Will I lose my playlists?

1) I want to use different credit cards for our various apple subscriptions (a business card and a personal card). I learned I cannot do that on the same apple ID. Boooo!

2) So now I want to migrate some subscriptions to my husband's apple ID (business expenses) and some from his I want to have on mine (personal expenses) and continue to utilize family sharing. I learned that I can't simply change the payor in a family, I have to cancel subscriptions and then resubscribe. Boooo again!


(If I am wrong on either of the above, do let me know!)


3) So now about canceling subscriptions: Will I lose my apple music/playlists? I plan to cancel and immediately resubscribe, but I hesitate to do so if I will lose YEARS of my music set up and preferences. What happens in this circumstance with my music if I cancel, resuscribe on my husband's apple id and then set up family sharing?


Anyone have insight or help to give when navigating on any of the above hurdles?

Posted on Jan 5, 2024 2:20 PM

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Jan 5, 2024 2:48 PM in response to s_chris

In my experience you will lose your playlists and downloaded songs when you unsubscribe from Apple Music. There is no grace period, so even immediately signing back up will not save them. Not sure if speaking directly with Apple will help, but there is a Support link on the bottom of this page.

Music - Official Apple Support


As for disbanding Family Sharing. You are not required to cancel subscriptions to disband Family Sharing, you will just need to cancel them when using a different payment method. All subscriptions that are being shared will remain with the Organizer. A couple of things will determine if you would lose Music when disbanding Family Sharing:

  • Are you the current Organizer of the Family Sharing?
  • Do you have the Family Sharing plan of Apple Music, which cost more, or the Individual plan?
  • Do you want the Apple Music subscription to be a different payment method?

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