could just make an "Icloud email" so its a bit more secure in the long-run, this has put things into perspective, overall I just don't want products and companies to tie back to my interests, having to compartmentalize and this really explained it well. Thanks for the video!
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I have a 2 year old iPad , and bought a new iPhone. Unfortunately they use the same iCloud . Using up the pathetic 5 Gig that Apple give to you for free , I didn’t know that both would use the mere 5 Gig they give you . Is there away to separate the iPad and iPhone so they have 5 Gig iCloud ?
Apple literally changed a whole bunch of stuff a few weeks after I published this @jo2reco! Stole Device Protection is on my list to cover. It's extra security features for the Apple ID Account. It's a good idea, but kinda annoying. Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been beneficial, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
Thanks king! I still have to wait a month but that alias thing is exactly what I was hoping for. Outlook has a similar setup that allows you to change your email without completely wiping they old and that's what I was hoping to find in the apple ecosystem.
I don't know why Apple does the whole timing restriction. And it seems there is a slight difference between a primary and secondary iCloud alias email address. Wishful thinking that Apple will improve this in the years to come. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Wow! Thank you for this very informative video. I didn’t think it could be done, but glad to know this. You explained everything very thoroughly and easy for people like me who are technologically challenged 😂. I just became a new subscriber.
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Great suggestion @mgaming7! I have a few more Apple ID related videos that I will recording next and I can certainly intertwine this question/topic! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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This is great. Joel, do you recommend logging out of every service connected to our Apple i.d on all our devices before doing this? It sounds like that is no longer necessary? From what you're saying, we'll get the prompts to sign in with new i.d. anyway. ( A back up would be a good idea though?) When researching this I have seen many times a warning that we might lose *documents* in the iCloud, and subscriptions.... but it sounds like (hopefully) this is old info. I also saw a ton of articles that stated Apple does not accept alias emails as an Apple i.d. !! Hard to know when things change quickly!!
We have a gmail that we can’t log into which is the current Apple ID. Everything from that email was set up to forward to main email. If I change Apple ID to the main email, what happens to the iCloud access? Your video was very helpful and clear!
Hallo Joel One more technical critical question for you. What happens to the original email address that was used as Appel ID. After the Apple ID it was changed to a new email address, will it remain as an active email, or will it be cancelled? Sorry to bother you again. Thx
@Joe Feld - (1) Can you change Apple ID if you have money loaded in it? Will the money get transferred to your new email id? Or is it lost forever? (2) What happens to the old Apple ID email? Does it get deleted or transferred under aliases?
Thanks for this. I have an Apple ID associated with an ISP that I should really change so will follow your steps. But I’m also one of those in the scenarios where I’m straddling two accounts on my devices due to having one for years with purchases, connections to services etc tied to one account (the ISP one) before getting a Mobile Me Account than then lead to having a iCloud address and seperate Apple ID. Both now have a right mix on them and there’s no way for me to easily unpick and move to just 1 account. Really wish I could merge the accounts! Come on Apple!
Hi @alanmcloughlin909! The more I think about it, I actually don't mind having two Apple IDs. One for iCloud and one for Media/Purchases. It's a good way to separate them. Would it be nice to have them combined, sure, but I personally don't think that will happen soon. Only hope for Apple to get on board with it! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
@@Learnwithjoel thanks Joel. I think it’s more for simplicity. When setting up a new device I always have to then manually sort out my music, Podcast, App Store etc to be under the correct login that I’m using. There is also the fact that I may one day lose access to one of the emails as I have it from being a teenager with an ISP that is a paid for service via my dad, the email is imbedded on my life but I need to make efforts to migrate away from it as I don’t have control of it always being with me which could lead to me one day being locked out of my account unless I use your tips here to change that email to a 3rd email. Hence my preference for a merge rather than going down the route of yet and other email address. Services like Google forced me to already have an additional email and with having to maintain different password across accounts and also using monitoring software to alert me to websites being targeted where I may want to update my passwords then having the fewer the better would be my goal.
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Very informative video; I just have one question to ask: If I change my sign in ID (email used to sign in) from a gmail account to an outlook account, will I still be able to update my apps without issue? I’ve seen talk online that people have had issues doing this as some of their apps were downloaded before they changed the email that they used to sign-in to their Apple account. Upon trying to update, it displays the email that they previously used to sign-in and they’re unable to update these apps and are only left with the option to delete & reinstall them. Any feedback is appreciated and you’re doing a fantastic job of getting back to people here. Keep up the good work! 👍👍
@@kiki2236 I went ahead, said screw it and changed it shortly after I made this post and I’ve had no issues. No previous sign-in email popping up when installing/updating apps or anything. However, make sure that you turn off syncing to iCloud for everything before you change the sign-in ID email as I had to change it back to the email I originally had and then turn off syncing to iCloud for everything as it wasn’t syncing with the new ID at first. Once you’ve changed the sign-in ID to the new one you want, turn iCloud syncing back on for everything and you should be good to go. The only thing that I found weird was that my photo gallery said “syncing to iCloud” for a while but I assume that this was because it was syncing all of my photos to the new ID. Eventually it synced and all was well 😊 It did display my old ID under my name in settings but upon signing out and then back in to my Apple ID, it changed to the new one. Just be aware that if you have to sign out and back in to get it to display the new ID, all of your downloaded music on Apple Music will uninstall and you’ll only have the songs saved, not downloaded, when you re-open the app. Have a blessed day 💪😎
@@kiki2236Changing it was fine. Just make sure that you turn off syncing to iCloud for everything before you change it and then turn it back on afterwards.
@@kiki2236 Also, if your old ID displays in settings, sign out and then back in. Downloaded music will be removed but you’ll still have the songs saved 💪😎
Thanks. You explained it really well. I’d love to hear more about Family Sharing. Like many, we started out with one iTouch and now have 3 iPads, 2 iPhones, 2 iwatches and one MacBook between us. But I can figure out how to split it into 2 accounts so we can text each other’s phones. It’s all under the same Apple ID.
I agree @stephaniesinden145! This exact scenario happens quite often. I do have some videos planned for Family Sharing in the near future. Long story short though, there is no way to divide Apple ID's or Merge them. In your Situation, the best thing to do would be to create new Apple ID's for any family member, and then export information from the main Apple ID and import into the new Apple IDs. If you have kids that don't have an Apple ID, you can actually create child Apple IDs. You get prompted with this when you start the process of Family Sharing. There's so much on this topic! Stay tuned and don't hesitate to ask questions! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Dear Joel! First of all, thank you!!! You explained it the very best way. You are amazing!. I do have a question though…. My apple id now is my old outlook that I don’t have access to anymore (I’ve tried everything but i’m permanently locked out) If I change my Apple Id now to a gmail that I use, will it have repercussions? Like, as in, i’m very scared to do it what if it asks me to verify on my outlook that I cannot get in to and I lose my data? Sorry, i’m always a bit anxious. I hope you can help! I’m getting a new phone soon :(
That's a good video! But are there a difference if I use an iCloud address or an hotmail address? Is it worth to change from hotmail to an iCloud mail on my Apple id? Or is it just meaningless?
Great question @Kieubasa! The the grande scheme of things, an Apple ID is just a username. Any email address can be used. However an Apple ID does allow you to use some iCloud tools, so it really depends on what you use. There are many email providers to choose from: iCloud, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. Every company offers similar tools such as email, contacts, calendars, notes, etc, but not all are created equal. Every interface is different and the intuitiveness of each can be different depending on personal preference. I do have a couple other videos that talk about iCloud vs Apple IDs as well as iCloud in general that may be helpful to see the concept and how it differs from hotmail. iCloud - What the Purpose is & How is it supposed to work! ua-cam.com/video/tXq-pMV40eM/v-deo.html Apple ID accounts vs iCloud accounts - Understanding the difference ua-cam.com/video/ZZomICAQYSM/v-deo.html I hope that makes sense. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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Hi your content is very well explained, I wish that more Apple techs knew their stuff better. I’m just wondering if you know the ins & outs on changing Apple ID from one country to another. Thank you 🙏
Hi @hockeycoach1on1! I appreciate you and your kind words! I have not actually had the need to change any of my Apple IDs to another country, but below is the support article from Apple that gives information on what you should do first before you change your Apple ID. Change your Apple ID country or region support.apple.com/en-us/HT201389 Seems pretty straightforward, but for sure you would want to not have a balance on your card and you would want to cancel all subscriptions related to the Apple ID that you'd be chaining to another country. I hope that helps! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
@@Learnwithjoel thank you for getting back to me muchly appreciate it. I’ll take a look and give it a try. Thanks 🙏 once again. & yes I’ve subscribed to you 👍😀
I called about Green dot the kid on the phone and there were others around. He asked we don’t have anything to do with green Dot. They all said no I said you’re all need to go take some classes because people like me need to know I’m waiting for a green dot to call so I knew about green Dot or they would’ve misinformed me how many times have I been misinformed, I know you can’t answer that I paid for UA-cam and I still get commercials. I don’t get it and it’s not using my Apple ID and then the hide my ID oh boy does that have me screwed up all the way around the horn I saw a iCloud isn’t per sefor storing all your stuff I thought I was gonna lose my mind and I can’t find it to watch it. It was on my iPad and I couldn’t save it. It wants me to sign in so obviously I’m not synced, but Apple will say this appear matches this over here and yes you are but no I’m not.
