iOS 18.1 to let users change or delete iCloud.com primary email addresses

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The upcoming iOS 18.1 update will allow users to change a previous primary email address, as well as letting those with iCloud.com, mac.com, or me.com email addresses change them.

Your Apple ID is now known as your Apple Account, and comes with new flexibility.
Your Apple ID is now known as your Apple Account, and comes with new flexibility.



Previously, Apple didn't allow any changes to your primary iCloud email address. Instead, those who regretted or no longer wanted to use that primary address could create a handful of "alias" email addresses that covered most uses.

As of iOS 18.1, however, users can change the primary email address associated with your Apple Account -- formerly known as Apple ID -- and use either the new address or the prior one for logging in. Previously, users would have to delete their old primary email, and re-verify their identity in order to pick a new one.

Even if you used an alias, the primary email address could still be seen by others when users send requests to share or collaborate on documents. The same applies to sending invitations to events via the Calendar app.

The change, first spotted by MacRumors, allows those who picked a flippant @icloud.com, @mac.com or @me.com, or have simply outgrown the old primary email address, to update it. The move by Apple also allows users, for the first time, to turn off a primary iCloud email address in addition to the option of deleting it.



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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    XedXed Posts: 2,828member
    Hmm... I wonder if there will also be an option to effectively merge two iCloud accounts.
    omasou
  • Reply 2 of 6
    omasouomasou Posts: 615member
    Xed said:
    Hmm... I wonder if there will also be an option to effectively merge two iCloud accounts.
    That's what I'm waiting for.
    dewme
  • Reply 3 of 6
    pedropedropedropedro Posts: 1member
    I am in the same mind set as you all.  I totally can not comprehend why we can not merge two ICloud accounts.  Back in the day when Apple introduced the ITunes store, THEY emphasized the idea to set up a different account from ones primary account mainly for security purposes since money was involved.  Now I have two accounts on all the devices.  Just does not make sense since there are so many ways to verify said accounts.
    williamlondon
  • Reply 4 of 6
    XedXed Posts: 2,828member
    omasou said:
    Xed said:
    Hmm... I wonder if there will also be an option to effectively merge two iCloud accounts.
    That's what I'm waiting for.
    Even if not officially, I do wonder if there's a way we can play a shell game with accounts so that you can get the account you want as your iCloud account also working as your Apple Store account. 
    dewmewilliamlondon
  • Reply 5 of 6
    rezwitsrezwits Posts: 897member
    Is 18.1 officially out or something?  Cause no way in HELLLLL! would I dick around with that until the final release is out!  Call me paranoid or something but my appleid is waaay to important to me, as I am sure yours is... fair warning.

    But if my Beta updates aren't showing the actual releasing let me know... thanks!
    williamlondon
  • Reply 6 of 6
    dewmedewme Posts: 5,686member
    Xed said:
    omasou said:
    Xed said:
    Hmm... I wonder if there will also be an option to effectively merge two iCloud accounts.
    That's what I'm waiting for.
    Even if not officially, I do wonder if there's a way we can play a shell game with accounts so that you can get the account you want as your iCloud account also working as your Apple Store account. 
    I'm in the same boat. The current situation seems just plain stupid. I have to make my ancient "@me.com" Apple Account an adult family member of my "@icloud.com" Apple Account and enable Family Sharing in order to have full access to all of my Apple purchases dating back to the iTunes Era, i.e, when dinosaurs and iPods ruled the earth. This has been going on for at least a decade. Things became somewhat easier when Apple allowed devices to register two Apple IDs as part of their setup process. This "workaround" tells me that Apple knew there was a problem but didn't want to do much of anything to fix it in a reasonable way for similarly afflicted users. My hopes of ever seeing anything like an Apple Account "merge" have long since faded. To Apple I am still two separate users. They may like it, but I'm split on the matter.

    I suppose there are legitimate reasons for an individual to have multiple Apple Accounts (formerly Apple IDs), However I still cannot fathom why Apple can't come up with a way to merge accounts when all of the parties involved are one and the same person. Apple allows me to have multiple email aliases and multiple Hide My Email aliases but they can't allow me to authorize them to merge my two accounts into a single account. I'll sign a release document and get it notarized if that's what they demand. My overriding concern is that they'll eventually remove the current hack-around to lessen the burden on their end and I'll lose everything I've purchased under one or the other accounts. Hopefully logic and common sense will prevail. Sure.
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