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How to change Apple ID name

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I’ve been using my appleid name ***@delmonte-phil.com and would like to replace it with my permanent personal email add — ***@icloud.com. Tried going to the edit option but the system does not allow me to change it. Error message is something like “change of email can’t be done at the moment”. Please help.


thanks


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Posted on May 9, 2021 6:56 PM

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Posted on May 9, 2021 7:25 PM

Per https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202667 “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.”

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May 10, 2021 10:24 AM in response to Canlascr

Based on what I have read, I suggest you leave your Apple ID email address as a 3rd party email address because you have more flexibility if you need to change the email address. For example, if the Apple ID got compromised, you can change it to another address. I also have read of many people who were locked out of their accounts when they forgot their password. Since the recovery email address is the @iCloud email address, if you forget your password, you also can't access your email to get emails from Apple to recover your account. You can set a rescue email address, but for some people, this hasn't worked.

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