Best Way to Merge Two iCloud Accounts

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• User Case: Can I Merge Two iCloud Accounts?
• Best Way to Merge Two iCloud Accounts (Only iCloud Data)
• Bonus Tip: Best Way to Merge Photos from Two iCloud Accounts
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User Case: Can I Merge Two iCloud Accounts?

It is very common for Apple users to have multiple iCloud accounts after using an iPhone for several years. However, you will find it cumbersome to use multiple accounts on the same device as you have to log out of one account and change to another. At this time you want to merge iCloud accounts, but how to perform it?

Best Way to Merge Two iCloud Accounts (Only iCloud Data)

iCloud data includes mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, sticky notes, and more. Generally speaking, when we ask how to merge two iCloud accounts, we mean how to save data and files from multiple iCloud accounts to one for easy sharing on multiple devices. Now let's see how you can merge different iCloud accounts into one and manage all the combined data.

The solution to this problem is to physically download all iCloud data (photos, calendars, contacts, everything stored in iCloud) onto one device and then upload it to the new account. You're best off using your computer for this process, as your phone may not have enough space to store all your iCloud data.

Step 1. Log in to the old iCloud account on the computer, and you can choose to operate on the web. Then, select the corresponding data to download. Here, we take iCloud Photos as an example.

Step 2. After clicking the "Photos" icon, you will enter the iCloud Photos interface. Select all data and click the "Download" button, then keep all downloaded data on your computer.

Step 3. Then log into iCloud with the new account, then enter iCloud Photos and upload all the data on your device to iCloud Photos.

The whole process can take a long time. Once done, all your data is now uploaded to the new iCloud. After, you can sign out of the old iCloud, delete the iCloud data from your device, and sign in with the new iCloud account. Make sure everything is accounted for and stop using your old iCloud account. You can call Apple to destroy the old account if you wish.

Bonus Tip: Best Way to Merge Photos from Two iCloud Accounts

If you think the download & upload method is too troublesome, especially when there are a lot of photos in the old iCloud account, you can try a professional cloud-to-cloud transfer tool---MultCloud. 

MultCloud already supports adding multiple iCloud Photos or other cloud accounts, so you can add your new and old iCloud Photos accounts to MultCloud, and then use the "Cloud Transfer" function to complete the old data migration.

This tool not only helps you use multiple cloud accounts in the same interface, but also helps you better manage the data in the account. For example, you can easily achieve:

Step 1. First, you need to register a MultCloud account with your email address and password. If you find it troublesome, you can also authorize login using your Google or Facebook account.

Step 2. After entering MultCloud, click "Add Cloud", then select iCloud Photos and follow the prompts to add. After that, add another iCloud Photos account in the same way.

Step 3. Enter the "Cloud Transfer" interface, then select the old iCloud Photos account or folders in it as the source and the folders in the new iCloud Photos account as the destination. Finally, click "Transfer Now".

Conclusion

As for how to merge two iCloud accounts, to be precise, you can only merge data in iCloud, but not account subscriptions and App Store data. When merging the data in two accounts, you can use the method mentioned above to complete it.

In addition, if you find it troublesome to merge iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive data, you can also use the "Cloud Transfer" option provided by MultCloud. Of course, you can also experiment with other options, such as backup Google Photos to Dropbox or syncing Amazon S3 to Google Drive.