In this video, you’ll learn how to delete Apple ID permanently.
So if you want to delete your Apple ID
and are looking for ways to delete your iCloud account permanently,
This is the perfect video you need to watch.
Hey guys, Abhishek here from TechReviewPro,
and welcome back to the channel.
Today, you will learn
how to permanently delete your Apple ID
or your iCloud account on your iPhone.
But before that, let me tell you
what happens when you delete your Apple ID or your iCloud account.
When you delete your Apple ID or iCloud account,
you lose access to some Apple services
associated with that Apple ID or iCloud account,
for example,
you’ll lose access to 5GB of iCloud storage that you were using,
and everything inside your iCloud data.
By the way, make sure you back up your important iCloud data before proceeding,
just in case you need it later.
Apart from that,
you won’t be able to use the Find My features,
as well as you’ll lose
all your music tracks and playlists from your Apple Music app.
Also, if you delete your Apple ID,
you won’t be able to use FaceTime,
and you’ll also not be able to download
any App from the App Store as well as lose
all your previously purchased apps
and subscriptions from the App Store.
Well, these are the consequences of deleting
your Apple ID or iCloud account
I just warned you
so that you don’t blame me later on.
Now that you already know the consequences
and despite knowing that
you are willing to proceed to delete your Apple ID permanently,
I would highly recommend that
you back up everything and export from iCloud because who knows?
You might need it later,
you never know that.
Alright!
Once you have backed up
and exported all your photos,
videos, and other documents files from iCloud,
you are ready to proceed to delete your iCloud account permanently.
So, let’s
proceed and see how you can delete your Apple ID permanently.
So, simply open any web browser on your iPhone,
here I’m using Safari web browser,
but you can do it with any other browser as well.
Next, you need to type
privacy.apple.com in the search URL field,
and visit the URL,
by the way,
I have added the URL in the video description as well,
so make sure you check the video description.
Once you have visited the Apple Privacy page,
you need to log in
with your iCloud account that you want to delete permanently.
Pay close attention here:
this must be the exact Apple ID you want to delete.
Alright!
Once logged in,
you’ll see a page like this
where you’ll see details about your Apple ID,
which will also provide you
with some options to manage your Apple ID.
As you may see here, the first option is
to Obtain a copy of your Apple ID,
which basically allows you to download a copy of
all the data you have on your Apple ID and save it.
The next option is:
Transfer a copy of your data,
which is self-explanatory.
It simply allows you to transfer
all your data from this Apple ID
to any different Apple ID.
Apart from that,
you also get the option to Correct your data.
But what we are concerned here is:
Deactivating Apple ID.
And for that, you get two options:
one is Temporarily, and the other is permanent.
So, depending upon whether you want to
temporarily deactivate your Apple account for a certain time
or you want to permanently delete your Apple ID
you may choose one of these options.
Since we have to permanently delete
our iCloud account,
so our choice would be this option that says,
Delete Your Account. But before that,
you need to know something very important.
Just scroll a bit,
and it’ll show you details about
all the features and functionalities
you’ll miss out after deleting your Apple ID.
But what crucial here is this point that says,
“The Email address that you use
with your Apple ID will no longer be available for use with
any new or existing Apple ID.
This means this will be permanently gone.
You can’t use the same email address to create your Apple ID again.
Well, I just wanted to mention this and let you know,
so that you are well aware of this fact as well,
before deleting your Apple ID or iCloud account.
Alright!
Now, scroll a bit,
and just below this info regarding the
Account Deletion is Permanent,
it’ll provide you with an option to choose
as the reason for deleting Apple ID.
This is just for their internal feedback and service improvement purposes.
So, simply tap on this and select
any reason.
I would choose this one: I would like to stop using my account,
and then tap Continue.
Once you tap Continue,
it’ll again warn you
about things you’ll lose after deleting your Apple ID.
Needless to say, Apple doesn’t want to let you delete your Apple account.
But, that should stop you from doing what you want..
right? So simply scroll all the way down, and tap Continue.
After that,
you need to agree
to the terms and conditions for Apple ID account deletion,
and then tap Continue.
Next, it’ll ask you to choose how
would you like to receive account status updates.
This is basically required to send you updates
regarding your Apple account deletion process.
So, choose any alternate ID,
phone number, or email address
depending upon your preferences, and then tap Continue.
On the next page,
it’ll show you an access code
which you may either print, download or note it down somewhere safely.
So simply copy this code,
and also screenshot this so that you may have to use this
later to verify your identity as the true owner of this deleted Apple ID
just in case you need to reactivate
this Apple ID later by contacting Apple Support.
Now tap Continue,
and on the next page,
it’ll ask you to enter the access code.
If you just copied the access code provided in the previous page,
then just fine,
you need to simply paste it here.
But, if you didn’t copy that,
don’t worry,
simply minimize this and check your screenshot in the Photos app.
Now, I’ll enter the access code here,
and tap Continue.
After you tap Continue,
it’ll again remind you the consequences of deleting your Apple account.
So, you just have to tap on the Delete account button
that you see here in the red
and wait a few seconds
until your Apple account goes into the deletion process.
As you can see,
the Apple ID permanent deletion process of my Apple ID has started,
and it may take a maximum of up to 7 days before it is permanently deleted.
But in case,
you changed your mind and want to reactivate your account,
you may contact the Apple Support
in between these 7 days
and get it activated again with the help of that access code.
Alright!
Now that it has gone into the deletion process,
you need to sign out of your Apple ID
and wait for 7 days before it's permanently deleted.
So that’s how you may delete Apple ID
or iCloud account permanently.
By the way, if you want to change your Apple ID
email address
without losing any data,
make sure you tap here to watch this video.