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apple id removed

Can i get my apple id back even if i removed it from my phone settings and switched it to another email?

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Yes, log out of the account the phone is currently using and log back into the previous one.


This assumes you haven't deleted the previous email account. Otherwise, there's no way to log into that account.

emmie246 wrote:
account apple.com, is it the same thing as phone settings?


No, the account.apple.com website and the Apple Account within Settings are quite different.


With the Apple account.apple.com website, tap the “Use a different Apple Account” highlighted with red arrows:

emmie246 wrote:
i did that and it just get me into the same account, ”wrong account” i guess


Which begets this, allowing entering an account, and then its password:



A wrong-password error there means maybe caps lock or unexpected-language-keyboard, or more commonly the provided password is incorrect.


If the Apple password was lost or forgotten, maybe you can look in Passwords app, and see if you can find or remember a copy there. Otherwise, this is headed for account recovery.

emmie246 wrote:
Can i get my apple id back even if i removed it from my phone settings and switched it to another email?

If this is the result of a common scam, the scammer will have claimed to offer benefits for transferring iPhone ownership, and then marks their newly-acquired device as lost (and changes the password), blocking all means of recovery.


You’re left to trust the scammers will unlock the device and not keep the ransom and the lock. Or to use the rnsom as part of buying a replacement iPhone.


Data on the iPhone can be synced to the scammers account, too.


If ownership was transferred and the iPhone not marked as lost, and if you have the original purchase receipt from Apple or an Apple authorized reseller, you can ask Apple to unlock it with an Activation Lock request. This path does not work if the device is marked as lost.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/108934


emmie246 wrote:
i’ll try that i guess, but if u mean on the apple account on browser i’ve tried that and it logs me back in to the account i just logged out of

Where are you entering this Apple Account? Settings? Or some website somewhere?

i’ll try that i guess, but if u mean on the apple account on browser i’ve tried that and it logs me back in to the account i just logged out of

account apple.com, is it the same thing as phone settings?

i did that and it just get me into the same account, ”wrong account” i guess