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Can I switch to another Apple ID without losing everything?
If you got a new email address and you used your old email address as your Apple ID and iCloud ID, you can change the ID and keep all content and data. When you change your Apple ID, you will not lose any data.
Will I lose app data if I change my Apple ID?
Changing that may lose progress, but it will certainly lose rankings and all the connections with other people in it for multi-person gaming and competitions (if you allowed that). For games played across devices or platforms, the developer stored data in iCloud, which is also tied to an Apple ID.
How do I keep app data when changing Apple ID?
Answer: A: Yep. If you don’t want to do that, do this: Settings>iCloud… turn everything off, including Find My iPad…you’ll be prompted to keep the data on the phone or delete it, your choice.
What happens when I Change my Apple ID?
Then when you then sign into iCloud with your new Apple ID select the Merge option and it will upload all your contacts and data to the iCloud account for your new Apple ID. If you simply Delete your iCloud account it will delete all your contacts off your phone.
What can I do with my old Apple ID?
1. You will have to re purchase any apps you have with the old ones 2. You may be able to still use some apps and music by using Family sharing 3. You will be able to stop inadvertent message sharing if you use the Apple ID to send/receive 4.
Why is my iPhone stuck on setting up Apple ID?
Stuck on setting up Apple ID for approx 10 hours now. I have tried turning off and turning back on, force restarting, transferring apps and data from old iPhone and iCloud backup (neither worked), not transferring apps and data at all and setting up as a new phone. Nothing has worked. Is there a way around this?
Do you need to sync apps with new Apple ID?
You can still sync this with your phone while using your new Apple ID, but you will just need to remember both passwords for when it comes time to update an app, etc. ALL the apps and the music acquired thru the App Store. The rights-to-use is tied to the AppleID, not the device.