Learn how to change the email address associated with your Apple ID.
If you no longer use the email address that's associated with your Apple ID, or you no longer have access to it, you can change it. You won’t lose access to your contacts, purchases, or other account information.
The easiest way to change the email address associated with your Apple ID is with your iPhone or other trusted device. A trusted device is a device that you're already signed in to with your Apple ID.
Keep in mind that you can't use an email address that's already in use by another Apple ID. If you use services like iCloud or Messages, make sure to sign in to those services with your new Apple ID.
How to change your Apple ID email address on your iPhone or iPad
Go to Settings, then tap your name.
Tap Sign In & Security.
Next to Email & Phone Numbers, tap Edit.
Tap the Remove button next to the email address, then tap Delete.
Tap Choose Another Email Address and enter your device passcode if asked.
Enter the new email address, then tap Continue.
Enter the verification code that was sent to your new email address.
How to change your Apple ID email address on the web
When possible, the web process redirects you to a trusted device to change your Apple ID. If you don't have a trusted device, you can still change your Apple ID email address on the web.
Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in. Then follow the onscreen instructions to change the email address associated with your Apple ID.
If you try to change your Apple ID to an @icloud.com email address that was created within the last 30 days, you will be asked to try again later.
If you see a message that the email address you want to use isn't available or is already in use, check that you or a family member aren't already using that email address with a different Apple ID. If a family member is using that email address, remove it from their account, then try to use it.
If your Apple ID is a phone number
You can change your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number. You can also change your Apple ID from a mobile phone number to an email address to make sign in and recovery easier. Learn how to change your Apple ID.
If you no longer use the email address that's associated with your Apple ID, or you no longer have access to it, you can change it. You won't lose access to your contacts, purchases, or other account information.
The iCloud website is a magnificent resource for establishing the new Apple ID without causing data loss. Doing so will also help you to transfer the data to the new account.
What will I lose if I change my Apple ID? You will lose your Apple Music subscription, apps, and iCloud storage plan. You will keep data like photos and videos as long as they are saved to your device and not just your iCloud storage plan.
Merging Apple accounts (IDs) or transferring data is not officially supported, nor can it be done easily or completely. Read the links below for things you may need to do to transfer as much as is possible. Apps and media bought with one ID are permanently associated with that ID.
Once you switch to another Apple ID the information associated with the old Apple ID will be gone except for physical content on the device like photos and videos."
You won't have to reset your phone. Sign out of the common Apple ID, to include FaceTime and Messages, create a new ID for yourself, and then sign back in. The contents of the phone should remain intact.
You won't not lose data downloaded to the iPhone, but may lose access to data stored in iCloud and any purchases not downloaded to the iPad when you sign in to a new Apple ID. Also, all Apps will remain tied to the Apple ID that downloaded them, and will always require it and its password to update.
iPhones are single Apple ID devices. You can have one Apple ID for Messages/FaceTime and another ID for iCloud, but you can't have 2 Apple IDs for iCloud at the same time. You can only have one passcode.
Yes.You can have as many Apple IDs as you have email accounts to use for them. Do note that Apps, purchases and subscriptions are tied to the Apple ID that bought, downloaded or activated them.
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