Most of us, especially old iPhone users, have a linked Apple account Titled in AmericaAnd this is logical, as with the beginnings of the iPhone and the software store, there was no country other than America that was supported by Apple, and even after that other non-Arab countries were added, but now most Arab countries are officially available through Apple in order to link your account with it, and you may need as a user to change the country, Either because you chose America from the beginning, or because you moved to a new country or a new region, let's talk about this topic, why did the country change and how to change the country of the Apple account and the disadvantages of changing the country for the account of Apple ... Follow us and publish the article so that others benefit ... we agreed?
Why change the country of the Apple account
With the beginnings of the iPhone, a lot of applications and some services were present in the US software store only and may not be available in other countries, but now this barrier has been removed and you will only find very few applications and services that may not be available in your country, so there is no need for your store to be On America, you can use your country's credit card to buy applications and services, and you can benefit from the offers that are available in your country, for example we have in Egypt a reduced price for some Apple services as well as applications.
So the benefit is to change the country
- That your account is correct and legal
- Link to a local credit card
- You take advantage of the offers available for your country
Otherwise, I do not see any benefit in changing the country, Apple does not check if your account is really linked to your country and does not compare your card with your place, things with the US account so far have no problem with them, except for losing some of the offers available to developing countries.
To be done before changing the country or region
The process of changing the account country requires some procedures before proceeding to changing the country
There should be no balance in your account ...
Spend any store credit remaining on your Apple account. But what if the balance does not allow buying anything because it is very little or you do not want to buy something and want to give it up, then you must communicate with Apple, and you can do this through this site ...
Or contact by phone, in the Islam iPhone app, in the Tools section, there is a dedicated tool for communicating with Apple, which I use.
Cancel any subscriptions
Cancel any subscriptions, including Apple Music, or wait for the subscription period to expire. You should also wait for any memberships, pre-orders, movie rentals, or season tickets to be completed and you should also wait for any pending credit refunds to be processed.
In short, with transferring the account to any other country, you will lose any subscriptions, so you must end all your belongings with this account.
How to change the country or region from the iPhone
- Open the "Settings" application.
- Tap your name, then tap iTunes and App Store.
- Click on the Apple ID, then click on "Show Apple ID." You may be prompted to sign in.
- Click on "Country / Region."
- Click "Change Country or Region."
- Click on the new country or new region.
- Click "Agree" in the top left, then click "Agree" again to confirm.
- Choose a payment method and enter your payment information and the payment address as well, then click "Next".
Disadvantages of country change
If there is no need to change the country, we do not recommend doing this procedure, because there is a big and huge drawback, which is that all applications must be re-downloaded again.
Any application that you downloaded or purchased, re-download applications, music, movies, TV shows, and books on any device that you may use to play or read later; Some types of content may not be available in your new country or region.
Also, as I read in the preparations, it takes some procedures and it is really annoying to delete your balance, cancel your subscriptions, and make sure that your account has no movement in it.
It's stressful especially if you have an active account and you are one of those who buy apps and subscribe to services.
The question again is is it possible to register a new account and keep the American account, or log into the account on the same phone and download the applications that are available in the other account?
Hello Mohammed Al-Harasi! 😊 Of course, you can register a new account and keep the US account, and you can log out and log in between different accounts on the same phone. To download the apps available in each account, log into the desired account and the apps available for that account will appear. 📲🌍
good morning
This article is old but very important
My account is American and my balance has expired and I would like to charge it again. Can I charge credit cards from it because I tried only one attempt and it did not work!!?
Or easier itunes card
Indeed, it will be a huge loss for me, canceling subscriptions, losing information and many purchases related to programs and games, and also may not be available in the Arab store. Or maybe a whole year to acclimatize to the new store, it simply can't
Please pay attention to the map and adopt the same map as the United Nations
The territory of Western Sahara is an occupied territory according to international resolutions
My brother, we are talking about a huge problem facing the old iPhones registered with an American account, and the great loss resulting from transferring to the Arab country. When you look at a map, it will not change anything from reality. Be a little more mature.
By God, for me, I prefer creating a new account for my country while staying on the American account. Changing the country does more harm than good
Create a new account and wind yourself up
I transferred my accounts to the Iraqi store and I have not deleted any application, knowing that YouTube is not in the Iraqi store, but it is available from the purchases. It has updates on the Iraqi, thanks
My account is American
If I opened another account in my region (from the old device, for example) and switched between the two accounts on my old device
Will this affect my old account or my current device?
Tariq Mansour’s words are not correct. I tried the process and changed the apps. This talk was almost old in 2014, but these days are normal subscriptions and apps that are in your account, but any application that supports America and supports Saudi Arabia and vice versa also disappears what is deleted until your account returns to what it was Of course, one of the advantages that you benefit from in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to buy applications via the phone number, but I tried the subscriptions that are not continuous, like I bought an application or bought it from within the application
What bothers me the most about the issue between the store of Arab countries and the store of America is the lack and separation of ratings for application users between the two regions.
