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Even with third-party email address for Apple Id, I still can login to the same Apple Id with my @icloud.com email

Here is the explanation:

Some years ago I created my Apple Id with @outlook.com email. Than I enabled @icloud.com email. When I lost the access to my @outlook.com email, I was urgent to change my Apple Id and the only email that I had was @icloud.com. Soon I started to changing all my registrations with the new @icloud.com email (I found the email aliases later :( ). It was good, until I realized that if I cannot access my @icloud.com, I also cannot access my entire Apple Id, so I changed my Apple Id to third-party email address, and here is the problem: My @icloud email appears in Reachable at saction as alias to my Apple Id and I'm able to sign in to Apple Id with @icloud.com email. After Sign in my Apple Id is labeled as the third party email.


My concern is about possible leak of the @icloud email and attempt to be used for access to my Apple Id.

Yes this is impossible without the password and the Two-factor authentication, but it will be ways better if I can decide with which email I will be able to sign in.


For example: years ago I was able to turn off "sign in with" option for my Outlook.com alias.


I hope someone from Apple will read this and things to be changed.


Meanwhile is there any possible way to disable @icloud.com sign in possibility?


I cannot delete it from any website that this email was appeared.

Posted on Nov 13, 2020 8:52 AM

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Nov 13, 2020 11:33 PM in response to MoonChildInTheWild

OK,

I found an article that explains this in details.

Actually Apple prefers @icloud.com emails, so if someone is change his Apple ID to icloud.com this is not reversible. I don't know why I was possible to change it again to third-party.

Currently if I want to return my Apple ID to icloud.com there is explanation about impossible change in the future, but after that red warning appears: "This email cannot be used for Apple ID at this time". Maybe I need to wait some time, or I can call Apple Support.

Even with third-party email address for Apple Id, I still can login to the same Apple Id with my @icloud.com email

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