is it easy to change your apple id?

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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