Accidentally added money to Apple ID account instead of apple cash

First: Officially once funds are added to your account, they are generally non-refundable.

However humans make mistakes; and Apple’s similar-sounding naming conventions certainly don’t help in this regard.

Furthermore, Apple does not want to jack-around their customers.

So … contact Official Apple Support; explain your understandable human error, and request a “one-time / good-faith“ refund.

Normally once funds are in Apple Account balance the only way to get them out again is to spend them, or ask Apple to keep them.

There are posts (e.g., https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255051339?answerId=260378733022#260378733022 ) claiming that if funds were transferred from Apple Cash or a bank account, Apple might grant a reversal request of the original transfer back to the originating account. This is not mentioned in Apple’s documentation (which, if anything, pretty firmly states the opposite about no “return” of funds), so even if Apple might do this on occasion, they are not so obligated. If you wish to speak with Apple, click here ➔ Choose your country or region - Official Apple Support Select your country, then a product. If you don't see one that handles your issue then keep experimenting with selections until you reach one that gets you a chat session or a telephone call and get the representative to redirect you. This page has telephone numbers for contacting Apple for support and service ➔ Contact Apple Support - Apple Support Do not use the standard refund request service. You are asking for a special service and need to speak with a live representative.