How do I unsubscribe from Apple Music? How do I disable a subscription to Apple Music?

The streaming music service Apple Music was launched in 2015. Access to it is possible with any "apple" device, computers running Windows and mobile devices running on Android OS. The first three months of service is available for free. By the time the trial subscription expires, the user must make a choice, switch to a paid subscription, or refuse to continue using the service. In this material, we will describe how to unsubscribe from Apple Music at any time and from any device.

Types of Subscriptions

To better understand what we are dealing with, let's take a brief look at the opportunities provided by the "apple company" streaming service. To start using it, you must have a registered Apple ID, a single identifier that allows you to use all of the company's services. Having subscribed, the user gets full access to the service from the first day, there are no restrictions on the choice and use of musical compositions.

Given the introductory period, you can talk about five types of subscription:

1. Free. It is provided only to new users of the service for a period of three months.
2. Individual. Your personal music collection, the cost is 169₽ per month.
3. Individual annual, cost - 1690.
4. Family. Access to the music collection for six people, the cost is 269? Per month. For all participants, "Family Access" must be pre-arranged, allowing you to exchange purchased content.
5. Student. Personal collection at a reduced price for students of colleges or institutes. Validity period is up to four years, with a monthly subscription price of 75.

I must say that over the past since the launch of the service, the subscription price for Russian users has not changed. At the same time, part of the countries in 2017 lost a free trial period, which was replaced by a reduced one with reduced pay.

Now that all the available options and their cost are known, let's figure out how to turn off Apple Music. Consider the sequence of actions for all devices on which this service is available.

IPhone or iPad

Mobile devices marked with the apple logo are the most widely distributed. So first let's figure out how to unsubscribe from Apple Music on iOS 9 or 10. Access to the service in these operating systems is done from the "Music" program and to disable it and use it:

• Select the menu item "For you", marked with the heart logo.
• In the upper right corner of the screen, a profile sign appears, opening it, go to the "View Apple ID" section.
• Go to the "Subscriptions" item and open it.
• After the list of available use cases, the "Unsubscribe" button is located.

After disconnecting, the service on your devices will be up to the end of the prepaid period, which is counted from the date of subscribing monthly. In the same way, you can unsubscribe from the free Apple Music subscription. Once you do this, access to the tracks selected during the trial period will be blocked. It is important to remember that free access is given only once and is not divided into periods. If you turned it on for one day and then turned it off, the trial subscription will be considered fully used.

A Mac or Windows computer

On computers to work with streaming service iTunes is used. Consider how to unsubscribe from Apple Music subscription with it. Again, open the section "For you" and select the "Account information" item under the profile icon. After confirming the password, the Apple ID data will be displayed. We wind them up to the last section of the "Settings" and see the item "Subscriptions" in it. Pressing the "Manage" button will open all available options for using the service, including canceling the subscription.

Similar actions can be done from the iTunes menu "Accounts". Selecting "View", you will also go to the user data of the Apple ID. How to disable the subscription to Apple Music from this page, we just told.

Apple TV

The fourth-generation Apple TV prefix is the only one of the whole series of these gadgets that can work with the streaming service of the company. Using it, you can also disable the subscription to Apple Music. How to do this, we now consider.

It will be necessary to enter the setup menu of the set-top box and, selecting your account, confirm entering it with a password. Having completed these manipulations, you will see the already familiar control menu, where you can disable the subscription to Apple Music. As you can see, nothing is complicated in this, the actions on all the devices considered are almost identical.

Android devices

Opened the opportunity to use their music service on Android-devices, the guys from Cupertino made a smart marketing move. Some users of this operating system are likely to be able to change their preferences and replenish the army of fans of "apple" products. For those who, after trying the application with the same name, did not find it interesting, it is possible to disable Apple Music. How to do it on Android, we will now tell.

Enter the menu on the main application page to go to your account settings. Here you will need to find a subscription management item and turn off automatic renewal in it. After the performed actions, the service will work until the expiration of the monthly period, which was previously repaid.

ITunes Match

All the above methods show how to unsubscribe from Apple Music on various electronic devices. In this case, it is understood that if you refuse to use the service, you will not return to it. If only alternatives from other music providers are available to Android users, Mac and Windows users can also choose another option within the Apple system.

It's about iTunes Match, another "apple" product related to music. Its use allows, following tips on how to unsubscribe from Apple Music, continue to use iCloud as a server for storing a music collection. A feature of its work is the synchronization of existing songs on the local computer with the library iTunes Store.

Records identical to those stored in this music store will be replaced by them, with the appropriate quality. Service has its limitations on the size and number of stored songs, but nevertheless gives the user a fairly good alternative to using their music collection. If the waiver of Apple Music is related only to the cost, then it should be considered. An annual subscription will cost you half as much.

Finally

Now you know how to unsubscribe from Apple Music and, following our recommendation, will be able to perform this operation on any device capable of working with this streaming service. However, if at the last moment you change your mind and decide to change the subscription to a more convenient price option, the sequence of the performed actions will be similar.