How To Change The Country Of The Account In The Appstore (Itunes)
Please note that this article talks about how to change the country of your account in the App Store (iTunes) with the transfer of all your purchases. If you just need to download a game or program from the App Store of another country, then you just need to create an Apple ID of another country.
- How to create an Apple ID via iTunes
- How to create an Apple ID account without a card
- How to create an Apple ID on iPhone:
- through the Setup Assistant program
- through the Settings app
- through the App Store or iTunes Store apps
- on the page “My Apple ID”.
If your App Store just became in English, then you need to follow the links from any mobile browser to any free iOS application available only in the Russian App Store. For example, as suggested in the comments below, Vogue Russia magazine. And now about how to thoroughly change the country of the account in the App Store.
How to change account country in the App Store (iTunes)
But Apple does not stand still, the company is developing and at the same time improving its influence in other countries. Translation of the AppStore into rubles and low for music in the iTunes Store, these are the main arguments that invalidate the need for an American account and push for the transition to the Russian segment.
But how painlessly, having saved all your applications, switch from an American account to Russian? This is what will be discussed in this article.
Training. Go
To begin with, consider the case when you have an American AppStore account, a desire to switch to the Russian segment, and a problem with the balance of money in your account.
Launch iTunes on your computer and open the main country iTunes Store. At the very bottom, we find the column Help and click on Support. Then you will be redirected to the browser on the iTunes Support page, where you will need to select the item at the bottom Contact support, and then iTunes Store.
Next, you are required to select the item on the left Account management and click on the mug labeled This topic is not listed. In the text field that appears, write “I need to remove my store creditAnd confirm your request.
You will see a form in which you need to enter your name and surname, please note that the data entered must completely coincide with those that are in the account. Next, indicate the mail by which you can be contacted, and the mailing address to which your American account was registered directly. In the drop-down menu, select United States, and below, in the text area, write the following “I need to remove my store credit. Thank you!“.
After all these procedures, you will be given a unique number to contact Apple Support, and a notification about queuing will be sent to the mail you specified. You will have to wait from approximately 12 to 24 hours, provided that you apply on a normal day, and up to three days, provided that the application is sent on pre-holiday days.
As a result, you will receive a letter stating that your account has been reset. Take a look in iTunes and check the balance status, if there is no money left on the account, then you can proceed to the next step. change the country of the account.
Now, we will consider the case if temporary services such as iTunes Match.
The presence of this subscription complicates the transition to the Russian segment of the AppStore a little. To get started, you should download the entire library from iTunes Match, provided that you do not have a backup of the cloud library on any local storage. Further, the items are similar to those done when the account was reset.
Launch iTunes on your computer and open the main country iTunes Store. At the very bottom, we find the column Help and click on Support. Then you will be redirected to the browser on the iTunes Support page, where you will need to select the item at the bottom Contact support, and then iTunes Store.
Next, you are required to select the item on the left Account management and click on the mug labeled This topic is not listed. In the text field that appears, write “I need to disable iTunes Match subscription“To disable the service, or”I need to remove my store credit and disable iTunes Match and all other subscriptions”, In order to, along with deactivation of the service, also reset your account. Confirm.
You will see a form in which you need to enter your name and surname, please note that the data entered must completely coincide with those that are in the account. Next, indicate the mail by which you can be contacted, and the mailing address to which your American account was registered directly. In the drop-down menu, select United States, and below, in the text area, write the following “I need to disable iTunes Match subscription“To disable the service, or”I need to remove my store credit and disable iTunes Match and all other subscriptions”, In order to, along with deactivation of the service, also reset your account.
After all these procedures, you will be given a unique number to contact Apple Support, and a notification about queuing will be sent to the mail you specified. You will have to wait from approximately 12 to 24 hours, provided that you apply on a normal day, and up to three days, provided that the application is sent on pre-holiday days.
After some time, a letter will come to your mail, in which you will need to confirm the disconnection of the iTunes Match service, to the address from which you received a notification you need to send the message “I’m sure I need to cancel my subscription and recieve a partial refund. Everything I need from iTunes Match is already downloaded, In which you confirm the suspension of service, and also request a refund.
The receipt of the next letter informing you of the suspension of iTunes Match, as well as a refund, can range from three hours to. three weeks. Such a long time interval is connected with the fact that technical support is not entitled to write a check for a certain amount, so your request must go through a filter of various bureaucratic procedures. You, in turn, can only wait for the coveted letter.
Changing the Country App Store
It remains to go through the finish line. change the country of the AppStore account. Let me remind you, in order to change the “place of residence” of your account, you need to disable temporary services, such as iTunes Match, and also reset the account. All this is described in detail above.
In iTunes. Launch iTunes on your computer and open the main country iTunes Store. At the very bottom, find the Manage column and click on Account. Confirm your password, and in the Account Information window that opens, look for the Country / Region line. Click on the Change Country or Region button and then, in the Select a country of region drop-down menu, select Russia. We acknowledge and agree to the Apple license agreement. Then it remains only to choose a payment method and that’s it, you have successfully changed the American account to Russian.
In the App Store with iOS. We go along the following path: Settings.iTunes Store, App Store. Apple ID View Apple ID. country / region. Choose the right country.
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