How-to: change the email address linked to your Apple ID account

Apple ID is the gateway to Apple's online services -- App Store, iCloud, iTunes and more -- and is a crucial part of your digital identity. AppleInsider shows you how to change the email address that serves as your Apple ID login credential in a few easy steps.

[manifoldpurse]

Says this email address is not available for use as a new Apple ID

[martintorrez]

You lost me at "Log in to your Apple ID" My apple ID is associated with an old email that is no longer valid, so hence, I need to change my email address.

[jamaricarv]

Its not giving me the option to change it

[proriber]

Would it delete app i purchased before and its deleted from the app store though now i can download it now from the purchased apps in the apple id of the app store

[Ivar]

Hi! how do I change the icloud email associated to my account? I can add and remove new aliases but not remove the standard one that I made many years ago and has a quite unfit name to it.

[Bre_JR]

Will this affect family sharing if someone is sharing music?

[lindalindsey]

If I change my email will I still get my emails for my hotmail?

[Motivationtalk]

Sir how to change security question when the apple id locked

[blakes]

Will your iMessages and other data still be there?

[jennierubyjane]

its not letting me change it on my phone... someone help!

[AnitaShek]

I need to change a primary icloud address which says cannot be done. Because the icloud address is not mine

[downground]

Can you change it back to your old apple ID, and everything would be the same?

[frugenf]

I just CAN't do it.... tells me this email address is not available for use a new Apple ID

[lilcummy]

I have x2 mail accounts and I can view the inbox for both of them. However I can only send emails from ONE of the accounts, how do I send an email from the other account? It doesn’t come up under the ‘From’ selection, it only gives me the option for sending emails from one account even though the inbox is different

[Merkz_]

Will I lose my progress on games such as clash Royale?

[rjpasalo]

Sir should I sign out all accounts Icloud, apple id and itunes before editing the email address?

[wmpmacm]

My problem is that the icloud address on my imac is isolated from the icloud address on my others. I do not seem to be able to change it locally because when I try, I am told it cannot be done at this time. It is really only an annoyance, but it would be nice to have all of them synced up

[blossomnbonbon]

it says i have the email i want but on settings its still the previous email account

[misterhilla]

I do not get a "change email address" option so this is worthless to me

[michaelpriest]

What good is your video, if you don't bother to reply to legitimate questions?