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Apple Quietly Triples iCloud Mail Alias Limit to Nine

General iCloud App FeatureApple appears to have quietly tripled the number of iCloud Mail aliases users can create, increasing the limit from three to nine. The increase was first noticed last week by a Reddit user, and picked up shortly after by a member of the MacRumors forums. MacRumors can confirm the change is live at iCloud.com.

The increased limit has not been mentioned by Apple, so it could conceivably be a test, but that seems unlikely. It's a nice perk to have, but as of this writing, Apple's iCloud User Guide still says the maximum number of aliases allowed is three.

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k1121j Avatar
4 weeks ago
I dare Apple to do the same with storage.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago

I've got 9 showing as available in mine - handy for subscriptions;)
That's what Hide My Email is for.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
pdfu Avatar
4 weeks ago
Apple has also raised the number of allowed personalized email addresses per Custom Email Domain from 3 to 10.

That change is documented at https://support.apple.com/en-us/102540. Seems to have changed after September 17: https://web.archive.org/web/20260917003509/https://support.apple.com/en-us/102540
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago

Great! Amazing! Fabulous! But what I need is more iCloud storage without paying more. Current quotas are quite stingy.
Or something between 200GB (not enough) and 2TB (too much for most people). A $4.99 1TB plan would be nice or raise the $2.99 plan to 500GB.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago
Great! Amazing! Fabulous! But what I need is more iCloud storage without paying more. Current quotas are quite stingy.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Blackstick Avatar
4 weeks ago
I have 2 ancient alias from the dot Mac stone ages that refuse to delete. Internal server error.

I’m worried to call Apple because their AI assistant will probably get confused about my issue and delete my whole account.

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Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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