How do I remove an unknown iCloud account from my device?

I just recently changed my phone memory and after coming on it shows another iCloud that's not mine how can solve this



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Original Title: New iCloud account that's not mine

Posted on Aug 10, 2025 11:12 AM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2025 12:06 PM

If you’ve been swapping internal hardware parts around, you just met Activation Lock.


Which is now tied to major parts.


About Activation Lock and Self Service Repair - Apple Support


You’ll need the person holding the Apple Account associated with the part to release their lock.


If a third-party repair provider swapped parts, contact them. They used locked parts.


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Aug 10, 2025 12:06 PM in response to Markkimutai

If you’ve been swapping internal hardware parts around, you just met Activation Lock.


Which is now tied to major parts.


About Activation Lock and Self Service Repair - Apple Support


You’ll need the person holding the Apple Account associated with the part to release their lock.


If a third-party repair provider swapped parts, contact them. They used locked parts.


Aug 10, 2025 2:11 PM in response to Markkimutai

Markkimutai wrote:

So those are the only options available
So is it possible for the person who repaired it to remove the locked parts or change it to another one?? Since we can't know the owner of the iCloud.i really appreciate your feedback thank you.


Activation Lock is intended as a theft deterrent, and a theft deterrent that was easy to bypass would not be much of a deterrent.


These parts are indistinguishable from lost or stolen parts, if the parts are not actually lost or stolen.


If the donor iPhone was removed from Activation Lock, then the parts will be unlocked.


Otherwise, the parts are locked.


Sourcing random parts from random places, just like buying used iPhones from random sellers, is risky.

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