Can I change my primary e-mail address to another.

Several years ago, I created my apple ID using an e-mail address associated with my service provider broadband (Talktalk) and it became my primary email address.  Now, the time has come to change providers and thus I can access this address of e-mail altogether.  I managed to create an iCloud email account which I now want to set up as my primary account id.  I tried to do it online but every time I get an error message indicating that I can't have an Apple that ends in iCloud ID (how I wish, I had one put in place at the beginning) which at least incredibly frustrating since it is why I created the iCloud first email.

I don't want to create a gmail/hotmail account, I just want to use the iCloud email account that I created in place of my old Talktalk one.   Y at - there someone out there who can advise me if it is to proceed with that, after 19 may Apple will not be able to send me e-mails.  (Or maybe just maybe someone in Apple land will read this and be able to force change through for me)

Any help or advice would be welcome.

Thank you in advance

Pete

The iCloud.com address is already an ID separated from Apple. This is why we don't have a field Apple e-mail address (@me, @mac or @iCloud.com) in the main email to an existing Apple account.

You can either leave your old account intact and set your password on this account to match your new password in the iCloud account, or you can get a different email address, which uses as a main, and then set up on the existing iCloud account.

If you leave the old address that you do not want the password the same as your new password in the iCloud account is because all your purchased media is linked to the old Apple ID. You can start purchasing media from that moment with the iCloud ID, but if you want to keep your existing media, then there will be moments where you must provide the password for the old ID. Making the same means that you don't have to worry that a password is asked.

Good luck

GB

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