How to cancel apple subscriptions without apple device

• You can cancel an Apple Music subscription with just a few clicks or taps on any of your devices. 
• To cancel Apple Music on an iPhone or iPad, you'll use the Settings app; on an Android, you can find the Cancel Subscription option in the Apple Music app's Account settings.
• You can also sign into the Apple Music website and cancel your subscription from the Settings menu under the account icon at the top right of the page.

Apple Music is one of the most popular music streaming services in the United States, so it's not surprising if you are a subscriber. After all, Apple even makes Apple Music available on Android devices. But if you want to end your subscription, it's easy to cancel. You can cancel Apple Music from your computer, iOS device, or Android phone with just a few clicks or taps. 

How to cancel Apple Music on a computer

1. Go to the Apple Music website in a web browser and log into your account using the Sign In button at the top right of the page if needed. 

2. Click the account icon at the top right of the page and then, in the drop-down menu, click Settings. 

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and, in the Subscriptions section, click Manage.

4. In the Edit Your Subscription window, click Cancel Subscription and confirm this is what you want to do.

How to cancel Apple Music on an iPhone or iPad

You can easily cancel your Apple Music subscription from any iOS device that's connected to your Apple ID. Apple tracks all current, ongoing, and even past subscriptions in the Settings app. To cancel, just open the Settings app and follow our guide on canceling subscriptions to cancel Apple Music in the list of subscriptions listed under your Apple ID.  

How to cancel Apple Music on an Android

If you listen to Apple Music using Apple's mobile app on Android, you can cancel the subscription from within the app as well.

1. Start the Apple Music app on your Android device.

2. Tap the three-dot menu at the top right of the screen and then tap Account.

3. In the Subscription section, tap Manage Subscription.

4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm this is what you really want to do.

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iTunes is dead. iTunes has been dead since 2019. Alas, poor iTunes, we knew you well. Some of us got along well with you. Some of us did not. ZDNet's Ed Bott once wrote, "I dislike iTunes with a passion that burns like the fire of a thousand suns."

Even thinking about iTunes gives me a creepy-crawly feeling at the back of my neck. But the last time we wrote about how to cancel Apple Music, back in 2015, you had to 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 to iTunes.

But iTunes is dead. Actually, that's not entirely true. Its ghost lingers on. Apple actually released a security update (12.12.4) just this past May for iTunes for Windows. iTunes is no longer shipped with MacOS, but Apple still technically supports it. According to Apple's iTunes page, you can still run iTunes on any Mac that has an Intel processor.

Apple Music hasn't been tied to iTunes for account management since 2019. Now, for those of us who have moved on from our iTunes days, we can cancel an Apple Music subscription either from the web or from iOS device Settings. Let's look at both.

How to cancel Apple Music from your Web browser

Head on over to Apple Music and sign in. Obviously, if you're already signed in, you won't have to sign in.

Next, click the Account icon (the little head) and then choose Settings.

Scroll down to Subscriptions and click Manage. Mine says "Subscribe" because I already cancelled my account.

Once you're on the Manage screen, choose Cancel Subscription. That should do it for you.

How to cancel Apple Music from your iPhone or iPad

First, launch the iOS Settings app. At the very top of the screen, tap your name.

Then tap Subscriptions.

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 cancelling them). If you can't see your Apple Music subscription (like I no longer see mine), that means it's already cancelled.

On the Apple Music Subscription page, scroll down and hit Cancel Subscription. If you cancelled your subscription already, but there's still time left in your billing cycle, you won't see the Cancel Subscription button. Instead, you'll see a note telling you when the subscription ends.

And that's all there's to it. I quite liked Apple Music, but it doesn't work with Alexa, and I have Alexa devices all through the house. I've standardized on Spotify because Spotify works with all my devices. 

Also: 16 incredibly useful things Alexa can do on Amazon Echo

What 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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