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is it easy to change your apple id? - robfilms - 05-16-2014
i am in the process of changing my primary email from old-verizon.net to new-optimum.net
my apple id is linked to my old-verizon.net
is it hard to change my apple id?
my sprint account is also tied to my old email-verzion.net.
and so are all of the family account iphones.
change the apple id and then change the iphones?
any and all thoughts are appreciated.
(this is what i'm doing on a rainy, gray may afternoon in new your city having just delivered this morning my finished 4 month project and the client handed over the last invoice check, now i'm getting to all those little items that i have neglected for the past four months!)
ymmv
be well.
rob
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - Robert M - 05-16-2014
Rob,
Maybe I'm missing something here and/or I'm not understanding the question. Are you changing the email address affiliated with your Apple ID? Or, are you changing to a different Apple ID entirely? One isn't the same as the other.
Changing the email address affiliated with your Apple ID is easy. Changing it won't have any bearing on devices using the Apple ID. At most, you'll have to go to each device and log out and log in using the new email address. Inconvenient but easy.
But, changing Apple IDs on the devices is a different matter entirely. Changing the ID itself to a different Apple ID could have significant consequences. The apps and books and music and such on the phone are affiliated with the Apple ID, not the email address tied to it.
Robert
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - bobinmurphy - 05-16-2014
I've got two identical AppleIDs (thanks Apple), but each has a unique password (no really thanks Apple). One appears to be used for e-mail and one appears to be used for everything else, although it seems almost impossible to tell which is which. Anyway, I've searched and searched and as far as I can tell there is no way to permanently delete, remove or change an AppleID once it's created. You can however change the e-mail address associated with it.
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - robfilms - 05-16-2014
Robert M wrote:
Rob,
Maybe I'm missing something here and/or I'm not understanding the question. Are you changing the email address affiliated with your Apple ID? Or, are you changing to a different Apple ID entirely? One isn't the same as the other.
Changing the email address affiliated with your Apple ID is easy. Changing it won't have any bearing on devices using the Apple ID. At most, you'll have to go to each device and log out and log in using the new email address. Inconvenient but easy.
But, changing Apple IDs on the devices is a different matter entirely. Changing the ID itself to a different Apple ID could have significant consequences. The apps and books and music and such on the phone are affiliated with the Apple ID, not the email address tied to it.
Robert
bobinmurphy & robert m-
i appreciate you sharing your experiences.
i now believe i know how to proceed.
another question: how does one check what their apple id is?
i know mine but on the family's four iphone's i can't remember if the apple id is the same for all the devices or that i gave them unique names.
(my kids were really kids when we got our first iphones so i'm not sure what i did!)
again, thanks in advance to those who care to share.
be well.
rob
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - modelamac - 05-16-2014
Just go to the Apple website and un-associate your Apple ID with the email accounts you are getting rid of, and add the new email accounts.
https://idmsa.apple.com/IDMSWebAuth/login.html?appIdKey=58ef9db8ff4d201409e7270a68e4408ae1678e1618204c476572a1b5e5fb3518&baseURL=https://supportprofile.apple.com/homePage
You CANNOT get rid of or change an Apple ID. You can only add a new one. Not a good idea, as all of your past purchases were with the old one.
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - Microman - 05-16-2014
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - robfilms - 05-16-2014
modelamac wrote:
Just go to the Apple website and un-associate your Apple ID with the email accounts you are getting rid of, and add the new email accounts.
https://idmsa.apple.com/IDMSWebAuth/login.html?appIdKey=58ef9db8ff4d201409e7270a68e4408ae1678e1618204c476572a1b5e5fb3518&baseURL=https://supportprofile.apple.com/homePage
You CANNOT get rid of or change an Apple ID. You can only add a new one. Not a good idea, as all of your past purchases were with the old one.
my name won't change but the apple id i presently have is a verizon email that will soon no longer be valid since i am leaving verizon.
the requirements for an apple id is a valid email.
i have no choice but to change it.
thoughts?
be well.
rob
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - Paul F. - 05-17-2014
It's possible...
You MAY have to call Apple's AppleID support number to get it all done right, but I just had 30 people register new Apple ID's, and a good third of them screwed it up, and had to fix their accounts... And inacessible old email address was a common one. Can't be so different than changing your primary email, and hence the login username (which is an email address).
Re: is it easy to change your apple id? - The UnDoug - 05-17-2014
Perhaps you're anti-Gmail, but you might consider setting up a (free) email account that isn't tied to the internet service provider with which you're signed up. That way, if your ISP changes, the address will continue to work.