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grantjohnjamison Author
Level 1 8 points

How do I make my alternate

email my primary email on my
Apple ID?
I stoped using the email that was my apple id but
now it wount let me swtich it to my current email.
because it is an @me.com. but I never put it as an
alternate, i just apeared there.
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 11E47 PM

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javeds
Level 1 4 points
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 11E56 PM

I am having the same problem and would like

to know how I can change my email from my
yahoo address to my new gmail address

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javeds
Level 1 4 points
Oct 16, 2011 11E56 PM in response to grantjohnjamison

I am having the same problem and would like to

know how I can change my email from my yahoo
address to my new gmail address

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Ironmanlife
Level 1 4 points
Oct 22, 2011 3E40 PM in response to grantjohnjamison

I very much would like an answer to this too. i

have a primary apple ID that is an outdated email
address.
I want to make one of mey alternate IDs the
primary ID but can't figure out how to change
that.

I deleted my alternate ID (the one I want to use as

primary) and tried to add it as the primary ID but
now I'm just told the email address is in use... it
isn't. I deleted it.

How do I make a previous alternate ID be my

primary ID?
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ufo1947
Level 1 5 points
Aug 28, 2012 9E02 AM in response to grantjohnjamison

Did you ever get an answer to this?

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CranberryGirl105
Level 1 0 points
Aug 28, 2012 9E57 AM in response to grantjohnjamison

To change your Apple ID email address go to

itunes store, then go to your email address which
will be on the top right corner of the store. Click
on the little arrow and click Account. Your
account info will show up. Click edit which will be
beside your email address. Then change it. There
ya go! Hope I helped.

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ufo1947
Level 1 5 points
Aug 28, 2012 11E16 AM in response to CranberryGirl105

Thanks. I know how to change the Apple ID. The

problem I have is that I am trying to change my
Apple ID to edwardsanborn@gmail.com. That
email address was my rescue email address until
earlier today when I changed my rescue email
address to something else. So now I want to
change my Apple ID to
edwardsanborn@gmail.com but the error I get is:

Email address is already verified for another

Apple ID.

How do I eliminate that? Or at least how do I

found out which other Apple ID
edwardsanborn@gmail.com is verified to?
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CranberryGirl105
Level 1 0 points
Aug 28, 2012 3E42 PM in response to ufo1947

I'm actually having the same problem too. I used

to have and email address which is the one i
made on my ipod off wifi. But it did not recognize
that one on itunes on the computer. Anyone else
out there know how to solve this?

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Support-
Level 1 25 points
Aug 28, 2012 4E05 PM in response to grantjohnjamison

Are you looking to change your itunes Email ?

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Support-
Level 1 25 points
Aug 28, 2012 4E06 PM in response to grantjohnjamison

59

Mail works with

MobileMe, Microsoft
Show more Exchange, and many of
the most popular email
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Support-
Level 1 25 points
Aug 28, 2012 4E07 PM in response to grantjohnjamison

Viewing Account
Information

To view your iTunes Store account information on

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iPhone, tap your account (at the bottom of most
iTunes Store screens). Or go to Settings > Store
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joshsgd
Level 1 0 points
Sep 4, 2012 9E21 AM in response to ufo1947

I am having the same problem. Earlier today I

removed my rescue e-mail address so that I
could replace my primary ID with it. Now I cannot
use it as my primary ID or put it back as an
alternate or my rescue ID again. Attempts to do
either result in the message that the address is
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already in use by another account. Umm, yes,

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lorna g
Level 1 0 points
Feb 27, 2013 5E54 AM in response to joshsgd

I have this problem too. I am finding this question

in various threads but no real answer. Did you
solve the problem?

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evkaden
Level 1 0 points
Jun 11, 2013 7E30 AM in response to joshsgd

Hi, I'm having the same problem - I want to swap

the email addresses for my two apple IDs so i
have used a third to free up one at a time. I have
changed one but when I try to replace the second
apple ID with it I get a message saying that its in
use by another account (which would be mine,
the one I just removed). Did anyone ever get this
sorted out? Cheers

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