Youre the best! I did run into a problem.... When I sign in the top two box say "email and phone numbers", the second one shows "password". I dont see the Apple ID box. Can you help?
Hi @RayneWeddingFilms! Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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Hi @Rey.5! You shouldn't lose any previous purchases or content. When I changed my Apple ID from a @comcast.net email address to an @iCloud.com email address, all purchases and content were there as soon as I changed it. It didn't skip a beat! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Thx for this tutorial. Can you please let us know if there is a lockout time and/or activation delay when creating a new alias email address? I have just created one, unfortunately the emails cannot be sent to that address
Good question @patkav! I don't see any limits to newly created iCloud Aliases. Do you get an error when trying to send an email to the alias? Are you able to send an email from that new alias? I found this Support article below, but doesn't say much related to time limit of use. Add and manage email aliases for iCloud Mail on iCloud.com support.apple.com/guide/icloud/add-and-manage-email-aliases-mm6b1a490a/icloud THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
@@Learnwithjoel great thanks a lot Now it perfectly works! But! Do you think that i can change my Appel ID with a Alias email address and use the alias as my new AppleID? Thanks a lot
Hi @shiuvaunh3166! Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Great video Joel. Thanks. Can you send me the video that you made about saving photos to an external SSD with a partition for PHOTOS? I will get it in my gmail account.
Hi @user-le1te9hg4p! Not 100% sure which one you want, but I'll link a few below in reference to partitions and photos. How to CREATE VOLUMES and PARTITIONS on an External Hard Drive using Disk Utility on a MAC ua-cam.com/video/UUQ6O27zLJo/v-deo.html Understanding how to FORMAT your NEW External Hard Drive for your MAC - A look at Apple Disk Utility ua-cam.com/video/caYfZWyN4CQ/v-deo.html How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! ua-cam.com/video/wArkMrYehR8/v-deo.html EXPORTING your Apple Photo files on your MAC - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW! ua-cam.com/video/aiIiFePcRy4/v-deo.html How to TRANSFER PHOTOS from an iPhone or iPad to a Mac or Windows Computer ua-cam.com/video/nRDmo6xFez4/v-deo.html I hope that helps! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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Thank you so much,man! This video is brilliant. I’ve one question. I changed my Apple ID email from outlook to gmail. No problem with AppStore also.It asked password and updated itself. But it still shows as an old outlook when I click at the settings. Is there anyway to change this? It’s really annoying see this. Also I checked on web(safari) when I want to sign in with old outlook it says wrong Apple ID or password. (It’s good thing of course) but only settings problem :(
Guys,I fixed that. I sign out and signed in. But DONT FORGET. IT CAN ASK YOUR OLD PASSCODE. Because I changed it 2,3days ago. (Also there was an option “I forgot my old passcode”)
Glad you were successful @fidi2402! yup, you'll need to make sure browsers and apps are still saving old passwords! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Glad you were successful @fidi2402! yup, you'll need to make sure browsers and apps are still saving old passwords! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @randyrollins5969! Before you change, you need to make sure you have other emails or trusted devices for Two-Factor Authentication. I have a video that discusses this topic that I will link below: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Apple Devices - Understanding 2FA and Apple Trusted Devices ua-cam.com/video/I_msjcAo44M/v-deo.html If you ever get locked out and need a password reset for an Apple ID, it can be a little bit cumbersome. You would need reset the password and sometimes go through the Account Recovery process if you do not have a trusted device. I will link several Apple Support article below that cover this topic. Reset Apple ID Password iforgot.apple.com/ If you forgot your Apple ID password support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487 How to use account recovery when you can’t reset your Apple ID password support.apple.com/en-ie/HT204921 I hope this helps! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @patrickvandervalk9622! Before you change, you need to make sure you have other emails or trusted devices for Two-Factor Authentication. I have a video that discusses this topic that I will link below: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Apple Devices - Understanding 2FA and Apple Trusted Devices ua-cam.com/video/I_msjcAo44M/v-deo.html If you ever get locked out and need a password reset for an Apple ID, it can be a little bit cumbersome. You would need reset the password and sometimes go through the Account Recovery process if you do not have a trusted device. I will link several Apple Support article below that cover this topic. Reset Apple ID Password iforgot.apple.com/ If you forgot your Apple ID password support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487 How to use account recovery when you can’t reset your Apple ID password support.apple.com/en-ie/HT204921 I hope this helps! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
I think since recently, you can also designate another icloud account as a last resort if you lost complete access to your devices/account emails. But off course, this needs to be done before you lost access. And it should be a trusted person who also takes security serious, like updating their devices etc...
Thank a lot for your videos! One detail question if I want to use an ICloud email in my AppleID. Did I understood you correctly, that it is the ALIAS mail that I should enter into to AppleID after 30 days, and not the primary ICloud mail?
Two strange aspects. 1. First I created the iCloud mail alias, and after one day also added it into the list of mobile and mails on the Apple ID web page. Now suddenly the section where the AppleID can be maintained in the section up to the right is gone!! Shall I delete this mail alias again from the list, hoping it solves this problem? 2. If I open the list of mobile/mails on the same page, there is a remark (question mark) out to the right on the primary ICloud mail, that this is an alias för the mail linked to an Apple-ID!!! What is this, what does it mean because this is the primary ICloud address.
Hi @rolandgoransson5964! So strange coincidence 1: Apple literally just updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. Strange thing 2: That is normal. If you created an iCloud email alias, it will show up there and has the little question mark to the right and when you hover over it, it says "This is an alias of your Apple ID email address". All it means is that it was the first iCloud alias created. I saw your other comment, so I'll respond to that there! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @rolandgoransson5964! So if you're on iCloud.com and you go to Settings within the Mail app there, this is where you can go to create an iCloud Alias email address. When you do that, the first primary will often show up under the appleid.apple.com website under the Email & Phone Number section. You can create up to 3 total aliases in iCloud.com, so after the first one if you create a second one, you can manually add under your account on appleid.apple.com. The 30 days comes into play if you wanted to change your main original Apple ID to one of the new iCloud email aliases that were created (primary or not). Hope that makes sense! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Nice tutorial. Thanks for that. It begs this question: Once upon a time I started using an iPhone 3GS. My apple ID was for example ‘ID#-1’. I downloaded a few applications using this apple ID. Then after thinking about it, I changed my apple ID to for example ‘ID#2’ and downloaded a few applications to that phone. Finally, I wised up and changed my apple ID to for example ‘ID#3’ and have used ‘ID#3’ ever sense. The problem is that when I upgrade my iPhones, the applications created with apple ‘ID#1’ wants the password used to download it. Same thing goes for the other apple ID’s. With that in mind, how do I query my iPhone to find out which of my 300 plus applications were downloaded with the first two apple ID’s? Once I find them I plan to delete them and re-download them using the third apple ID. Most of my applications were downloaded with the third apple ID. TIA.
Hi @ellsworthcalvinjohn7963! Let me guess...for every new iPhone you've gotten, do you restore it from an iCloud Backup? I have seen this same issue with the following scenario: Let's say that I use my brother's iPhone and I sign him out of the App Store and then sign in with my Apple ID. I then download some apps that are associated and "purchased" with my Apple ID. Now I sign out of the App Store from my Apple ID and my brother signs back in with his. What will happen is that every time there is an update for one of the apps I downloaded on his iPhone with my Apple ID, it will prompt him with the password every single time. The only way to "fix" that is to delete the app and re-download while logged into the new Apple ID. My hunch is that you're new iPhones always have been restored from a Backup, therefore it's still remembering this. I bet if you setup a new iPhone up from scratch and not a restore, that you can just download all the apps as normal. That's my hunch at least. If you had an older iPhone or iPad, you could test this theory. Thank you for your continued support! I appreciate you more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you!
