How to: change the email address linked to your Apple ID account

Why are there now two identical threads with this title by AI?

WOW, Let me try this. I never knew we could change email address, When i tried signing up for iCloud, GOOGLE was deliberately delaying or block iCloud's activation email. I choose my Outlook / Hotmail account instead and it was there instantaneously. So i have been stuck with an Email i dont really use.

Very informative however still doesn't help what most of us have been wanting to do for years. The point some of us used an old email address many years ago to sign up for iTunes. And now even after all these years you cannot assign a new email to the iTunes account without losing all the music or anything else. How about a work around for just that 

Kbauerlv1 said:

Very informative however still doesn't help what most of us have been wanting to do for years. The point some of us used an old email address many years ago to sign up for iTunes. And now even after all these years you cannot assign a new email to the iTunes account without losing all the music or anything else. How about a work around for just that 

If I understand the process correctly , changing the email address does NOT change your AppleID. Yes - this is very confusing. You have an AppleID "xxx@hotmail.com" with an email "yyy@gmail.com".

Much better is to create your AppleID and also the free iCloud email that matches exactly. On the new ID, enable Family Sharing and link your old ID.

You asked for a work around - this is exactly what you asked for.

Accounts still can't be merged. Or split.

Likewise, an Apple ID still can't be changed from an Apple email address to a non-Apple email address, or vice versa.