Authorise or deauthorise your computer for Apple Account purchases

Find out how to authorise your computer to play your Apple Account purchases, deauthorse a computer from accessing your Apple Account purchases and check how many authorised computers you have.

What you need to know about authorising your computer

How to authorise or deauthorise your Mac

How to authorise or deauthorise your Windows PC

What you need to know about authorising your computer

How to authorise or deauthorise your Mac

  1. Open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app. In the menu bar, click the Account and make sure you're signed in to your Apple Account.

  2. In the Account menu, choose Authorisations > Authorise This Computer or Deauthorise This Computer.

    Apple Music app on Mac showing Authorise This Computer or Deauthorise This Computer
  3. Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?

  4. Click Authorise or Deauthorise.

See how many computers are authorised

  1. Open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.

  2. In the menu bar, choose Account > Account Settings.

  3. Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?

  4. On the Account Information page, look next to Computer Authorisations to see how many computers are authorised.

    Apple Music app on Mac showing the Account Information page and the number of authorised computers

If you need to deauthorise a computer that you don't have access to

To deauthorise a computer that you don't have access to, you have to deauthorise all of your computers. Then authorise each computer that you have again. You can only deauthorise all computers once a year.

  1. Open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.

  2. Choose Account > Account Settings.

  3. Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?

  4. On the Account Information page, look next to Computer Authorisations, then click Deauthorise All. If you don't see this option, then this is your only authorised computer.

    Apple Music app on Mac showing the Account Information page and the Deauthorise All button
  5. Authorise each computer that you use again.

How to authorise or deauthorise your Windows PC

  1. On your Windows PC, open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.

  2. Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar. You might need to sign in to your Apple Account first.

  3. Click Authorise Machine or Deauthorise Machine.

    Apple Music app on Windows PC showing Authorise Machine and Deauthorise Machine
  4. Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?

  5. Click Authorise or Deauthorise.

See how many computers are authorised

  1. On your Windows PC, open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.

  2. Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar, then click View My Account. You might need to sign in to your Apple Account first.

  3. On the Account Information page, look next to Computer Authorisations to see how many computers are authorised.

    Apple Music app for Windows PC showing the Account Information page and how many computers are authorised

If you need to deauthorise a computer that you don't have access to

To deauthorise a computer that you don't have access to, you have to deauthorise all of your computers. Then authorise each computer that you have again. You can only deauthorise all computers once a year.

  1. On your Windows PC, open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.

  2. Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar, then click View My Account. You might need to sign in to your Apple Account first.

  3. On the Account Information page, look next to Computer Authorisations, then click Deauthorise All. If you don't see this option, then this is your only authorised computer.

  4. Authorise each computer that you use again.

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