How To Reset Your Apple ID Password or Changte the ID Itself

Your Apple ID is your User Name for everything you do in Apple. There may be a need to change your password or discover the password if you have forgotten it. You might even need to change the ID itself if you've changed your e-mail. Here are instructions to do both.

 

 

If you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch you have an Apple ID. If you don't remember setting this up when you purchased either of these items, the sales person may have done this for you at the time of purchase. Regardless, you have an Apple ID. The Apple ID is used when getting apps, paid or FREE or purchasing Music from iTunes. You also use your Apple ID for doing Facetime (Free video calling) or doing Messaging.

You can see your Apple ID on one of these devices by going to Settings > iCloud. Your Account is your Apple ID. There are two other places to see your Apple ID. Settings > Messages. See Send and Receive for your Apple ID. And lastly, Settings > Facetime. See Apple ID.

 

How to find your Apple ID

Apple ID: If you forget your password

If you forget your Apple ID password, follow these steps to reset your password and regain access to the Apple features and services that use Apple ID.

If you know the answers to your security questions

Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com).

Click "Manage your Apple ID", then click "Forgot your password?".

1. Enter your Apple ID and click Next.
2. Select "Answer security questions" as your authentication method. Click Next.
3. Select the birth date associated with your Apple ID, then click Next to begin answering your security questions.
4. After answering your security questions, you will be asked to enter and confirm your new password. Click Reset Password when done.

If you have access to the email address associated with your Apple ID

1. Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com).
2. Click "Manage your Apple ID", then click "Forgot your password?".
3. Enter your Apple ID and click Next.
4. Select "Email authentication" as your authentication method. Click Next.
5. Apple will send a message to the email address associated with your Apple ID. Open the message and click "Reset Apple ID password".
6. When the My Apple ID page opens, enter and confirm your new password, then click Reset Password.

Or click here.

 

Change Your Apple ID

Before you change your Apple ID:

1. Sign out of all Apple features and services that you use with your current Apple ID.
2. Make sure that the email address you want to use for your Apple ID meets these conditions:
3. The email address is one that you use regularly, because it will be the primary email address for your Apple ID.
4. The email address is not associated with any other Apple ID.
5. The email address is not an iCloud email address, which is already an Apple ID. iCloud email addresses end with @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com.

To change your Apple ID, follow these steps:

1. Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com), click "Manage your Apple ID", and sign in.
2. If you have two-step verification turned on, you'll be asked to send a verification code to the trusted device associated with your Apple ID. If you are unable to receive messages at your trusted device, follow the guidelines for what to do if you can't sign in with two-step verification.
3. In the "Apple ID and Primary Email Address section," click Edit.
4. Enter the email address you want to use, then click Save Changes. Apple will send a verification email to that address.
5. Open the email from Apple, then click Verify Now in the email.
6. When the My Apple ID page opens, sign in with your renamed Apple ID.

If you have two-step verification turned on, you'll be asked to send a verification code to the trusted device associated with your Apple ID.

After you see a message indicating that verification is complete, remember to update all of the stores and services that you use with your Apple ID.

Or click here.

 
If you don't remember your Apple ID

In iTunes

If you have used iTunes before and were the only one to log in, then you can see your Apple ID from the menu option Store > View Account.

From your iPad or iPhone

Go to Settings > iCloud. See the first option called Account with your Apple ID to the right.

Or clickhere.

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