Note: This announcement contains current information. Please see Update: New domain to register with Apple for the latest guidance.
Later this summer, Apple will unify the email domains used by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide my email under a single, shared domain: private.icloud.com.
New addresses generated for both functions are issued on the new domain. For example:
- Sign in with Apple addresses, previously issued on
privaterelay.appleid.comis issued onprivate.icloud.com.
- iCloud+ Hide My Email Addresses, previously issued on
icloud.comis issued onprivate.icloud.com.
Existing addresses on the legacy domains will continue to work and forward email to users without interruption.
What you need to do
- Developers with apps or websites that use sign-in with Apple should ensure that their account systems, email validation logic and whitelists accept addresses on the new one.
private.icloud.comDomain in addition to existing domains:privaterelay.appleid.comin theicloud.com.
- Email service providers should update any domain-based filters, suppression lists, or routing rules that explicitly list relay domains so that the new
private.icloud.comDomain is included.
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