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Sep 17, 2014
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I have two iCloud accounts. One has all my stuff on it (iA), the other one has my personal email address as the primary verified iCloud logon/email (iB).

I'd like to move the email address on (iB) to my main account, (iA). I'm not fussed about merging the accounts, and I don't really care what email address ends up on (iB), but I'd like to de-associate my email address with (iB) and put it on (iA).

It doesn't seem as simple to remove the primary email address from (iB) as it is to remove secondary email addresses; it seems to insist it's still verified with another iCloud account when I try to add it to (iA). Any suggestions? :(
 
Any suggestions? :(

What stuff? Can you be more specific? Your explanation wasn't clear to me - but if you have stuff in two accounts, and you want it all in one account, recommend exporting contacts, calendars, reminders, bookmarks, etc., signing out of that account, and signing into the other one, then importing them.
 
What stuff? Can you be more specific? Your explanation wasn't clear to me - but if you have stuff in two accounts, and you want it all in one account, recommend exporting contacts, calendars, reminders, bookmarks, etc., signing out of that account, and signing into the other one, then importing them.

I don't want to move any stuff, I want to remove the email address "myname@personaldomain.com" that is my verified Apple ID login on my second account and use it on my primary account.

I have no stuff on the secondary account that needs transferring, I just want the email address disassociated with it and therefore free to use on my primary account.
 
I don't want to move any stuff, I want to remove the email address "myname@personaldomain.com" that is my verified Apple ID login on my second account and use it on my primary account.

I have no stuff on the secondary account that needs transferring, I just want the email address disassociated with it and therefore free to use on my primary account.

Don't believe you can.
 
Can't be done.

I still have a .me address attached to my main Apple ID I use for purchases and Apple won't let me remove so I put my iCloud email address there. They are so stubborn.
 
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