Region change held hostage by Apple Music

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Region change held hostage by Apple Music

I recently moved back to the U.S. from overseas. I'm trying to change my Apple account back to the U.S. region, but I can't do it until my Apple Music subscription expires. I have to cancel the subscription and then wait until the billing period is over.

Has anyone successfully gotten Apple Support to override this crazy policy? It seems to me that when the customer requests a region change, that should override the subscriptions. Holding the customer hostage because of subscription expiration dates is unnecessarily annoying.

MacBook Air, macOS 15.6

Posted on Aug 19, 2025 9:01 AM

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brbo

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Aug 24, 2025 3:40 PM in response to MClarkeSF

Hi MClarkeSF

welcome to this Apple (user-to-user) Community!

Re: "I'm trying to change my Apple account back to the U.S. region, but I can't do it until my Apple Music subscription expires. I have to cancel the subscription and then wait until the billing period is over."

Yes. There may also be other subscriptions in use eg: iCloud+ etc., as well as other requirements to comply with.

Please understand that different countries have their own governmental / financial / copyright laws etc. which all of us, including Apple, must abide by. If we can plan ahead, we can save ourselves from inconvenience.

Seems Apple carefully spells out the necessities in the linked Apple Support article below.

Carefully following through on the requirements can help us side-step issues:

See how to: Change your Apple Account country or region - Apple Support

If needed: Apple Account support team have a support website (info. / support / contact options etc.)

Apple Account - Official Apple Support

All the best :-)

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