How do I remove alternate Apple ID?

This article outlines the process in detail: Use email aliases on iCloud.com Specifically you will want to follow this section from here:

Turn off, turn on, or delete an alias

You can turn an email alias on or off at any time. You can also delete email aliases that you no longer want to use. While turning off an email alias is temporary, deleting it is permanent. When an alias is turned off or deleted, email sent to that alias is returned to the sender.

Apple has instructions on their website that you can disable or delete an alias but the instructions are super outdated and none of those options exist in either iMail or iCloud Mail anymore. I'm trying to do the same thing because some scammer with my same name has just started using my @me email and I get the joy of seeing all of their purchases and private information. I'm so tired of it, I just want it to go away but none of the Senior tech staff can even help. None of the people I've spoken to at Apple know how to fix this.

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Aug 3, 2021 2:35 PM in response to mcbooklovin

Apple's terminology causes confusion. Email aliases are additional addresses (not accounts) which deliver into the inbox alongside the email address you originally created: these can be deleted.

Your main address, the @icloud.com address, has additional variants if you've been a member long enough: an @me.com version if you were a member of MobileMe, and and @mac.com version if you were a member of DotMac: these have the same text before the @ as the iCloud address and unfortunately Apple refers to them as aliases, which is strictly true but gets muddled up with the email aliases.

Unfortunately you can't delete these variants as they are all in effect the same address. What you have is a not uncommon situation - some idiot has decided, with no justification whatever, that he owns the @me.com version of your address. It sounds bizzare, but it does happen from time to time. Consequently when he uses it to make purchases you get the responding emails (and he doesn't - he can't access your account).

All I can advise is to set up a Rule in the Mail page at icloud.com to move all such messages to the Trash, from where they will be automatically deleted after 7 days. To set up a Rule go to the Mail page on the iCloud website, click the cogwheel icon at bottom left, and choose Rules.

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Aug 3, 2021 4:01 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Thanks for writing back quickly. It's super frustrating because I already do that. I sincerely believe this person is doing shady business, though because I will log in and have 800 new emails. Even with all the filtering they just subscribe to new things and apply for more loans. I just don't trust Apple's mail clients anymore. I'm going to just stop using it altogether. I do really wish that I could just take the id off my account. It's such a bummer that Apple won't even let you change or remove an alias anymore. There are a lot of customers who are impacted by this and it makes Apple look janky.

My solution was to do an automatic reply that the person who is using the email is not to be trusted and is using another person's email without permission to conduct business.

I tried adding a different alias under icould mail settings... still would not let me delete the original ones.

I tried editing my "reach me at" alias under manage you Apple ID settings ... do "x" showed up next to the emails I want to remove. instead there is a (?) that says " this is an alias of your Apple ID email address"

please help me change this I'm in my late 20s/ almost 30 and don't want my father's name as my email address...

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Posted on Jun 11, 2021 5:39 PM

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As per the article Use email aliases on iCloud.com - Apple Support

Turn off, turn on, or delete an alias

You can turn an email alias on or off at any time. You can also delete email aliases that you no longer want to use. While turning off an email alias is temporary, deleting it is permanent. When an alias is turned off or deleted, email sent to that alias is returned to the sender.

I have already tried that, but i'm only getting option to change apple ID and alternate email. But i have problem with alternate apple ID which I haven't set & its not mine...

I want to delete that Alternate Apple ID...!!

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King_Penguin

Sep 23, 2013 4:34 AM in response to Vaibhav Chamaradi

If it's a @me.com account then you can't delete. If it's not, and it shows on that screen when you log into your account, then it should have a Delete button next to it (as far as I know it's only @me.com that can't be removed). If you aren't getting the Delete button then you could try contacting iTunes Support : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption

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Polinabogatova

Mar 3, 2014 5:19 AM in response to Vaibhav Chamaradi

Hello i forget Username for Apple Support Community for another account!

How can i recover it? (I remember apple Id and password from account. But can't enter in apple support comunity to delete Alternate Id)

With Best Regrats!

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King_Penguin

Mar 3, 2014 5:53 AM in response to Aggrozer0

Log into your account via the 'Manage your Apple ID' link on http:appleid.apple.com, and on the 'Name, ID, Email Addresses' section of your account you can change them.

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King_Penguin

Mar 3, 2014 6:09 AM in response to Aggrozer0

It's not a good idea to post images which have your email addresses on it, these are user-to-user public forums - unless you like receiving spam emails.

Have you read my second reply from September 23rd ?

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King_Penguin

Jun 11, 2014 2:18 AM in response to T.zaman

If it shows as your Alternate Apple ID then you can't remove it, it's effectively the same id as your primary id, just a second way of accessing the account.