Apple id is and id given by apple company which used by the user for all the apple products the user has. This id contains the user’s personal details and settings. This is useful for the user to login to any apple device with id and has the same settings as the user choice. Your Change Apple Id whenever you want just like the phone number.
An apple id can be of any time like email id or phone number.
Remember: Sign out of all Apple services and devices that use your ID. If you want to use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to change Apple ID, stay signed in with your Apple ID on only that device.
Generally, people store their email id in different forms in apple. Like @mac.com, @cloud.com... etc. Now, in all these cases there might be a slight deviation but the procedure to change apple id is the same. The third-party email id can’t be used for changing the apple id in the case of@icloud.com, @mac.com, or @me.com but an alias of apple can do this for you.
Like from the cloud to anyone of the mac or me. But remember that when you change your email address, the Apple ID that people see when they share with you also changes.
People use iPad, iPhone, and iTouch so here the method for all of that:
- Firstly, go to settings and tap your name. then, choose a name, phone numbers, email.
- Secondly, go to edit and delete your account page.
- Now, since the page got deleted, tap continues and enters the apple id which you wanted to use. Lastly, click on next.
Let us see the method to change apple id using the apple account page.
- Firstly, Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in.
- Now, In the Account section, click Edit.
- In the new page, Under your Apple ID, click Change Apple ID. Enter the Apple ID that you want to use.
- Click Continue.
But remember the above method can’t be used If you try to replace Apple ID to an @icloud.com email address created within the last 30 days, you might be asked to try again later.
How to Change Apple ID?
After all of these, there is a confirmation left. If you have entered the alias of the apple account as mentioned above it will directly ask you to confirm. And you can’t change it back to you a third party email id. But instead, if you are having one then the third party address becomes the additional account id. If the id which you are changing is the third party then you can change to a third party or alias of apple account.
After, changing the apple id verification is required. This is a must step for all apple users. Go the account page, enter the new email id, a verification code is sent to the given email address. Enter the verification code from the email into the fields provided and start using your updated Apple ID.
Lastly, sign in into all the devices that you have using this new apple id.
Till now, we have seen how to change the apple email id in the account. Now, what if your apple id is your phone number then how to change this:
Changing this depends on the country. Due to the country code like in the United States we use (+1) in the same, there are codes for other countries.
You might be able to change Apple ID to a different mobile phone number from your Apple ID account page or on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
The direct method is by changing the apple id on the account page.
- Firstly, Sign out of every Apple service and device that uses your Apple ID.
- Now, Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in.
- As said, In the Account section, click Edit.
- Under your Apple ID, click Change Apple ID.
- After you enter the mobile phone number that you want to use as your Apple ID, a verification code is sent to you at that number. Enter the verification code from the text into the fields provided.
- Sign back into all Apple services with your new Apple ID.
Now your apple id as phone number got changed.
People doing on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
- Sign out of every Apple service and device that uses your Apple ID, except the one you’re using to change Apple ID.
- Go to Settings and then click on your name, Phone Numbers, Email.
- Next, tap Edit and Delete.
- Tap Continue and follow the instructions.
- After you enter the mobile phone number that you want to use as your Apple ID, a verification code is sent to you at that number. Enter the verification code from the text into the fields provided.
- Sign back into all Apple services with your new Apple ID.
This is all you have to do to change apple id
Tip: if you move to a different country then just do verify your mobile number with an SMS verification to be on a safer side. So, change apple id country. Then, follow the instructions given to complete the process.