Will I permanently lose my music if I cancel my Apple Music?

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Will I permanently lose my music if I cancel my Apple Music?

I want to cancel my Apple Music subscription for a period of time or until I upgrade to a new iPhone due to low storage, more than half of my storage is taken up by Music, I know that you’ll lose my Music whenever I cancel my subscription but how how long until you lose all your songs permanently or will your songs still be there temporary until you decide to resubscribe, or will your songs still there for a certain period of time maybe weeks, months or years before it is permanently removed from your Apple ID

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iPhone 8, iOS 15

Posted on Oct 12, 2021 5:37 PM

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Answer 1

javaliga

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Oct 12, 2021 6:37 PM in response to fitsroy48

You will always have access to any songs you PURCHASED from the iTunes Store. You can always redownload them:

Redownload music - Apple Support

However, there is no guarantee if or for how long after the last billing cycle that your library will be retained for music that you LEASE with an Apple Music subscription. You will permanently lose all those songs.

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hcsitas

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Oct 13, 2021 2:09 PM in response to fitsroy48

It’s unrelated to canceling subscription. To cancel, see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039

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fitsroy48 Author

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Oct 13, 2021 7:32 AM in response to hcsitas

Well i have unsubscribe in the past and then resubscribe some days later and I still had them and re downloaded them but I’m wondering if you decide to cancel how long before Apple remove them from your Apple id on the next billing date

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