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This wikiHow teaches you how to delete a secondary email address associated with your Apple ID account on an iPhone.
Steps
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1Open your iPhone's Settings. It's an app with gray cogs that can be found on one of your home screens.
- It may also be in a folder marked "Utilities."
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2Scroll down and tap iCloud. It's in the fourth set of menu options.Advertisement
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3Tap on your Apple ID primary email address. It's at the top right of your screen.
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4Tap Contact Information. It's directly before your Apple ID primary email address.
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5Tap the email address that you want to remove.
- Note: you cannot remove and change your primary Apple ID email address, only secondary email addresses that you've added separately after creating your Apple ID.
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6Tap Remove Email Address.
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7Tap Remove. The email address will no longer show up under your Apple ID Contact Information.
- Your friends will no longer be able to find you under that email address, and send you messages via Apple services, such as FaceTime, iMessage, etc.
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Community Q&A
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QuestionI want to delete an unsupported Apple ID email contact and replace it with a new one already registered. How do I do this?
Community AnswerGo to the Apple ID manager, log in with your account credentials and then go to Account Settings. There you should see an option that says Recovery Address and then an edit pencil picture beside it. Click on that edit icon and you can replace your email address by adding a new one. -
QuestionIf I have reset my iPhone and can’t get hold of the settings how do I remove the ID without making a sim swap?
Sandy ChouCommunity AnswerWhoever the Apple ID's owner is, contact them to remove the ID from your iPhone. If that doesn't work, Contact Apple Support. -
QuestionTrying to remove old email address from my new iPhone 8. It shows my new and old. Will not allow me to delete the old one.Imaan !Community AnswerReset the phone and then when setting it up, use the Apple-ID you wish to have on the phone.
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QuestionI want to delete alias email id. How can I do that?
Vatsalya GuptaCommunity AnswerYou can use the delete option by clicking the three dots on the left side of screen. -
QuestionI mistakenly registered my email for Apple ID, how do I delete it and add it an existing account?Dwight MasonCommunity AnswerIf you mistakenly registered your email for Apple ID you can delete it and add an existing account by calling Apple Support for help.
About This Article
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap iCloud.
3. Tap your Apple ID.
4. Tap Contact Information.
5. Tap on the email address you want to remove.
6. Tap Remove Email Address.
7. Tap Remove.