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I somehow think sometimes Apple deliberately makes things unnecessarily complicated. For example Apple Notes/Reminders as two separate app and not the easiest to use compared to Google Notes which is superb and so easy to use by comparison. Your video is yet another example of Apple making something that should be easy, complicated
I can't argue with that, @walterfillingham527! I do feel like Notes and Reminders could be combined. Also looking at the new Journal App in the beta of 17.2...seems like they could have just added some of the features to the Notes app. I appreciate you watching regardless! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @jontreasure1991! How long ago did you try? I know many many years ago when I worked at apple (which was about 15 or so years ago) it was not possible. The Apple Support article was last updated: November 04, 2021 How to change your Apple ID to a different email address support.apple.com/en-us/HT202667 THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
This is the first video I’ve seen of yours, and I have to say that you are so amazing at explaining, inherently complex things! I subscribed and liked and wish you all the best, happy Thanksgiving! I will look forward to seeing more of your videos!
I really appreciate you and your kind words @DanBuell! Hope you have a wonderful Holiday season! Thank you for your continued support! I appreciate you more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you!
Love the way you break this down so that anyone can follow. I am helping someone and they cannot remember their password and do not have access to the email. Suggestions?
I appreciate you and your kind words @hollytatlow4945. Does the person you're helping have a Trusted Device (another Apple device signed in with their Apple ID?) Are they able to reset their email password? I'm actually just finishing an in-depth video on the topic of resetting Apple ID passwords that I hope to publish soon, so stay tuned! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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i did almost every step but for some reason there isn't even an Apple ID tab in the sign in and security section I checked everything and it isn't there for some reason
Apple recently updated the website and doesn't show that box for the standalone Apple ID option. They moved it to the "Email & Phone numbers" section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
Great question @AdieStainton! All purchases and such will be associated to the new Apple ID if you change it. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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Great question @Marcus_4532! So it depends. If you're Apple ID is a gmail account and you're changing it to another gmail account, it wouldn't affect any of your emails. When you use a third party email address like gmail for an Apple ID, it's really just like a username for your apple account and services. If you're talking about iMessages for texting, that should all stay the same in addition to subscriptions. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @AmongBloxPortugal! Yes it should. If that's what you want to do, it doesn't hurt to try. The biggest thing is it will just say no it didn't work. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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Do i need to backup my phone first before changing my Apple ID ? So after changing my Apple ID to a newer Apple ID my whatsapp conversation will remain as it use to be and wont be deleted or gone missing right ?
Hi @likjoeheng7906, I have changed multiple Apple ID's without backing up. When you change the Apple ID, all the content associated with it should remain as is. Also this should not affect your WhatApp account as the app itself was downloaded and "purchased" with the Apple ID, but you should have the same email that you used to sign up with WhatApp, or it's associated with your phone number. So that should not be an issue either. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
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Great question @Thavisup! That came from a conversation directly with Apple Support. I often ask them questions on a variety of things if I can't find the answers in their support documentation. It worked as I was able to change my @comcast.net email address to the iCloud alias that I added to the account. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Great question @DGgraphicsNY! I still have an Apple ID that is not an email address too! When you log into iCloud.com or appleid.apple.com, you'll be prompted to change it to an email address. I'm working on another video covering Apple ID's and I'll be demoing this in there. I actually created about 5 or 6 more Apple IDs so I can demonstrate different things, so I have to wait 30 days for I can actually start testing, so stay tuned! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
I have a proper Apple ID. I also have accounts with the App Store etc that are with an old Hotmail account from iPod days. How do I make the App Store simply align with my usual Apple ID address?
Hi @marcusnz232! It sounds like you have two Apple ID's. Is one for iCloud and the other old hotmail is associated with the App Store for music and such? Unfortunately there is no way to merge two Apple ID's. You could update the old hotmail email address on that Apple ID to something newer if wanted. Other than that, there is no problem to use one Apple ID for iCloud and a separate Apple ID for App Store purchases. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @progamersbg854, If you're using third party emails like Google or Microsoft, the email itself has nothing to do with the Apple ID Account. It's just the email as the username that's being used. All of your email will work as it always has. Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been beneficial, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
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Hi @josephmatthews6421, So if you're getting a message like that, it could mean that the email address is already an Apple ID. Have you tried to do a password reset on that email address you're trying to change it to? How to RESET your Apple ID PASSWORD on your iPhone, iPad and Mac! ua-cam.com/video/66jrHpEag2k/v-deo.html THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Joel, I need to change my email address(no longer with Comcast (per your example in video)) plus I also have a new phone number. I can’t get into my Apple account because it keeps a wanting to do a 2 step verification but I can’t get into my old email account or get a text from a phone number I no longer have to get the code to type in that would enable me to get into my Apple account to change my email address and phone number!! So frustrating😤 I hope you have a suggestion. Thanks
I have a suggestion for you. Maybe you could try calling the old phone number to see if it is being used by someone else? If not, you can try to reuse that number and receive your verification text. If someone answers the phone from your old number, perhaps you can try to earn their trust and enlist their help in resolving your account issue. (For example, you can invite him/her out to a meeting at a restaurant where you can explain your full situation) I too am facing a similar issue, but with an old Facebook account. I tried calling the my old number and someone answered the call on the other end. I am now trying to prove that I am trustworthy so that I can enlist his help in recovering my old Facebook account.
Hi @kimcat3760! This is why it's so important to have a trusted device. I can certainly feel and relate to the frustration! Has Comcast been any help in trying to get into your old account? Unfortunately without having a trusted device, phone number changed and Comcast being difficult as always, I would have recommended the same thing as @CaptainM792! It's actually beneficial for your Apple ID to not be tied to that old phone number as they will continually get notifications to their device if you were to keep trying to log in. Have you gone to your phone carrier to see if that number has been re-used? Does this Apple ID warrant the hassle to even try to recover? Apple may not be much help if there is no way to verify that it's you, so you may be dependent on phone company, Comcast and Good Samaritan to help! Fingers crossed for you! I wish you the best to try and get access! Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been beneficial, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
Excellent suggestion @CaptainM792! I would have said the same thing! Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been beneficial, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
Hi If I delete existing apple id permanently and create a new one ... Will I be able to use the same phone number as trusted number for new apple id and for iMessage ? I don't have any purchases in my existing apple id.
@ace9791 had replied to one of the comments : Apple recently updated the website and doesn't show that box for the standalone Apple ID option. They moved it to the "Email & Phone numbers" section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
Hi @wendalls53, Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. Thank you for your continued support! I appreciate you more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you!
Hi @BDX55! Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
i want to change my email on my ipad but my school blocked the button where you can change it. Is there any other way i can change my email? I'm done with schol but still want to use my ipad. The email I'm currently using will be deleted in some time and that's why i want to change it.
So stinkin’ confusing! This right here is why I’m still using an old MobileMe/iCloud email login-an email that WAS associated with an old photography business I used to run. My two HomePod Minis kept getting confused, and would never play correctly-always said they were playing, but no sound came out. So I threw them away in frustration. However, my two HomePod OGs play just fine. This is such a confusing system, and I’m afraid that if I change something, I’ll lose a couple hundred movies on my Apple TV, as well as purchased songs. Cripes!
can I change the primary iCloud address I used for creating the Apple ID to a new one? (an alias) and later on delete the old primary address from the account?
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Hi @garypillischafske1425! Yeah, If you don't have access to the email, or the Apple ID doesn't have another trusted device or email associated with it, you may be out of luck. You would not be able to verify if you don't have any of those things. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @namaste1815! Apple did update their website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. Or did you change it and get an error? Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been beneficial, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
This process doesn't seem to work for me in macOS Sonoma. When I enter a new email address, I'm warned that the new email address is not available. What's up?
Hello I have a question following your tutorial I can't see the box in my account that says Apple ID only the one that says Email & Phone Numbers do you know what can I do in that case to update my apple ID ?
