> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rns.id/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Use Apple Hide My Email with RNS.ID

> Complete the required RNS.ID contact-email verification when Apple supplies a Private Relay address during registration or sign-in.

Apple can supply a private relay address ending in `@privaterelay.appleid.com` when you select **Hide My Email**. RNS.ID requires a separate, non-relay email address that you can access for verification codes and important account or product messages.

This email step is required before the Apple registration or sign-in flow can continue.

## New and existing users

* **New Apple user:** add and verify an accessible contact email before RNS.ID creates the account.
* **Existing RNS.ID user whose account email is still an Apple relay address:** verify a new contact email to replace the email on that existing account.

Do not enter another `@privaterelay.appleid.com` address. The form requires an ordinary email address that can receive the six-digit verification code.

## Complete the email verification

1. Continue with Apple using the Apple account connected to the intended RNS.ID account.
2. When RNS.ID opens **Add an email you can access** or **Update your contact email**, enter a non-relay email.
3. Request the six-digit verification code.
4. Enter the newest code within 10 minutes.
5. Wait for RNS.ID to finish registration or return you to the signed-in account.

The Apple email-binding request remains valid for 15 minutes. If the page reports that the request expired or there were too many attempts, return to sign-in and continue with Apple again to start a new request.

## If the email already belongs to another account

RNS.ID does not merge or move accounts in this flow. If the chosen email is already connected to another RNS.ID account:

* use a different email for the Apple account you are currently accessing; or
* return to sign-in and use the credentials for the other RNS.ID account.

Do not create repeated accounts to bypass the conflict. [Contact support](/support/contact-us) if you cannot determine which account contains an existing purchase, application, ID, or subscription.

## After completion

You can continue using the connected Apple account for Apple sign-in. The verified non-relay email becomes the RNS.ID account email used for email-based sign-in, password reset, verification codes, and account messages.

This forced Apple relay replacement differs from the normal signed-in [change-email flow](/account/change-email), which verifies both the current and new account emails.

<Warning>
  Never send a verification code, password, authenticator code, Apple credential, or wallet recovery phrase to Support. Enter security codes only in the official RNS.ID flow.
</Warning>