How to recover Apple Music library after resubscribing?

I don’t have access to the music I used to have. I just want to regain access to the music I had before. I hadn’t paid the subscription because I didn’t have the money, and I understand that it’s not fair, since I’m paying for the subscription again and I only have my favorites. Is there any way to recover all the music I had, including the playlists?

iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Feb 20, 2026 6:57 PM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2026 6:16 PM

I believe that when you stop subscribing, you lose

  • All offline listening copies of subscription (rental) songs
  • All playlists containing subscription (rental) songs
  • All "Sync Library" copies of songs (purchased originals should remain intact on the device from which the Sync Library feature copied them)


This happens in very short order.


Resubscribing gives you immediate access to all of the music in the Apple Music streaming service, but only on a streaming basis. It does not recover playlists or offline listening copies.


If you want offline listening copies and playlists back, you will probably need to download them all over again, and create them all over again.

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Feb 21, 2026 6:16 PM in response to Luisefrain

I believe that when you stop subscribing, you lose

  • All offline listening copies of subscription (rental) songs
  • All playlists containing subscription (rental) songs
  • All "Sync Library" copies of songs (purchased originals should remain intact on the device from which the Sync Library feature copied them)


This happens in very short order.


Resubscribing gives you immediate access to all of the music in the Apple Music streaming service, but only on a streaming basis. It does not recover playlists or offline listening copies.


If you want offline listening copies and playlists back, you will probably need to download them all over again, and create them all over again.

How to recover Apple Music library after resubscribing?

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