Can you change itunes ID when you change new email?

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Hi,

1) Can I change my itunes ID if I change my email address?

2) Will all the apps that I have purchased still be in existent?
 

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Thanks for that link. I've been hoping this would be possible.
 

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While the link doesn't say so, am pretty sure that if your Apple ID is a .mac or a .me address, it can't be changed - don't know about if your Apple ID is .icloud address.

Mine is a .mac address and would not allow me to change it last time I tried - even when changing the primary email address - the Apple ID remains the .mac address.
 

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That still works for me. I am considering changing from my current Apple ID to a .me ID which I also have. That would consolidate things a bit.
 

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Give it a try - but because the .me address is already an Apple ID - don't believe it will permit you to change the one that is not to the .me address in order to combine the 2 accounts - won't hurt to try it though.

I don't believe it will permit you to input any address that is already an Apple ID.
 

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It probably won't. I think I tried to do this about a year or so ago and couldn't. That KB article was written / updated after I tried. Maybe it will work now but I doubt it.
 

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