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Apple cancels planned domain migration for Hide My Email addresses
Following feedback, Apple will keep Hide My Email on icloud.com, though Sign in with Apple will still adopt a new domain.
The short version
- Apple reversed a decision to transition new iCloud+ Hide My Email aliases to the private.icloud.com domain.
- Hide My Email addresses will remain under icloud.com, preventing websites from easily identifying and blocking the privacy feature at the domain level.
- Apple still plans to move new Sign in with Apple addresses from privaterelay.appleid.com to private.icloud.com later this year.
Key facts
- Apple announced it will no longer migrate iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses to private.icloud.com following community feedback.[9to5Mac]
- Hide My Email addresses will continue to be generated on the main icloud.com domain.[9to5Mac]
- Starting later this year, new Sign in with Apple addresses will transition from privaterelay.appleid.com to the private.icloud.com domain.[9to5Mac]
- Existing Sign in with Apple addresses created under privaterelay.appleid.com will continue to function and forward mail without disruption.[9to5Mac]
- Apple advised developers to update their account validation logic and allowlists to accept the new private.icloud.com domain.[9to5Mac]
What remains uncertain
- The precise launch date later this year for issuing new Sign in with Apple addresses on private.icloud.com was not specified.[9to5Mac]