Detailed Tutorial: How to Have Two iCloud Accounts on One iPhone

Can I have two iCloud accounts on one iPhone?

Yes! You can have two iCloud accounts on one iPhone. But there are some limitations. You need to choose a primary account, whether it is your new iCloud account or the old one, for iCloud Drive, iCloud Photos, backup, apps, music purchases, etc. Besides, you can have additional iCloud accounts used just as email accounts for emails, calendars, notes, contacts, etc.

How to have two iCloud accounts on one iPhone

Here in this part, we’ll guide you on how to have two iCloud accounts on one iPhone to transfer data between iCloud accounts. Follow the steps below.

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Before starting, you need to note that additional accounts can only be used for syncing Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and Reminders. Here we take Calendar as an example. But if you want to transfer all data, you can jump to the next section directly.

Step 1. Open Settings. Scroll down, find and tap Calendar. Tap Accounts, and then tap Add Account.

Step 2. Choose iCloud, and then enter the account and password of the iCloud account you want to add. The device in which the iCloud account has been logged will receive a six-digit verification code, enter the code on your new iPhone.

Step 3. You can see the second iCloud account has been added to your iPhone. You can repeat the same steps to add a third, fourth, fifth...account on your iPhone.

Free & professional iOS transfer tool FoneTool

If you’re trying to transfer data more than Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and Reminders from an old iPhone to a new iPhone, here we would like to introduce the free yet professional iOS data transfer tool FoneTool to you. It enables you to transfer all kinds of data from one iPhone to another. There are two ways to use FoneTool to transfer data between iOS devices.

How to transfer data via FoneTool wirelessly

If your devices are both connected to the Internet, then you can transfer photos, music, videos, contacts, or any other files stored in the Files app from iPhone to iPhone wirelessly. You don’t need a computer or an USB cable anymore. Besides, you can also preview your photos before you choose which to transfer.

Step 1. Scan the QR code or go to App Store to get FoneTool.

Step 2. Open FoneTool on both iPhones. Go to Connect Device and tap the avatar on either iPhone to establish a connection.

Step 3. Go to File Transfer, choose anything you want to transfer, and tap Send to start.

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You are unable to transfer messages using this method. If you need to transfer messages, you can use the following method.

How to transfer data via FoneTool without a network connection

If your devices are not connected to the network, and you need to transfer more than the five types of data we mentioned in the previous section, you can also achieve data transfer with the help of FoneTool on your Windows computer. It has the following advantages:

• Selective transfer process. You can transfer selective photos, videos, contacts, messages, as well as both purchased and non-purchased music at the same time.
• Fast transfer speed. It just takes no more than 3 seconds to finish transferring 100 photos.
• Wide compatibility. Besides iPhone, FoneTool also supports different types of iPad and iPod. It is perfectly compatible with kinds of versions of iOS.
• Multiple functions. It enables you to backup your iOS devices without iCloud on your computer to protect data safety and at the same time, transfer data freely between iOS devices.

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If you need to transfer data all at once to your new iPhone which has nothing on it, FoneTool on PC also provides you a choice to transfer data from iPhone to iPhone directly.  

Step 1. Download and install FoneTool on your Windows PC. Connect two iPhones to the computer via a USB cable and then launch FoneTool.

Step 2. Click Phone Backup > Locate Selective Backup and click Get Started.

Step 3. Select the data you want to backup.

Step 4. Click each icon to preview and select the items and click OK to confirm.

Step 5. Choose a storage path and click Start Backup to save the backup to your computer.

Step 6. Unplug the source iPhone and plug in the other iPhone and click View to go to the Backup History. Locate your backup files and choose Restore to make it.

Conclusion

This post mainly introduces how to have two iCloud accounts on one iPhone. As we’ve made it clear in the post, adding a secondary iCloud account to a new iPhone doesn’t make it possible for you to transfer some data, like photos or music, from the secondary iCloud to the new iPhone. Therefore, to help you transfer data freely between iOS devices, we recommend FoneTool to you. With this free iOS data backup and transfer tool, you’ll find data transfer becomes really easy and fast.