Retrieving a deleted hidden email address

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Retrieving a deleted hidden email address

I’m on my iPhone 16 running IOS 26. I was trying to login to my ChatGPT account from my PC. However, there was no option to login with Apple. So I tried to login with my email address and that didn’t work. So ChatGpt created a new free account associated with my email address and a new password. Because Unfortunately,when I setup my paid ChatGpt on my iPhone I associated the account with my Apple lID and chose to hide my email address. I accidentally deleted the hidden email address and now I can’t login to my ChatGpt paid account. Is there anyway to retrieve the hidden email address that was associated previously with my Apple ID so that I can login to my paid ChatGpt account?

Posted on Dec 9, 2025 6:11 PM

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sberman

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Dec 9, 2025 6:39 PM in response to Elmcrest

From this:

Stop using, reactivate, or delete a Hide My Email address on iCloud.com - Apple Support

”Important: Deleting an address created with Hide My Email is permanent, and it’s deleted on all your devices set up for Hide My Email. You cannot reactivate the address.”

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Mac Jim ID

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Dec 9, 2025 6:53 PM in response to Elmcrest

Did you Deactivate it or Delete it? You can only delete a Hide My Email address after it has been previously deactivated and when you do that 2 step process, you see a message that the email address will be permanently deleted, and that is exactly what will happen.

If you only Deactivated it, then you can still see the list of deactivated email addresses and will be able to activate it again. All this can be done by signing into your iCloud account online here:

Stop using, reactivate, or delete a Hide My Email address on iCloud.com - Apple Support

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Elmcrest Author

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Dec 9, 2025 6:21 PM in response to sberman

No I deleted the hidden email address that I associated with my paid ChatGPT account. When I search on ‘Apps using Apple”, ChatGPT is gone. Is there anyway to retrieve the hidden email address that I had been using for ChatGpt?

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sberman

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Dec 9, 2025 6:15 PM in response to Elmcrest

It sounds like you should now be able to “sign in with Apple” to ChatGPT. If so (likely), you will not need that email address.

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Elmcrest Author

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Dec 9, 2025 6:23 PM in response to Elmcrest

I’m trying to login from my PC and there’s no option to login via Apple on my PC. That’s how I got my self into this mess.

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