How to Add an Email Address to Your Apple ID on an iPhone

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Last Updated: May 15, 2018

This wikiHow teaches you how to add an additional email address to your Apple ID account with your iPhone, which allows people who know this email address to more easily find and communicate with you on your iPhone.

Steps

1
Open your iPhone's Settings. It's the gray app that can usually be found on one of your home screens.
- If you can’t find the app on one of your home screens, it may be inside a folder labeled as Utilities.
2
Tap iCloud. It’s at the top of the fourth section (along with “iTunes & App Store” and “Wallet & Apple Pay”).
- If you are not already signed into the iCloud on your iPhone, enter your Apple ID username and password.
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3
Tap your Apple ID. This is the first button, which should list your name and primary email address. Enter your password if prompted.
4
Tap Contact Information. This is the first option in the second section.
5
Tap Add Email or Phone Number. This is the last option in the first section.
6
Tap Email Address.
- Make sure that the check mark is listed next to “Email Address,” not “Phone Number.”
7
Tap Next. It’s located in the top right.
8
Enter the email address you wish to add to the account.
9
Tap Next. It’s located in the top right.
10
Check your email for the verification code.
- The verification code will be sent to the email address you are adding to your account.
11
Enter the verification code. This email address will now be listed in the “Contact Information menu as a verified email address.
- This will not make this email address the primary email for your Apple ID, but it will allow you to link this email address to your Apple ID.
- This allows people who know this email address to find and communicate with you more easily on your iPhone.
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