Should every family member have a different Apple ID?
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Should every family member have a different Apple ID?
Everyone in your family needs to join Family Sharing using their own Apple ID. This way your family can share purchases, an Apple Music family plan, iCloud storage, photos, and more without sharing personal information like email, text messages, or passwords.
Do I need a separate Apple ID for each device?
We recommend that you use the same Apple ID for all Apple services on your device—including the iTunes & App Stores and iCloud. Using multiple Apple IDs might be confusing and cause issues with accessing purchased content or using some services. If you have multiple Apple IDs, you can’t merge them.
Can I have two Apple IDs for two phones?
Both accounts are attached to my one phone number. So, yes. You can have two Apple IDs with one number! If you would consider switching to Android, Samsung and most other manufacturers offer dual SIM phones; you’d only have to carry one device and there would be no issues syncing apps, contacts, emails, etc.
Can I have 2 Apple IDs with the same phone number?
No you can’t have 2 Apple ID’s with same phone number. Even if you try creating the 2nd Apple ID with same number that of the 1st ID it shows the number is already in use.
Is Apple ID linked to phone number?
Whenever you sign in to a new device, app, or service, you’ll enter your mobile phone number—including the country code—and your password. However, you can associate your account with different phone numbers or email addresses on your Apple ID account page.
How do I link two Apple ID accounts?
As noted by Alex, Apple does not provide a way to merge accounts. Anything purchased from the iTunes Store is perpetually associated with the account from which it was originally purchased. However, you can put all the content into one library.
Can you have two Apple IDS with the same email address?
No. An AppleID is just an email address, so no two emails can in fact be the same AppleID.
Will changing Apple ID delete everything?
When you change your Apple ID, you will not lose any data. If you create a new Apple ID, that will cause you to have to start over and lose everything that you purchased with that ID.