Hi @darkbigote! Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that Apple ID option by itself. They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @lennandebbarma571! So once Two Factor Authentication is turned on for an Apple ID, it can't be turned off. Below is an Apple Support Article that I will link below on this topic. Two-step verification for Apple ID support.apple.com/en-us/102458 You will most likely need to make sure you have a trusted device to get notifications on. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
1. You started the video w/out mentioning which iOS version you were using. Classic error because with each now iOS release Apple change and move stuff round. So when you say click here and there I am using Sonoma 14.4 and the layout is different.
Hi @59kabb, I have that information listed within the description of the video. I am on Sonoma and also running iOS 17. Unfortunately regardless of the device Operating System, things can still change on the website for Apple ID's. For example after this video was made, Apple made a slight change on their website. Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Does not work. Once the Change Apple ID button is clicked, a popup, "Continue on one of your devices," renders but there is no effect on any device that I can see, mobile or desktop.
Hi @mayaro_TT! There are certainly others who have gotten that same message. I have not experienced that yet. How many devices do you have? What device are you using while trying to change your Apple ID email? Here is an Apple Discussion I found that seems to be identical with what you're getting: discussions.apple.com/thread/255038985 Have you tried to sign in and change on other devices? Maybe there's other devices that need you to verify it's you? Possibly related to Two Factor Authentication too? Check your Apple ID device list to find where you're signed in support.apple.com/en-us/HT205064 Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Apple Devices - Understanding 2FA and Apple Trusted Devices ua-cam.com/video/I_msjcAo44M/v-deo.html I hope some of this helps! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Hi @kaliq17! Did you create an iCloud email address and then immediately try to change it to the new Apple ID? If so, you need to wait. According to Apple, the magic time period is 30 days.
They've changed the site a bit, but when i try to remove my old appleID it asks what email should be my new appleID. When i type it in and confirm it with the code like you did it tells me to go on one of my devices, iphone ipad or mac, so i go into the appleID settings on my device like it says but i cant spot anywhere how to change my appleid. it wont let me remove my old appleID and when i search up how to change it, it is just described like you did it. What am i supposed to do now im so confused
Hi @gg_2315, Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
For some reason the "Apple ID" menu option (seen at 4:21) is missing for me. I had to call Apple and get Tech Support to change my ID address. Wish this was easier.
I know @jakevanoostrum622! Apple updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option! They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
I’m trying to change my appleid from an old Gmail that I do not have access into, to a new Gmail I use everyday. I tried your methods and it said I was successful in changing it. But I do not see change on the main page on the Apple ID in settings. It tells me my new Apple ID is in effect but still goes around showing the old one.
Hi @kevinweyrauch4875. Did you change it from the website on a computer, or from a mobile device within the settings? Are you positive it did not create a new one instead of actually updating it? Do you have just one Apple ID that you're using for iCloud and not a secondary that you're using for Media purchases? THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
If I change my Apple ID completely ( because I am at risk of being hacked ) will that affect all my accounts linked to my original iCloud account ? ( target, Amazon , etc. )
Hey @RoseRamirezz! No, changing your Apple ID should not affect your other accounts like Amazon or Target. The email used for an Apple ID is just a username. You can use any email for it and it would not affect anything else you use that email with. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Great question @BreakTime10101! They're pretty much the same. It's a rebranding effort from Apple. Below is an Apple support article that explains the history of these email accounts: iCloud: About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com email addresses support.apple.com/en-us/HT201771 THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Question , I want to change my cox email as my apple ID with a GMAIL that is associated with apple ID already , can that still be done or I need a fresh email that is no associated with any of my apple id or cloud etc ...?
Hi @c00l0ne! So if the gmail account is already an Apple ID, you won't be able to change it to another account. You can only change an existing Apple ID email address to a new email that is not an Apple ID account. I wish Apple would change that, but for now, that's how it is. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
I have successfully changed my Apple ID, and it’s also signed in on the App Store. But… there are a few apps on my phone that have been downloaded from a backup that used the old email address/Apple ID. And because of this, when I try to update those few apps, I am prompted to sign in to my previous email address/Apple ID. Any suggestions?? I have read I can delete each app one by one and reinstall, but that doesn’t seem very efficient.
I have an iCloud email address that I use as my main email. My appleid is a hotmail email. I’d like to know how to change the appleid to that iCloud email I’ve always used. Can you do that right away, Or do I have to create another different iCloud email Alia’s and wait 30 days?. I’m confused
Hi @xboxbml! When you say that your main email is an iCloud email address, is that an alias of the hotmail email address that is an Apple ID? If not, you won't be able to do anything as they are already both two existing Apple ID's. You can only change a current Apple ID to an email address that is not already an Apple ID. What you should be able to do is, within the Hotmail Apple ID, you can go to iCloud and associate it with a new email address ending in @iCloud.com. Then once that is created, you need to add that email address to the email section within the Apple ID website. It will add that alias to your account as an associated email address. Then if you wait past 30 days, you should be able to change the hotmail Apple ID to be the new iCloud alias. This is exactly what I did with my Comcast email Apple ID. I hope that makes sense! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Good Morning Joel, I use yahoo mail for my business we would like to use gmail is there a way to change from one to the other? And not loose all my mail from yahoo mail. Thx!!
Hi @trddak1! So if you have a yahoo email address as your Apple ID, changing that to a gmail account would not affect your yahoo email inbox of messages. The Apple ID itself is just like a username, and your username just so happens to be your yahoo email address. It's not linked to the actual emails coming to your yahoo email account. In theory you could use your Yahoo email address as an Apple ID as well as Yahoo Email and have two different passwords as the services are completely separate from one another. I hope that makes sense! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!
Nothing I did not know but really appreciated the video for its simple, accurate, complete and clear content.
Many thanks for this, Joel.
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I signed up to my apple id without thinking I could just make an "Icloud email" so its a bit more secure in the long-run, this has put things into perspective, overall I just don't want products and companies to tie back to my interests, having to compartmentalize and this really explained it well. Thanks for the video!
Excellent advice. Client asked me to help her update her Apple ID today. Your video made the process go smoothly. Thank you.
I'm so happy this was helpful for you @wandavazquez6320!
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I have a 2 year old iPad , and bought a new iPhone. Unfortunately they use the same iCloud . Using up the pathetic 5 Gig that Apple give to you for free , I didn’t know that both would use the mere 5 Gig they give you . Is there away to separate the iPad and iPhone so they have 5 Gig iCloud ?
Thanks for the video. Was wondering could you do an update. Something seems to have changed after Apple implemented Stole Device Protection
Apple literally changed a whole bunch of stuff a few weeks after I published this @jo2reco!
Stole Device Protection is on my list to cover. It's extra security features for the Apple ID Account. It's a good idea, but kinda annoying.
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I guess Apple changed the Apple ID site layout, because mine doesn't show the "Apple ID" box anywhere. You can't change it.
Thanks king! I still have to wait a month but that alias thing is exactly what I was hoping for. Outlook has a similar setup that allows you to change your email without completely wiping they old and that's what I was hoping to find in the apple ecosystem.
I don't know why Apple does the whole timing restriction. And it seems there is a slight difference between a primary and secondary iCloud alias email address.
Wishful thinking that Apple will improve this in the years to come.
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Wow! Thank you for this very informative video. I didn’t think it could be done, but glad to know this. You explained everything very thoroughly and easy for people like me who are technologically challenged 😂. I just became a new subscriber.
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good info. need a part two. how to redownload all apps etc with new ID so they will update. etc
Great suggestion @mgaming7!
I have a few more Apple ID related videos that I will recording next and I can certainly intertwine this question/topic!
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Great one as usual! Thanks for the great approaches to sometime confusing topics!
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Additional question, when i bring up my account it has a list of email & phone numbers box, but there is no singular box with Apple ID. Why is that?
Same...
This is great. Joel, do you recommend logging out of every service connected to our Apple i.d on all our devices before doing this? It sounds like that is no longer necessary? From what you're saying, we'll get the prompts to sign in with new i.d. anyway. ( A back up would be a good idea though?) When researching this I have seen many times a warning that we might lose *documents* in the iCloud, and subscriptions.... but it sounds like (hopefully) this is old info. I also saw a ton of articles that stated Apple does not accept alias emails as an Apple i.d. !! Hard to know when things change quickly!!
We have a gmail that we can’t log into which is the current Apple ID. Everything from that email was set up to forward to main email. If I change Apple ID to the main email, what happens to the iCloud access?
Your video was very helpful and clear!
Hallo Joel
One more technical critical question for you.
