Subscribe to Apple Music on iPhone

Apple Music is an ad-free streaming music service that lets you listen to millions of songs and your music library. As a subscriber, you can listen any time—online or off—and create your own playlists, get personalized recommendations, see music your friends are listening to, watch exclusive video content, and more.

Note: Apple Music features may vary by country or region. Learn what’s available in your country or region.

Subscribe to Apple Music

You can subscribe to Apple Music when you first open the Music app ; to subscribe later, go to Settings > Music, then tap Start Free Trial. Subscribers get access to the full Apple Music catalog, expert recommendations, and on-demand radio stations.

You can optionally purchase a family subscription that lets you and up to five other family members enjoy unlimited access to Apple Music on their devices. Qualified students can purchase a student subscription at a discounted price. See the Apple Support article Get an Apple Music student subscription.

New subscribers can start a trial and cancel at any time. If you end your Apple Music subscription, you can no longer stream Apple Music songs or play Apple Music songs you downloaded.

For information about combining your Apple subscriptions, see the Apple Support article Get Apple One.

Show or hide subscription features

Go to Settings > Music, then turn Show Apple Music on or off.

Choose cellular data options for Music

Go to Settings > Music > Cellular Data, then do any of the following:

Turn streaming on or off
Choose High Quality Streaming
High Quality Streaming uses more cellular data and songs may take longer to start playing.
Allow downloading music over cellular

Edit your subscription

You can change your subscription plan or cancel your subscription.

Tap Listen Now, then tap or your profile picture.
Tap Manage Subscription.

If you’re not a subscriber, you can use Music to listen to music synced to iPhone from a Mac or a Windows PC, play and download previous iTunes Store purchases, and listen to Apple Music 1 for free.

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Subscribe to Apple Music on iPhone