About migrating Apple Account purchases between accounts
Learn about what purchases and associated content can be migrated between two accounts.
This feature isn’t available to users in India.
Why you might migrate purchases
You can choose to migrate apps, music, and other content you’ve purchased from Apple on a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account. The secondary Apple Account might be an account that’s used only for purchases. You’ll need access to the primary email address or phone number and password for both accounts, and neither account should be shared with anyone else. Learn more about how to migrate purchases.
At the time of migration, the Apple Account signed in for use with iCloud and most features on your iPhone or iPad will be referred to as the primary Apple Account.
At the time of migration, the Apple Account signed in just for use with Media & Purchases will be referred to as the secondary Apple Account.
What happens when you migrate purchases
All payment methods associated with your secondary Apple Account migrate to your primary Apple Account. These replace any payment methods you had on file with the primary Apple Account. Learn how to add payment methods or remove payment methods.
Previous purchases of apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books migrate to your primary Apple Account. Learn how to redownload apps, music, movies or TV shows, and books.
Subscriptions you’re currently subscribed to on your secondary Apple Account migrate to your primary Apple Account. Learn how to cancel subscriptions that you don’t want.
The secondary Apple Account’s music library data, personalization profile, social profile, and Apple Music Replay in the Apple Music app will migrate to the primary Apple Account. If you don’t have a music library on your secondary Apple Account, then nothing will change.
The secondary Apple Account’s Up Next queue in the Apple TV app will migrate and replace the Up Next queue of the primary Apple Account.
The secondary Apple Account’s podcast library data in the Apple Podcasts app will migrate and replace the podcast library data of the primary Apple Account.
What doesn’t migrate with your purchases
iCloud data doesn't migrate out of the secondary Apple Account.
Personalized recommendations in the App Store, Apple TV app, Apple Books, and Apple Podcasts don’t migrate from your secondary Apple Account. Automatic personalization will start over on your primary Apple Account.
You won’t be able to edit any App Store reviews created with your secondary Apple Account.
If you try to sign in to your secondary Apple Account after migrating purchases
The secondary Apple Account that you used to migrate purchases can no longer be used for Media & Purchases on your Apple devices and apps. To access your purchases, sign out of your secondary account and sign in with your primary Apple Account instead.
If there’s anything else associated with your secondary Apple Account that you still need access to, you might need to undo migration. iCloud data from your secondary account can still be easily accessed by signing in to iCloud.com on a computer.
If you want to undo a migration of purchases
Learn how to undo a migration of purchases between accounts.
What happens when you undo a migration of purchases
All payment methods are removed from both accounts. Learn how to add payment methods.
Only purchases made before the migration will return to the secondary Apple Account. Purchases made since the migration will continue to be associated with the primary Apple Account.
All subscriptions, except iCloud+, will be cancelled and will expire at their next renewal date after migration is undone. You can resubscribe to any subscriptions with the Apple Account you want to be billed through moving forward.
The primary Apple Account’s music library data, personalization profile, social profile, and Apple Music Replay in the Apple Music app will migrate back to the secondary Apple Account. If the secondary Apple Account had no music library data, personalization profile, social profile, and Apple Music Replay prior to migration, then this will remain associated with the primary Apple Account instead.
The primary Apple Account’s Up Next queue in the Apple TV app will migrate back to the secondary Apple Account. The primary Apple Account’s Up Next queue will revert to what Up Next queue existed prior to migration.
The primary Apple Account’s podcast library data in the Apple Podcasts app will migrate back to the secondary Apple Account. The primary Apple Account’s podcast library data will revert to what podcast library data existed prior to migration. If the secondary Apple Account had no podcast library data prior to migration, then this will remain associated with the primary Apple Account instead.