What happens to the original email address that was used as Appel ID. After the Apple ID it was changed to a new email address, will it remain as an active email, or will it be cancelled?
Sorry to bother you again.
Thx
@Joe Feld -
(1) Can you change Apple ID if you have money loaded in it? Will the money get transferred to your new email id? Or is it lost forever?
(2) What happens to the old Apple ID email? Does it get deleted or transferred under aliases?
Thanks for this. I have an Apple ID associated with an ISP that I should really change so will follow your steps.
But I’m also one of those in the scenarios where I’m straddling two accounts on my devices due to having one for years with purchases, connections to services etc tied to one account (the ISP one) before getting a Mobile Me Account than then lead to having a iCloud address and seperate Apple ID.
Both now have a right mix on them and there’s no way for me to easily unpick and move to just 1 account.
Really wish I could merge the accounts! Come on Apple!
Hi @alanmcloughlin909! The more I think about it, I actually don't mind having two Apple IDs. One for iCloud and one for Media/Purchases. It's a good way to separate them. Would it be nice to have them combined, sure, but I personally don't think that will happen soon. Only hope for Apple to get on board with it!
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@@Learnwithjoel thanks Joel. I think it’s more for simplicity. When setting up a new device I always have to then manually sort out my music, Podcast, App Store etc to be under the correct login that I’m using. There is also the fact that I may one day lose access to one of the emails as I have it from being a teenager with an ISP that is a paid for service via my dad, the email is imbedded on my life but I need to make efforts to migrate away from it as I don’t have control of it always being with me which could lead to me one day being locked out of my account unless I use your tips here to change that email to a 3rd email. Hence my preference for a merge rather than going down the route of yet and other email address. Services like Google forced me to already have an additional email and with having to maintain different password across accounts and also using monitoring software to alert me to websites being targeted where I may want to update my passwords then having the fewer the better would be my goal.
I appreciate this video so much got my Mom a new IPhone & she made her Apple ID with Gmail & not ICloud
Hi @adrianespinoza1819! I'm so glad this was helpful for you setting your mom's new iPhone up!
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Very informative video; I just have one question to ask: If I change my sign in ID (email used to sign in) from a gmail account to an outlook account, will I still be able to update my apps without issue? I’ve seen talk online that people have had issues doing this as some of their apps were downloaded before they changed the email that they used to sign-in to their Apple account. Upon trying to update, it displays the email that they previously used to sign-in and they’re unable to update these apps and are only left with the option to delete & reinstall them. Any feedback is appreciated and you’re doing a fantastic job of getting back to people here. Keep up the good work! 👍👍
I want to know this too
@@kiki2236 I went ahead, said screw it and changed it shortly after I made this post and I’ve had no issues. No previous sign-in email popping up when installing/updating apps or anything. However, make sure that you turn off syncing to iCloud for everything before you change the sign-in ID email as I had to change it back to the email I originally had and then turn off syncing to iCloud for everything as it wasn’t syncing with the new ID at first. Once you’ve changed the sign-in ID to the new one you want, turn iCloud syncing back on for everything and you should be good to go. The only thing that I found weird was that my photo gallery said “syncing to iCloud” for a while but I assume that this was because it was syncing all of my photos to the new ID. Eventually it synced and all was well 😊 It did display my old ID under my name in settings but upon signing out and then back in to my Apple ID, it changed to the new one. Just be aware that if you have to sign out and back in to get it to display the new ID, all of your downloaded music on Apple Music will uninstall and you’ll only have the songs saved, not downloaded, when you re-open the app. Have a blessed day 💪😎
@@kiki2236 Sorry for the absolute wall of text 💀
@@kiki2236Changing it was fine. Just make sure that you turn off syncing to iCloud for everything before you change it and then turn it back on afterwards.
@@kiki2236 Also, if your old ID displays in settings, sign out and then back in. Downloaded music will be removed but you’ll still have the songs saved 💪😎
Thanks. You explained it really well. I’d love to hear more about Family Sharing. Like many, we started out with one iTouch and now have 3 iPads, 2 iPhones, 2 iwatches and one MacBook between us. But I can figure out how to split it into 2 accounts so we can text each other’s phones. It’s all under the same Apple ID.
I agree @stephaniesinden145! This exact scenario happens quite often.
I do have some videos planned for Family Sharing in the near future.
Long story short though, there is no way to divide Apple ID's or Merge them. In your Situation, the best thing to do would be to create new Apple ID's for any family member, and then export information from the main Apple ID and import into the new Apple IDs.
If you have kids that don't have an Apple ID, you can actually create child Apple IDs. You get prompted with this when you start the process of Family Sharing. There's so much on this topic! Stay tuned and don't hesitate to ask questions!
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Dear Joel!
First of all, thank you!!! You explained it the very best way. You are amazing!. I do have a question though…. My apple id now is my old outlook that I don’t have access to anymore (I’ve tried everything but i’m permanently locked out) If I change my Apple Id now to a gmail that I use, will it have repercussions? Like, as in, i’m very scared to do it what if it asks me to verify on my outlook that I cannot get in to and I lose my data? Sorry, i’m always a bit anxious. I hope you can help! I’m getting a new phone soon :(
That's a good video! But are there a difference if I use an iCloud address or an hotmail address? Is it worth to change from hotmail to an iCloud mail on my Apple id? Or is it just meaningless?
Great question @Kieubasa!
The the grande scheme of things, an Apple ID is just a username. Any email address can be used. However an Apple ID does allow you to use some iCloud tools, so it really depends on what you use.
There are many email providers to choose from: iCloud, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. Every company offers similar tools such as email, contacts, calendars, notes, etc, but not all are created equal. Every interface is different and the intuitiveness of each can be different depending on personal preference.
I do have a couple other videos that talk about iCloud vs Apple IDs as well as iCloud in general that may be helpful to see the concept and how it differs from hotmail.
iCloud - What the Purpose is & How is it supposed to work!
ua-cam.com/video/tXq-pMV40eM/v-deo.html
Apple ID accounts vs iCloud accounts - Understanding the difference
ua-cam.com/video/ZZomICAQYSM/v-deo.html
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I’m an elder person so need explaining what you mean by alias emails please. Why would you need alias emails?
What do you do when it says email is not available when you try to change it , whats the reason
Thank you, I was looking for this for some time.
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Outstanding video, I’ve been wanting to do this. You have a new subscriber!
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Hi your content is very well explained, I wish that more Apple techs knew their stuff better. I’m just wondering if you know the ins & outs on changing Apple ID from one country to another. Thank you 🙏
Hi @hockeycoach1on1! I appreciate you and your kind words!
I have not actually had the need to change any of my Apple IDs to another country, but below is the support article from Apple that gives information on what you should do first before you change your Apple ID.
Change your Apple ID country or region
support.apple.com/en-us/HT201389
Seems pretty straightforward, but for sure you would want to not have a balance on your card and you would want to cancel all subscriptions related to the Apple ID that you'd be chaining to another country.
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@@Learnwithjoel thank you for getting back to me muchly appreciate it. I’ll take a look and give it a try. Thanks 🙏 once again. & yes I’ve subscribed to you 👍😀
I called about Green dot the kid on the phone and there were others around. He asked we don’t have anything to do with green Dot. They all said no I said you’re all need to go take some classes because people like me need to know I’m waiting for a green dot to call so I knew about green Dot or they would’ve misinformed me how many times have I been misinformed, I know you can’t answer that I paid for UA-cam and I still get commercials. I don’t get it and it’s not using my Apple ID and then the hide my ID oh boy does that have me screwed up all the way around the horn I saw a iCloud isn’t per sefor storing all your stuff I thought I was gonna lose my mind and I can’t find it to watch it. It was on my iPad and I couldn’t save it. It wants me to sign in so obviously I’m not synced, but Apple will say this appear matches this over here and yes you are but no I’m not.
Youre the best! I did run into a problem.... When I sign in the top two box say "email and phone numbers", the second one shows "password". I dont see the Apple ID box. Can you help?
Hi @RayneWeddingFilms!
Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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Thank you for making this the best video one would need for changing the apple email!
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If i do this will i lose anthing on my phone ? I just want to make sure that this way is safe to change my icloud without losing anything
Hi @Rey.5!
You shouldn't lose any previous purchases or content.
When I changed my Apple ID from a @comcast.net email address to an @iCloud.com email address, all purchases and content were there as soon as I changed it. It didn't skip a beat!
