If you’ve recently switched from an iPhone to another type of phone and are no longer receiving texts, see the “Disabling iMessage” section first. If you do not want to permanently delete your Apple ID, you can temporarily deactivate your Apple ID instead.
You can back up your iCloud Mail by moving messages from your iCloud inbox into an inbox stored on your computer. Documents and images can be downloaded from iCloud Drive onto your computer.
If you have not signed in to iTunes automatically, click Account in the menu bar at the top, then click Sign In. Sign in with the email address and password associated with your Apple ID.
On MacOS 10. 15 (macOS Catalina) or higher, iTunes has been replaced with Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Books. Open one of these apps instead. You can deauthorize your account using any one of these apps using these same steps. [1] X Research source
If Find My iPhone is enabled, you’ll be prompted to enter your password and tap Turn Off before you can proceed.
If you want to keep a copy of your Calendars, Contacts, Keychain, News, or Safari history on iCloud, tap the toggle switch next to the items you want to save.
You may be asked if you want to keep a copy of any of the data stored in your iCloud account. If so, click the checkbox for each category of data you want to keep, and then click Keep a Copy.
If you want to delete your iCloud account, you can do so from this website. The iCloud site does not offer this feature.
If this opens the two-factor authentication page instead, use your iPhone to complete the authentication instead. If you do not have two-factor authentication enabled, answer the security questions or click Get Support PIN. Write down the support PIN and contact Customer Service.
If this opens the two-factor authentication page instead, use your iPhone to complete the authentication instead. If you do not have two-factor authentication enabled, answer the security questions or click Get Support PIN. Write down the support PIN and contact Customer Service.
Alternatively, if you do not want to permanently delete your account, you can click Request to deactivate your account to request to put a temporary pause on your account. It’s next to “Temporarily deactivate your account” next to the icon that resembles a person.
If none of the reasons in the drop-down menu describe your situation, select “Other” and type your own reason for wanting to quit.
