Different App Store to iCloud Accounts - Can/How To Merge?

[Housey]

I have an iCloud account used for all my devices, works fine, all happy.

However, I have a different account I have used in the App/Media store over the years, it isn't even an account with an email, purely (username).

I now want to use my iCloud account for EVERYTHING.

Can I merge that old christian_surname account in App/Media store with my iCloud account?

 

[VaderDSL]

Apple suggested you can migrate the purchases, so it’s not an overall merge but sounds like it might do what you want it to do, but there are caveats you may need to read over before you do it

Migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another Apple Account - Apple Support

If an Apple Account is only used for making purchases, those purchases can be migrated to a primary Apple Account to consolidate them.

support.apple.com

 

[Housey]

Yea that doesn't work for my set up annoyingly

 

[Housey]

I somehow set up a media account without an email address!

I don't know how, but when I log in, which it allows me to do, when it gets in it tells me to enter an email address (before I can do anything) but when I do (Ive tried several both Apple ones and others) I get ERROR and red no description message.

 

[Feek]

Can I merge that old christian_surname account in App/Media store with my iCloud account?

People have been asking for this for years, myself included.

Nope. You can sort of do what’s been suggested above but actual merging is not possible.

 

[Housey]

I cant even do what is being suggested above.