iCloud: Purchasing iCloud Storage and Billing

Summary

iCloud customers are provided with 5 GB of free cloud storage. Purchased music, TV shows, apps, and books, as well as photos in your Photo Stream don't count against your 5GB of free storage.

Products Affected

iCloud

If you need more space, you can choose to upgrade to a larger storage plan for your iCloud account.

You can purchase the following amounts of iCloud Storage:

  • 10 additional GB (15 GB total): $20/year
  • 20 additional GB (25 GB total): $40/year
  • 50 additional GB (55 GB total): $100/year

You can change your iCloud storage plan at any time. Your storage upgrade will be automatically renewed every year unless you cancel by downgrading to the free storage plan from your iOS device, Mac, or PC. When you request a downgrade, it will take effect at the end of your paid storage upgrade.

If you exceed your storage plan at any time, you will be notified via email and provided with instructions on how to free up storage space or buy more storage. Until you do either, you may not be able to back up or save additional data to iCloud.
 
You will also be notified via email before you are billed each year for the renewal of your current storage plan.

View or change your iCloud account information

You can view or change your iCloud account information (such as your credit card number, billing address, current storage plan, and more) from your iOS device, Mac, or Windows PC. Instructions are below.

iOS 5

  1. Tap Settings.
  2. Tap iCloud and then tap Account.
  3. Tap Payment Information and follow the prompts.

Mac OS X

  1. From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.
  2. Click the iCloud icon.
  3. Click Manage in the lower-right corner.
  4. Click View Account in the lower-left corner.
  5. Enter the password for your iCloud account, then click View Account and follow the prompts.

Windows 7 and Vista

  1. Click the Start Menu and go to Control Panel.
  2. Go to Network and Internet.
  3. Click the iCloud icon.
  4. Click Manage in the lower-right corner.
  5. Click View Account in the lower-left corner.
  6. Enter the password for your iCloud account, then click View Account and follow the prompts.
  7. Note: You cannot update your payment information or manage your storage from iCloud.com.

Additional Information

You can change your iCloud storage plan at anytime. Your storage upgrade will be billed every year until you cancel by downgrading to the free storage plan from your iOS device, Mac, or PC.

Note: iTunes Store credit or gift cards cannot be used as a form of payment to upgrade your iCloud storage (payment methods accepted include credit and debit cards).

When you request a downgrade, it will take effect one year after your storage upgrade was initially purchased.

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple’s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.
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