How to cancel Apple Music membership but keep the songs?

How much does Apple Music subscription cost?

Unlike Spotify, Apple Music doesn't provide free, ad-supported plan. After the 3-month free trial, you need to pay $9.99 (student: $4.99, family: $14.99 )per month. When you don't want the subscription, you can cancel it at any time.

Cancel Apple Music subscription from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. Go to Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Store.
2. Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen, then tap View Apple ID. You might need to sign in with your Apple ID.
3. Scroll to Subscriptions, then tap it.
4. Tap Apple Music Menbership - Cancel Subscription.

Cancel Apple Music subscription from Android

1. Run Apple Music app on Android, tap the menu button
2. Tap Account - Manage Membership - Cancel Subscription.

Cancel Apple Music subscription from Mac

Through App Store

1. On your Mac, open the App Store app.
2. Click your Apple ID at the bottom of the sidebar.
3. Click View Information at the top of the window. You might be asked to sign in with your Apple ID.
4. On the Account Information page, scroll to the Manage section. To the right of Subscriptions, click Manage.
5. Click Apple Music Menbership - Cancel Subscription.

Through iTunes

1. Open iTunes.
2. Click Account > View My Account from the menu bar.
3. Sign in with your Apple ID, scroll down to Settings. To the right of Subscriptions, click Manage.
4. Click Apple Music Menbership - Cancel Subscription.

Cancel Apple Music subscription from PC

Through iTunes

1. Open iTunes.
2. Click Account > View My Account from the menu bar.
3. Sign in with your Apple ID, scroll down to Settings. To the right of Subscriptions, click Manage.
4. Click Apple Music Menbership - Cancel Subscription.

Cancel Apple Music subscription from Apple TV

This requires Apple TV 4th generation and later.

1. Open Settings.
2. Select Accounts.
3. Under Subscriptions, select Manage Subscriptions.
4. Select Apple Music Menbership - Cancel Subscription.

What Happens When You Cancel Your Subscription

Apple Music subscription doesn't end immediately after you cancel Apple Music subscription, there will be an expire date(next bill date). You can still use all its features before the expire date. When the expire date passes, you will lose access to Apple Music. If you cancel during your trial period, you’ll lose access to the catalog and features of Apple Music immediately. The songs you downloaded from Apple Music catalog or add to your Library will be removed from all your devices.

The music automatically synced after you turn on iCloud Music Library will also disappear, unless you also signed up iTunes Match , since iCloud Music Library is only available with Apple Music or iTunes Match subscription. Then you have to manually sync the music on your iOS device with iTunes on your computer using a USB cable or over Wi-Fi.

How to keep Apple Music songs After Canceling Subscription

Now you are aware that all Apple Music songs you added to Your Library or even downloaded from the Apple Music catalog will disappear after you cancel Apple Music. Is there any way to keep the Apple Music songs after cancelling Apple Music membership? Yes, you can use professional Apple Music downloader to download the songs to the regular MP3, AAC format during the period of the subscription. Then you can keep the Apple Music songs even after you cancel the subscription. Since the songs have been downloaded to mp3, m4a format, you can enjoy them anywhere on any compatible devices offline.

Follow below steps to learn how to download Apple Music songs/albums/playlists to mp3.

1. Launch Ondesoft iTunes Converter

Download, install and run Ondesoft iTunes Converter on your Mac or Windows. It will load the whole iTunes library automatically. Add Apple Music songs, albums or playlists you want to convert to mp3 to the Library.

2. Check Apple Music songs

If you added Apple Music songs/albums to Library, click Music on the left side and find your songs. Click the top checkbox if you want to select all songs in the playlist.

If you add playlist to Library, click the playlist name on the left side and all songs in the playlist will be shown on the right side. Check all of them or any one you want to convert.

3. Configure output settings

Select MP3 as output format. This Apple Music M4P to MP3 converter also supports converting Apple Music M4P tracks to M4A, AC3, AAC, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4R and MKA.

For each output format, Apple Music M4P to MP3 converter provides different profile settings: High, Normal and Low with different Bitrate, SampleRate and channels. You can also customize the value as you like.

Output filename can contain Title, Artist, Album, TrackID and DiskID, such as Artist - Album - Track - Title.mp3. Click Options on the menu bar to open Preferences and customize output filename format if you like.

Output mp3 filename can contain Title, Artist, Album, TrackID and DiskID, such as Artist - Album - Track - Title.mp3. Click Options on the menu bar to open Preferences and customize output mp3 filename format if you like. Then all output MP3 songs will be in this filename format.

4. Start to Convert

Click Convert button to start converting selected Apple Music M4P songs to MP3. During converting, iTunes plays the Apple Music tracks in the background (muted), so you'd better not using iTunes before conversion is finished.

Free trial version allows you to convert 3 minutes of each song, to get the full version, please purchase a license.

If you want to convert Spotify to MP3 , try Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter .

Features of Ondesoft Apple Music Converter:

Automatically synchronize with iTunes Library
Just add Apple Music tracks, playlists or albums to iTunes Library. Apple Music to MP3 converter will automatically load and show them on the interface. There is no need to download the tracks, playlists or albums if your internet connection is fast enough .

Customize profile settings
Apple Music to MP3 converter allows you to customize Codec, Bitrate, Sample rate and Channels of the output file. Also you may save them as custom profile for future use.

Fast Conversion Speed
The conversion speed can be as fast as 16X and you are free to set it as you desired.

Search Function
The powerful search function enables you to quickly find Apple Music tracks you need according to name, artist and album.

Customize file name format
Output file name can contain Title, Artist, Album, TrackID and DiskID and you are free to customize it as you like.

Save ID tags
ID tags such as song name, Artist name, Album, Album artist, Genre and Artwork will be saved to the output MP3 and M4A files.

Batch conversion
Batch conversion allows you to convert as many Apple Music tracks as you want at a time.