Sometimes I think about buying a specific application, but I do not see any evaluation or opinion of its users about it, meaning that it has not yet been evaluated in Arab countries.
So, I log out and log in from the American account to see the ratings of the application users !! Then I come back again by logging out and logging in from my local account to buy the application ... or searching for another if it is rated poorly !!
The question is, why does Apple not standardize app user ratings among its stores?
The use of the application and its performance will be the same, whether it is in America or in the Arab world!
The best is two accounts for you and salvation
Does moving between the two accounts not cause a problem?
I changed from the American store and changed the account after I contacted Apple and went to the Saudi store and did not lose my programs that I relied on
I just canceled my subscriptions and I subscribed again
I am a fan of movies, and I bought films from the American store, and when the store changed I lost some films and I could not recover them, unfortunately
God willing, you will not support the Assad regime and put the flag after it?
I cannot change, because I have already owned dozens of paid applications for 10 years, and I have an important balance as well, I cannot spend it randomly,
So it was a big loss for me
Then I expect that I will be shocked that there are no basic applications in the Moroccan store.
This is what I was afraid of
I think the only advantage in changing the country of the account is the presence of some applications that are not in your country's app store .. I tried a while ago to change and was shocked that I would lose my subscription to Apple TV if I continued .. I recovered from Apple and went back to sleep
I don’t need to transfer to the Arab a note that the store has been Arabized, but I don’t see any benefit, so I prefer to stay on the American until the free Apple Beats 1 radio works only on a store and an American account
Thank you, but there are still some specific applications that do not exist in Arab countries. Previously, I lost an account due to Apple's policies and benefited a lot from the year 2009 almost from the applications until 2015, and suddenly without warning the account was blocked.
This is what worries me now after creating another new American account that contains purchase transactions such as the Apple Watch, the first edition, and a number of iPhones and iPads, and I am still hesitant to transfer the account because of buying applications and paying huge sums in the new account to compensate for what was previously corrupted in the canceled account
My work is a teacher and a user of Apple devices since 2009 in education with high efficiency, thank God
Be on your crazy 😊 Better
Reason and logic say that
Indeed, a very important article, I remember that I created another account in the American Store years ago due to the lack of some applications outside the American Store, but now the situation has changed a lot and Arab stores have become full of various applications in various fields and many of them support the Arabic language and this feature is of interest to many.
I thank the iPhone Islam team for their great efforts and excellence over the past years, and I wish them all the success.
The Iraqi store is awesome. It lacks a YouTube application. Not available
,,, The best step taken by Apple to support Arab countries
Everything is available in the store as if it were the American store
The opposite of the Play Store is empty
Changing the account Will Apple clarify in the future that applications cannot be purchased due to the association with certain countries, or only the US store is more fortunate in purchasing all applications.
Unfortunately, the News app does not work on the Egyptian account
My account is American and it is still running, and there are no problems. Thank you for the benefit 🌹
The idea is in the presentations. I will save a lot if I move to Egypt.
A very important and useful topic, may God bless you, but I prefer if it is necessary to open several accounts in different countries and not change the country in the same account, and thus it becomes possible to enter any account as needed, as you find some applications for a specific country and you do not find them in another, I have XNUMX Apple Store accounts: USA, France, and Lebanon, where I live.
I am a constantly moving changer. Especially after formatting the device. I wanted to use the store in Morocco, but it does not support some applications, such as the YouTube application
I don’t see that the situation deserves the best fatigue to stay in the US store
A useful topic ... and it is clear that it is better not to transfer
May Allah reward you well
Here is an important question
If the account is on the US store
ITunes card is required in dollars
Is it possible to pay by Apple Pay, regardless of the currency of the country?
I mean, if the bank account was in any country other than America?
Apple Pay can only be used if it is American. Apple refuses to link it to the account.
A very useful topic. Indeed, I wanted to change the country from France to Morocco, but saving money in my account made me back off. And I was not aware of the issue of re-downloading applications and losing some of them, as well as losing subscriptions. Thank you so much
One of the most difficult things I faced was the process of settling the balance, I tried by sending an email to support Apple, but the person you called did not survive
For myself, I prefer to create a new account for the new store, but the problem of transferring iCloud information from an account to an account remains
And solve it when you log out of the old account, ask to leave a copy of the information on the iPhone, and when you log in to the new account, choose to merge the data, so that the information will transfer with you automatically according to the settings preferences
Unfortunately, it is known that Apple does not check the card if it matches the country. It is incorrect. I live in Saudi Arabia and I cannot use the Saudi Bank Visa with my American account.
A very excellent topic and I needed to know more about it, thank you iPhone Islam❤️