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Please use this tag for questions on topics for which you must register an Apple Account (until recently called Apple-ID) before using the service or authenticating on Apple software & products.

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What should I do if I get email about my account claiming to be from Apple?

Apple has a support page regarding phishing attempts, see Identify and report phishing emails and other suspicious messages. Taken from there: These are common signs of a possible phishing attempt …
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Wrong Apple ID for iCloud?

Settings -> iCloud (right beneath General). Then scroll down til you see the "Delete Account" button. Should be straight-forward from there.
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Problem with changing Apple ID on iPhone

You don't need to delete the account on the iPhone. Go to iCloud settings and tap on the top line (the one with your old Apple ID). Then enter your new login details on the following screen.
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How can I recover a game center account where I forgot ID and password?

I see two options to recover your Game Center login: check whether Game Center (the app) is still logged in with the old account, then use this information to reset the password at https://iforgot.a …
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Blocking information on my iPad from other people

You probably could solve this with turning your iPad into a managed device and configuring it from your Mac/PC. For a single device this may be overkill though, I would just restore the iPad to factor …
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How to create an Apple ID?

If it doesn't work during the setup process of your Mac, you can also go to https://appleid.apple.com, create a new AppleID there and then use it during the setup of the Mac.
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AppStore credit card authorization fail

Update your billing info? :-) https://reportaproblem.apple.com/ Usually this happens if the credit card check fails. To fix, log into your account in iTunes and either update the credit card detai …
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iPhone 4 asks me to log into an Apple address that Apple say doesn't exist

Start by recovering the password to [email protected] at https://iforgot.apple.com (and use the guidance provided there in case you don't know the answers to the security questions). Then proceed …
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App Store ID & a different iCloud ID?

There are instructions on how to set this up on Apple's support site, see towards the end of https://support.apple.com/HT204053. Basically you open Settings on your iOS device and configure/use one …
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"Unknown error" when unlocking AppleID account

This looks like a problem only Apple can solve. You can contact Apple Support through https://getsupport.apple.com/, it may need some patience to navigate through the structure there til you get to a …
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Access iCloud emails on an Android without Mac or iPhone

You can try to request the desktop site of icloud.com within your Android browser (don‘t know too much about Android, but there should be an option for that). If this doesn‘t work, visit a friend with …
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update programs installed by other user (other appleID)

There is currently no way to move applications between Apple IDs nor is there in the general case where you want to merge everything from one account to another. In addition to the technical limitatio …
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Apple ID: How to avoid changing password?

This message is part of the security measures of iCloud. The only way to get rid of it is to actually set a new password adhering to the rules listed.
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Determining the date when an Apple ID was created

It helps to open Apple ID Account Information.csv (the file you downloaded) in TextEdit first, to see the actual format of the "Create Date" column: "123456789","j**************@me.com","2023-12-09 15 …
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My own iPhone 7 is locked with foreign account after simple reset

If you have all the original receipts required to prove ownership please go to the next Apple Store (or contact Apple support if there isn‘t a store close by). They should be able to reassign the phon …
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