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
You can authorise up to five computers at a time to play your Apple Account purchases.
Each computer you authorise counts as one authorisation – even if you authorise the same computer multiple times.
If you have five authorised computers and want to authorise a new computer, you'll need to deauthorise one of your computers.
You can only authorise a computer that you have access to. You can't authorise a computer using another computer or an iPhone or iPad.
Once you authorise your computer in any Apple app, you can access all of your Apple Account purchases in other Apple apps.
After you authorise your computer, your computer is associated with your Apple Account for purchases. Other devices – like iPhone and iPad – don't count towards your authorised computer limit. However, these are associated with your Apple Account for purchases. Find out how to view your associated devices.
How to authorise or deauthorise your Mac
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.
In the Account menu, choose Authorisations > Authorise This Computer or Deauthorise This Computer.
Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?
Click Authorise or Deauthorise.
See how many computers are authorised
Open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.
In the menu bar, choose Account > Account Settings.
Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?
On the Account Information page, look next to Computer Authorisations to see 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.
Open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.
Choose Account > Account Settings.
Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?
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.
How to authorise or deauthorise your Windows PC
On your Windows PC, open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.
Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar. You might need to sign in to your Apple Account first.
Click Authorise Machine or Deauthorise Machine.
Sign in to your Apple Account. Forgot the email address or phone number that you use with Apple Account?
Click Authorise or Deauthorise.
See how many computers are authorised
On your Windows PC, open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.
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.
On the Account Information page, look next to Computer Authorisations to see 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.
On your Windows PC, open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.
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.
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.
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