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Thx for this tutorial. Can you please let us know if there is a lockout time and/or activation delay when creating a new alias email address? I have just created one, unfortunately the emails cannot be sent to that address
Good question @patkav!
I don't see any limits to newly created iCloud Aliases. Do you get an error when trying to send an email to the alias?
Are you able to send an email from that new alias?
I found this Support article below, but doesn't say much related to time limit of use.
Add and manage email aliases for iCloud Mail on iCloud.com
support.apple.com/guide/icloud/add-and-manage-email-aliases-mm6b1a490a/icloud
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@@Learnwithjoel great thanks a lot
Now it perfectly works!
But!
Do you think that i can change my Appel ID with a Alias email address and use the alias as my new AppleID?
Thanks a lot
You should be able to if if the alias has been created for more than 30 days
@@Learnwithjoel thx 🙏
Will an Apple ID in the .ME domain be aliased in iCloud?
Great information. Just bought the iphone 15 pro max and I don't have that apple ID box at all. The box says passwords.
Hi @shiuvaunh3166!
Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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Great video Joel. Thanks. Can you send me the video that you made about saving photos to an external SSD with a partition for PHOTOS? I will get it in my gmail account.
Hi @user-le1te9hg4p!
Not 100% sure which one you want, but I'll link a few below in reference to partitions and photos.
How to CREATE VOLUMES and PARTITIONS on an External Hard Drive using Disk Utility on a MAC
ua-cam.com/video/UUQ6O27zLJo/v-deo.html
Understanding how to FORMAT your NEW External Hard Drive for your MAC - A look at Apple Disk Utility
ua-cam.com/video/caYfZWyN4CQ/v-deo.html
How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE!
ua-cam.com/video/wArkMrYehR8/v-deo.html
EXPORTING your Apple Photo files on your MAC - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!
ua-cam.com/video/aiIiFePcRy4/v-deo.html
How to TRANSFER PHOTOS from an iPhone or iPad to a Mac or Windows Computer
ua-cam.com/video/nRDmo6xFez4/v-deo.html
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This was very clear and helpful. Thank you!
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Finally! Thanks to your video I understand how Apple Id works. Thanks for share 🙌🏼
Apple should pay this guy.
Thank you so much,man! This video is brilliant. I’ve one question.
I changed my Apple ID email from outlook to gmail. No problem with AppStore also.It asked password and updated itself.
But it still shows as an old outlook when I click at the settings. Is there anyway to change this? It’s really annoying see this.
Also I checked on web(safari) when I want to sign in with old outlook it says wrong Apple ID or password. (It’s good thing of course) but only settings problem :(
Guys,I fixed that. I sign out and signed in. But DONT FORGET. IT CAN ASK YOUR OLD PASSCODE. Because I changed it 2,3days ago. (Also there was an option “I forgot my old passcode”)
Glad you were successful @fidi2402!
yup, you'll need to make sure browsers and apps are still saving old passwords!
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Glad you were successful @fidi2402!
yup, you'll need to make sure browsers and apps are still saving old passwords!
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@@Learnwithjoel Sir,you’re my survivor! After your video I got the courage and did it. I’m already your subscriber. Thanks for everything ☺️💓
what if you want to change your email address to a new one and you cant access your old email to receive the verification codes
Same problem here
Hi @randyrollins5969!
Before you change, you need to make sure you have other emails or trusted devices for Two-Factor Authentication.
I have a video that discusses this topic that I will link below:
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Apple Devices - Understanding 2FA and Apple Trusted Devices
ua-cam.com/video/I_msjcAo44M/v-deo.html
If you ever get locked out and need a password reset for an Apple ID, it can be a little bit cumbersome.
You would need reset the password and sometimes go through the Account Recovery process if you do not have a trusted device. I will link several Apple Support article below that cover this topic.
Reset Apple ID Password
iforgot.apple.com/
If you forgot your Apple ID password
support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487
How to use account recovery when you can’t reset your Apple ID password
support.apple.com/en-ie/HT204921
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Hi @patrickvandervalk9622!
Before you change, you need to make sure you have other emails or trusted devices for Two-Factor Authentication.
I have a video that discusses this topic that I will link below:
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Apple Devices - Understanding 2FA and Apple Trusted Devices
ua-cam.com/video/I_msjcAo44M/v-deo.html
If you ever get locked out and need a password reset for an Apple ID, it can be a little bit cumbersome.
You would need reset the password and sometimes go through the Account Recovery process if you do not have a trusted device. I will link several Apple Support article below that cover this topic.
Reset Apple ID Password
iforgot.apple.com/
If you forgot your Apple ID password
support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487
How to use account recovery when you can’t reset your Apple ID password
support.apple.com/en-ie/HT204921
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I think since recently, you can also designate another icloud account as a last resort if you lost complete access to your devices/account emails. But off course, this needs to be done before you lost access. And it should be a trusted person who also takes security serious, like updating their devices etc...
Then you’re scr%€d sorry 😂
Thank a lot for your videos! One detail question if I want to use an ICloud email in my AppleID. Did I understood you correctly, that it is the ALIAS mail that I should enter into to AppleID after 30 days, and not the primary ICloud mail?
Two strange aspects.
1. First I created the iCloud mail alias, and after one day also added it into the list of mobile and mails on the Apple ID web page. Now suddenly the section where the AppleID can be maintained in the section up to the right is gone!! Shall I delete this mail alias again from the list, hoping it solves this problem?
2. If I open the list of mobile/mails on the same page, there is a remark (question mark) out to the right on the primary ICloud mail, that this is an alias för the mail linked to an Apple-ID!!! What is this, what does it mean because this is the primary ICloud address.
Hi @rolandgoransson5964!
So strange coincidence 1:
Apple literally just updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
Strange thing 2:
That is normal. If you created an iCloud email alias, it will show up there and has the little question mark to the right and when you hover over it, it says "This is an alias of your Apple ID
email address". All it means is that it was the first iCloud alias created.
I saw your other comment, so I'll respond to that there!
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Hi @rolandgoransson5964!
So if you're on iCloud.com and you go to Settings within the Mail app there, this is where you can go to create an iCloud Alias email address.
When you do that, the first primary will often show up under the appleid.apple.com website under the Email & Phone Number section.
You can create up to 3 total aliases in iCloud.com, so after the first one if you create a second one, you can manually add under your account on appleid.apple.com.
The 30 days comes into play if you wanted to change your main original Apple ID to one of the new iCloud email aliases that were created (primary or not).
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Nice tutorial. Thanks for that.
It begs this question:
Once upon a time I started using an iPhone 3GS. My apple ID was for example ‘ID#-1’. I downloaded a few applications using this apple ID.
Then after thinking about it, I changed my apple ID to for example ‘ID#2’ and downloaded a few applications to that phone.
Finally, I wised up and changed my apple ID to for example ‘ID#3’ and have used ‘ID#3’ ever sense.
The problem is that when I upgrade my iPhones, the applications created with apple ‘ID#1’ wants the password used to download it.
Same thing goes for the other apple ID’s.
With that in mind, how do I query my iPhone to find out which of my 300 plus applications were downloaded with the first two apple ID’s?
Once I find them I plan to delete them and re-download them using the third apple ID. Most of my applications were downloaded with the third apple ID.
TIA.
Hi @ellsworthcalvinjohn7963!
Let me guess...for every new iPhone you've gotten, do you restore it from an iCloud Backup?
I have seen this same issue with the following scenario:
Let's say that I use my brother's iPhone and I sign him out of the App Store and then sign in with my Apple ID. I then download some apps that are associated and "purchased" with my Apple ID.
Now I sign out of the App Store from my Apple ID and my brother signs back in with his. What will happen is that every time there is an update for one of the apps I downloaded on his iPhone with my Apple ID, it will prompt him with the password every single time.
The only way to "fix" that is to delete the app and re-download while logged into the new Apple ID.
My hunch is that you're new iPhones always have been restored from a Backup, therefore it's still remembering this.
I bet if you setup a new iPhone up from scratch and not a restore, that you can just download all the apps as normal.
That's my hunch at least.
If you had an older iPhone or iPad, you could test this theory.
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Wow!! you speak well and you made such a great video.Thank you for this, Joel
I appreciate you and your kind words @YusufMouzaforov!
