You won't have to reset your phone. Sign out of the common Apple ID, to include FaceTime and Messages, create a new ID for yourself, and then sign back in. The contents of the phone should remain intact. Purchases are tied to the Apple ID that was used to purchase them, so they would have to be obtained by the new Apple ID. Depending on your ages, you might consider Family sharing, which would allow shared purchases. Your parents could set this up as the organizer.Apple ID – CreateFamily SharingFamily Sharing -What types of content can I share? Answer from Eric Root on discussions.apple.com
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You won't have to reset your phone. Sign out of the common Apple ID, to include FaceTime and Messages, create a new ID for yourself, and then sign back in. The contents of the phone should remain intact. Purchases are tied to the Apple ID that was used to purchase them, so they would have to be obtained by the new Apple ID. Depending on your ages, you might consider Family sharing, which would allow shared purchases. Your parents could set this up as the organizer.Apple ID – CreateFamily SharingFamily Sharing -What types of content can I share?
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To answer your first question, see this article:Change your Apple ID - Apple Support(Basically, you just want to follow step 1 in the "Change your Apple ID" section. You will be creating a new Apple ID, not changing it.) Then see:Create and start using an Apple ID - Apple Supportand especially the last "If you want to sign in with a different Apple ID" section (and the link therein).For your second parenthetical question, be aware that Apps & Songs purchased through the App & iTunes Store are permanently tied to the original Apple ID and cannot be shared or transferred to another Apple ID. However, you could use Family Sharing with your sister (and still have separate Apple IDs) to share those purchases:Family Sharing - Apple SupportSet up Family Sharing - Apple SupportShare purchased content with Family Sharing - Apple Support
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r/applehelp on Reddit: If I change my Apple ID, will I lose everything? Photos, notes, etc.
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My parents and I have always shared an Apple ID. We’ve started to have all of each other’s calls show up in the “Recents” section of the Phone app. As I am moving out and would like more privacy regarding who I call and how often, I figure that changing the Apple ID on my phone will do just that. However, I worry that I will lose everything on my phone. What will happen if I change my Apple ID? Will I lose everything? Will I have less storage as well? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Yes you will. But it’s worth the change in the long run. Sharing IDs is not a good idea. You’ll have to share the info to the new account.
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Just move your data first… Notes - move your notes to the “On My iPhone” section. Messages - turn off messages in the cloud and choose the option to store them locally. Photos - turn off iCloud Photos and choose to download them to your device. Even if you don’t do that first, when you sign out it should give you the option to download your data. Once it’s local on your phone sign out of iCloud and sign in with your new AppleID. There are also 3rd party apps that will let you archive your stuff and move it back. iMazing is probably the best.
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Change Apple ID/Apple ID Email Without Losing Data
No, you can’t. Instead, you can create a new Apple ID and try to transfer the data from your original account to the new one. However, keep in mind that paid services, such as upgraded iCloud storage plans and Apple Music subscriptions, cannot be transferred.
Apple Community
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Changing Apple ID without losing data - Apple Community
When changing to the new ID, there may be some data loss, but you can minimize it. If syncing photos with iCloud, ensure Optimization is turned off in Settings/Your Name/iCloud/Photos and/or in Photos/Preferences/iCloud. Then make sure full resolution photos are on the device/computer.
Apple Community
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Can I change my Apple ID without losing d… - Apple Community
... If you got a new email address and you used your old email address as your Apple ID and iCloud ID, you can change the ID and keep all content and data. ... When you change your Apple ID, you will not lose any data. If you create a new Apple ID, that will cause you to have to start over ...
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Changing your Apple ID without losing data is easy. You just need to sign out of your current Apple ID on all of your devices. In this video, I will walk you...
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Apple Support
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Change your Apple Account primary email address - Apple Support
If you no longer use the primary email address that’s associated with your Apple Account, or you no longer have access to it, you can change it. You won’t lose access to your contacts, purchases, or other account information.
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Changing Apple ID - Apple Community
Changing of Apple ID at App Store I actually can update any app due to the fact that I changed my iCloud on this device Any time I want to update any app it takes me back to the first iCloud on this device which has been changed 763 1 ... Yes, you are reading that correctly.
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Sometimes, you might need to change your Apple ID to a completely new one. But what about all the data that stayed within the original Apple ID account? In t...
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