Can you pass on your Apple Music account when you die?
Apple's terms forfeit an Apple Music account at death. While alive, the account holder can use family pooling.
Protecting Apple Music accounts while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, lifetime transfer options for accounts, and 6-step plan.
How to protect your Apple Music account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Apple Music accounts after a death
Accounts are forfeited under the official terms, 9-step process, and 5 required documents.
What happens to an Apple Music account when someone dies →Apple Music is Apple's ad-free subscription music service. A paid membership streams the Apple Music catalog, builds a personal library and playlists, and syncs across devices, all tied to the subscriber's Apple Account.
Under Apple's terms, an Apple Music account closes when the holder dies and nothing in it passes to anyone. While the account holder is alive, Apple allows family pooling.
What happens to Apple Music at death
Naming who acts after a death
Other companies and product lines involved1
- Google Play
Cancelling an Apple Music subscription billed through Google Play5
Apple publishes its own process for a deceased person's account: Request access to a deceased family member's Apple Account; a written request goes in through Apple's support ticket system. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on an Apple Music account.
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