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For point number 2, simply delete the "rescue address" and then change the primary ID to that email address you just removed. Primary contact on the account ha
by X-Istence 14y ago
For point number 2, simply delete the "rescue address" and then change the primary ID to that email address you just removed.
Primary contact on the account has now been changed.
- pash 14y agoI've done this—I've even added a different rescue address to try to override whatever's in the database—and still get the message, "Your Apple ID cannot be the same as your rescue email address." ... Totally inexplicable.
- X-Istence 14y agoI just went through the steps and was able to switch my email address without issues... Do you have your backup email address in use on another Apple account?
- pash 14y agoNo. That's the separate "it's impossible to merge accounts" point. (I have four separate Apple IDs for two countries.) A lot of the bizarro stuff going on here, I think, is because accounts with different histories (e.g., what service they originated with) are still handled differently behind the scenes. It makes no sense, but things really do seem to be path-dependent.