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I somehow think sometimes Apple deliberately makes things unnecessarily complicated. For example Apple Notes/Reminders as two separate app and not the easiest to use compared to Google Notes which is superb and so easy to use by comparison. Your video is yet another example of Apple making something that should be easy, complicated
I can't argue with that, @walterfillingham527! I do feel like Notes and Reminders could be combined. Also looking at the new Journal App in the beta of 17.2...seems like they could have just added some of the features to the Notes app.
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sadly apple has become the new Microsoft. There are stupid fragmenting decisions about other apple technologies as well.
This worked for me!! Been so annoyed and could not find a video to fix it. Thank you!!
I tried to do this not so long ago and was disappointed to find out it wasn’t possible at the time. How new is this feature?
Hi @jontreasure1991!
How long ago did you try? I know many many years ago when I worked at apple (which was about 15 or so years ago) it was not possible.
The Apple Support article was last updated: November 04, 2021
How to change your Apple ID to a different email address
support.apple.com/en-us/HT202667
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How can i cancel apple id for a new one
UK nearly 80 never excercised , found this doable
This is the first video I’ve seen of yours, and I have to say that you are so amazing at explaining, inherently complex things! I subscribed and liked and wish you all the best, happy Thanksgiving! I will look forward to seeing more of your videos!
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Love the way you break this down so that anyone can follow. I am helping someone and they cannot remember their password and do not have access to the email. Suggestions?
I appreciate you and your kind words @hollytatlow4945.
Does the person you're helping have a Trusted Device (another Apple device signed in with their Apple ID?)
Are they able to reset their email password?
I'm actually just finishing an in-depth video on the topic of resetting Apple ID passwords that I hope to publish soon, so stay tuned!
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A whole room full of lawyers could not have made it more complicated. Thanks apple.
Can't argue with you on that one @house_church!
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i did almost every step but for some reason there isn't even an Apple ID tab in the sign in and security section I checked everything and it isn't there for some reason
Apple recently updated the website and doesn't show that box for the standalone Apple ID option.
They moved it to the "Email & Phone numbers" section.
When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email.
Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
@@ace9791 Thank you for this!
What happens to all your apps etc tag you paid for using the old user id?
Great question @AdieStainton!
All purchases and such will be associated to the new Apple ID if you change it.
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Hallo i would like to ask the email that is use to sign in do it need to be a active Apple ID or just a normal email
“Or we can create a brand new account with outlook”
Are you kidding me?! 😂
Ha...good joke huh @enriquechavez8330!
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What about gmail and messages and subscriptions do they change to a new email
Great question @Marcus_4532!
So it depends. If you're Apple ID is a gmail account and you're changing it to another gmail account, it wouldn't affect any of your emails. When you use a third party email address like gmail for an Apple ID, it's really just like a username for your apple account and services.
If you're talking about iMessages for texting, that should all stay the same in addition to subscriptions.
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Quick question: Will my primary iCloud alias work?
Hi @AmongBloxPortugal!
Yes it should. If that's what you want to do, it doesn't hurt to try. The biggest thing is it will just say no it didn't work.
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Thank you sooo much Joel, awesome video!
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Excellent tutorial. Very useful information. Many thanks!
I appreciate you and your kind words @georgee3401!
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Do i need to backup my phone first before changing my Apple ID ? So after changing my Apple ID to a newer Apple ID my whatsapp conversation will remain as it use to be and wont be deleted or gone missing right ?
Hi @likjoeheng7906,
I have changed multiple Apple ID's without backing up. When you change the Apple ID, all the content associated with it should remain as is. Also this should not affect your WhatApp account as the app itself was downloaded and "purchased" with the Apple ID, but you should have the same email that you used to sign up with WhatApp, or it's associated with your phone number. So that should not be an issue either.
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Thank you. Very helpful. Much appreciated.
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Hello Joel, at 10:42 where did you get that 30-day waiting from?
Great question @Thavisup!
That came from a conversation directly with Apple Support. I often ask them questions on a variety of things if I can't find the answers in their support documentation.
It worked as I was able to change my @comcast.net email address to the iCloud alias that I added to the account.
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What if your Apple ID is NOT an email address? Apple used to use non-email id’s…I’m stuck with such an Apple ID that is not an email..
Great question @DGgraphicsNY!
I still have an Apple ID that is not an email address too! When you log into iCloud.com or appleid.apple.com, you'll be prompted to change it to an email address.
I'm working on another video covering Apple ID's and I'll be demoing this in there. I actually created about 5 or 6 more Apple IDs so I can demonstrate different things, so I have to wait 30 days for I can actually start testing, so stay tuned!
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Have to practice this…It is confusing when I buy a new advice and the device has emails going to it, and other emails going to another device…
I have a proper Apple ID. I also have accounts with the App Store etc that are with an old Hotmail account from iPod days.
How do I make the App Store simply align with my usual Apple ID address?
Hi @marcusnz232!
It sounds like you have two Apple ID's. Is one for iCloud and the other old hotmail is associated with the App Store for music and such?
Unfortunately there is no way to merge two Apple ID's. You could update the old hotmail email address on that Apple ID to something newer if wanted.
Other than that, there is no problem to use one Apple ID for iCloud and a separate Apple ID for App Store purchases.
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If you change your email in Apple ID with another one in order to use the first email for another Apple ID, is it possible?
Hi @progamersbg854,
If you're using third party emails like Google or Microsoft, the email itself has nothing to do with the Apple ID Account. It's just the email as the username that's being used. All of your email will work as it always has.
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REALLY HELPFUL VIDEO
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Every time I try using your steps I get an error message saying I can’t use that email address because I’ve associated it before.
Hi @josephmatthews6421,
So if you're getting a message like that, it could mean that the email address is already an Apple ID. Have you tried to do a password reset on that email address you're trying to change it to?
How to RESET your Apple ID PASSWORD on your iPhone, iPad and Mac!
ua-cam.com/video/66jrHpEag2k/v-deo.html
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Joel, I need to change my email address(no longer with Comcast (per your example in video)) plus I also have a new phone number. I can’t get into my Apple account because it keeps a
wanting to do a 2 step verification but I can’t get into my old email account or get a text from a phone number I no longer have to get the code to type in that would enable me to get into my Apple account to change my email address and phone number!! So frustrating😤 I hope you have a suggestion. Thanks
I have a suggestion for you. Maybe you could try calling the old phone number to see if it is being used by someone else? If not, you can try to reuse that number and receive your verification text. If someone answers the phone from your old number, perhaps you can try to earn their trust and enlist their help in resolving your account issue. (For example, you can invite him/her out to a meeting at a restaurant where you can explain your full situation)
I too am facing a similar issue, but with an old Facebook account. I tried calling the my old number and someone answered the call on the other end. I am now trying to prove that I am trustworthy so that I can enlist his help in recovering my old Facebook account.
Hi @kimcat3760!
This is why it's so important to have a trusted device. I can certainly feel and relate to the frustration!
Has Comcast been any help in trying to get into your old account?
Unfortunately without having a trusted device, phone number changed and Comcast being difficult as always, I would have recommended the same thing as @CaptainM792! It's actually beneficial for your Apple ID to not be tied to that old phone number as they will continually get notifications to their device if you were to keep trying to log in.
Have you gone to your phone carrier to see if that number has been re-used?
Does this Apple ID warrant the hassle to even try to recover? Apple may not be much help if there is no way to verify that it's you, so you may be dependent on phone company, Comcast and Good Samaritan to help!
Fingers crossed for you! I wish you the best to try and get access!
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Excellent suggestion @CaptainM792! I would have said the same thing!
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Very crystal clear. Can’t thank enough. You delivered it well (although my english so broken😂). Thank you🥳🥳🥳
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If I delete existing apple id permanently and create a new one ... Will I be able to use the same phone number as trusted number for new apple id and for iMessage ?
I don't have any purchases in my existing apple id.
I don't have the box that says apple id where you changed the email address
@ace9791 had replied to one of the comments :
Apple recently updated the website and doesn't show that box for the standalone Apple ID option.
They moved it to the "Email & Phone numbers" section.
When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email.
Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
Hi @wendalls53,
Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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Thanks for the assist and contribution @viewereyes8937!
Much appreciated!
Strangely I don’t have the Apple ID panel in y Sign-in and Security page, just all the others.
Hi @BDX55!
Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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i want to change my email on my ipad but my school blocked the button where you can change it. Is there any other way i can change my email? I'm done with schol but still want to use my ipad. The email I'm currently using will be deleted in some time and that's why i want to change it.
