iTunes is dead. iTunes has been dead since 2019. Alas, poor iTunes, we know you well. Some of us got along with you. Some of us didn’t. ZDNetEd Bott’s used to write“I don’t like iTunes with a passion that burns like the fire of a thousand suns.”
Even thinking about iTunes gives me goosebumps. But the last time we wrote about how to cancel Apple Music, in 2015, you must use iTunes to cancel your subscription. In fact, even now, if you Google “How to cancel Apple Music,” most of the search engine results will send you iTunes.
But iTunes is dead. Actually that’s not entirely true. Its ghost still exists. Apple really released a security update (12.12.4) this past May for iTunes for Windows. iTunes no longer ships with MacOS, but Apple technically still supports it. Based on Apple’s iTunes pageyou can still run iTunes on any Mac with an Intel processor.
Apple Music has not been tied to iTunes for account management since 2019. Now, for those of us who have moved on from our iTunes days, we can unsubscribe from Apple Music from the web or from iOS Device Settings. Consider both.
How to cancel Apple Music from your Web browser
Go straight ahead Apple Music and login. Obviously, if you’re already logged in, you won’t have to log in.
Next, click the Account icon (small top) and then select Settings.
Scroll down to Subscriptions and click Manage. Mine says “Sign Up” because I canceled my account.
When you are on the Manage screen, select Cancel Subscription. It should be done for you.
How to cancel Apple Music from your iPhone or iPad
First, launch the iOS Settings app. At the top of the screen, tap your name.
Then click Sign Up.
Tap the subscription you want to cancel. I no longer have my Apple Music account, but as you can see, I have Apple TV + and Apple Arcade (and at least for now, I have no intention of canceling them). If you can’t see your Apple Music subscription (just like I don’t see mine anymore), it means it’s been cancelled.
On the Apple Music Subscriptions page, scroll down and tap Cancel Subscription. If you’ve canceled your subscription but still have time in your billing cycle, you won’t see the Cancel Subscription button. Instead, you’ll see a note letting you know when the subscription ends.
And that’s all there is to do. I quite like Apple Music, but it doesn’t work with Alexa and I have Alexa devices in my house. I standardized on Spotify because Spotify works with all my devices.
Also: 16 Extremely Useful Things Alexa Can Do on Amazon Echo
How about you? What music service do you use? Do you use Apple Music or Spotify? Let us know in the comments below.
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