Changing apple id

[jkingrph]

I have an I phone and several I pads. Why when I set a name under the apple Id section on one device, where the name first shows up in settings, does the name change to that on another device?

 

[scifan57]

Only if you’re signed in with that Apple ID and password on the other device. Apple has no pre-set limit on the number of different Apple IDs you can have.

 

[jkingrph]

Only one apple id, Maybe I should just name every device with the same name. something like my idevice.

 

[twerppoet]

Device names are not tied to your Apple ID. You could call your devices Thing 1, Thing 2, and That D### Cat, and all of them will still happily use the same Apple ID.

The name Apple gives your device by default is just a placeholder.

You can change your device's name in Settings > General > About > Name