So stinkin’ confusing! This right here is why I’m still using an old MobileMe/iCloud email login-an email that WAS associated with an old photography business I used to run. My two HomePod Minis kept getting confused, and would never play correctly-always said they were playing, but no sound came out. So I threw them away in frustration. However, my two HomePod OGs play just fine. This is such a confusing system, and I’m afraid that if I change something, I’ll lose a couple hundred movies on my Apple TV, as well as purchased songs. Cripes!
can I change the primary iCloud address I used for creating the Apple ID to a new one? (an alias) and later on delete the old primary address from the account?
Thank you bro, your video helped me a lot!
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Happy to hear!
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Hallo may I know why when I am about to sign in my phone said the Apple ID is not available even though I just created the Apple ID
What if your old Apple I.D. email is a company out of business. You can’t get an email at all on that account? How do they verify?
Hi @garypillischafske1425!
Yeah, If you don't have access to the email, or the Apple ID doesn't have another trusted device or email associated with it, you may be out of luck. You would not be able to verify if you don't have any of those things.
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No luck in changing the email on my screen
Hi @namaste1815!
Apple did update their website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
Or did you change it and get an error?
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This process doesn't seem to work for me in macOS Sonoma. When I enter a new email address, I'm warned that the new email address is not available. What's up?
Hello I have a question following your tutorial I can't see the box in my account that says Apple ID only the one that says Email & Phone Numbers do you know what can I do in that case to update my apple ID ?
Hi @darkbigote!
Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that Apple ID option by itself.
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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Hello,How can i turn off two factor verification to change my gmail ?? Please reply
Hi @lennandebbarma571!
So once Two Factor Authentication is turned on for an Apple ID, it can't be turned off.
Below is an Apple Support Article that I will link below on this topic.
Two-step verification for Apple ID
support.apple.com/en-us/102458
You will most likely need to make sure you have a trusted device to get notifications on.
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Hey there
Can i change my apple id email and still have acess to my apple email for example iCloud email ?
1. You started the video w/out mentioning which iOS version you were using. Classic error because with each now iOS release Apple change and move stuff round. So when you say click here and there I am using Sonoma 14.4 and the layout is different.
Hi @59kabb,
I have that information listed within the description of the video. I am on Sonoma and also running iOS 17.
Unfortunately regardless of the device Operating System, things can still change on the website for Apple ID's. For example after this video was made, Apple made a slight change on their website.
Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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Does not work. Once the Change Apple ID button is clicked, a popup, "Continue on one of your devices," renders but there is no effect on any device that I can see, mobile or desktop.
Hi @mayaro_TT!
There are certainly others who have gotten that same message. I have not experienced that yet.
How many devices do you have? What device are you using while trying to change your Apple ID email?
Here is an Apple Discussion I found that seems to be identical with what you're getting:
discussions.apple.com/thread/255038985
Have you tried to sign in and change on other devices? Maybe there's other devices that need you to verify it's you? Possibly related to Two Factor Authentication too?
Check your Apple ID device list to find where you're signed in
support.apple.com/en-us/HT205064
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Apple Devices - Understanding 2FA and Apple Trusted Devices
ua-cam.com/video/I_msjcAo44M/v-deo.html
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I created an alias and then it says it’s already on file in my account
Hi @kaliq17!
Did you create an iCloud email address and then immediately try to change it to the new Apple ID? If so, you need to wait. According to Apple, the magic time period is 30 days.
@@Learnwithjoel No. I’ve had this Apple ID since iPhone 5
They've changed the site a bit, but when i try to remove my old appleID it asks what email should be my new appleID. When i type it in and confirm it with the code like you did it tells me to go on one of my devices, iphone ipad or mac, so i go into the appleID settings on my device like it says but i cant spot anywhere how to change my appleid. it wont let me remove my old appleID and when i search up how to change it, it is just described like you did it. What am i supposed to do now im so confused
What if you didn’t have a computer? How can you change your Apple ID and change email and password without a computer? Thank you for your time
When logging into appleid I don’t have that option for Apple ID like yours shows
Hi @gg_2315,
Apple recently updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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For some reason the "Apple ID" menu option (seen at 4:21) is missing for me. I had to call Apple and get Tech Support to change my ID address. Wish this was easier.
The Apple ID option doesn’t show up on the sign in and Security page anymore….
I know @jakevanoostrum622!
Apple updated the website and doesn’t show that box for the standalone Apple ID option!
They moved it to the “Email & Phone numbers” section. When you select that, you will see a little circle with a minus sign next the email. Click that and it will give you the option to change the Apple ID email address.
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I’m trying to change my appleid from an old Gmail that I do not have access into, to a new Gmail I use everyday. I tried your methods and it said I was successful in changing it. But I do not see change on the main page on the Apple ID in settings. It tells me my new Apple ID is in effect but still goes around showing the old one.
Hi @kevinweyrauch4875.
Did you change it from the website on a computer, or from a mobile device within the settings? Are you positive it did not create a new one instead of actually updating it?
Do you have just one Apple ID that you're using for iCloud and not a secondary that you're using for Media purchases?
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If I change my Apple ID completely ( because I am at risk of being hacked ) will that affect all my accounts linked to my original iCloud account ? ( target, Amazon , etc. )
Hey @RoseRamirezz!
No, changing your Apple ID should not affect your other accounts like Amazon or Target. The email used for an Apple ID is just a username. You can use any email for it and it would not affect anything else you use that email with.
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If I delete my Apple ID, can I use the same phone number that I input in the deleted Apple ID into a new one?
Is there any difference between .me and .iCloud email accounts, are they the same thing?
Great question @BreakTime10101!
They're pretty much the same. It's a rebranding effort from Apple. Below is an Apple support article that explains the history of these email accounts:
iCloud: About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com email addresses
support.apple.com/en-us/HT201771
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But if i change my email of the apple id i will lose all my data and purchases on app store or no?
i changed my gmail but it still shows my old gmail when i click on my apple ID page (at the bottom of my name it shows my old gmail) any help?
Can you revert back to a former Apple ID?
@joel can you delete the comcast email, after you´ve changed it into the icloud alias ?
Question , I want to change my cox email as my apple ID with a GMAIL that is associated with apple ID already , can that still be done or I need a fresh email that is no associated with any of my apple id or cloud etc ...?
Hi @c00l0ne!
So if the gmail account is already an Apple ID, you won't be able to change it to another account. You can only change an existing Apple ID email address to a new email that is not an Apple ID account.
I wish Apple would change that, but for now, that's how it is.
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I have successfully changed my Apple ID, and it’s also signed in on the App Store. But… there are a few apps on my phone that have been downloaded from a backup that used the old email address/Apple ID. And because of this, when I try to update those few apps, I am prompted to sign in to my previous email address/Apple ID. Any suggestions?? I have read I can delete each app one by one and reinstall, but that doesn’t seem very efficient.
I have an iCloud email address that I use as my main email. My appleid is a hotmail email. I’d like to know how to change the appleid to that iCloud email I’ve always used. Can you do that right away, Or do I have to create another different iCloud email Alia’s and wait 30 days?. I’m confused
Hi @xboxbml!
When you say that your main email is an iCloud email address, is that an alias of the hotmail email address that is an Apple ID?
If not, you won't be able to do anything as they are already both two existing Apple ID's. You can only change a current Apple ID to an email address that is not already an Apple ID.
What you should be able to do is, within the Hotmail Apple ID, you can go to iCloud and associate it with a new email address ending in @iCloud.com. Then once that is created, you need to add that email address to the email section within the Apple ID website. It will add that alias to your account as an associated email address. Then if you wait past 30 days, you should be able to change the hotmail Apple ID to be the new iCloud alias.
This is exactly what I did with my Comcast email Apple ID.
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Good Morning Joel, I use yahoo mail for my business we would like to use gmail is there a way to change from one to the other? And not loose all my mail from yahoo mail. Thx!!
Hi @trddak1!
So if you have a yahoo email address as your Apple ID, changing that to a gmail account would not affect your yahoo email inbox of messages.
The Apple ID itself is just like a username, and your username just so happens to be your yahoo email address. It's not linked to the actual emails coming to your yahoo email account.
In theory you could use your Yahoo email address as an Apple ID as well as Yahoo Email and have two different passwords as the services are completely separate from one another.
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Will my Primary ailas work too?
How does it effect your downloaded apps on the phone?