Apple Now Lets You Move Digital Purchases From One Apple Account to Another

If you have two Apple Accounts with multiple digital purchases between them, Apple now has a way for you to consolidate the accounts by migrating content from one account to another.

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As noted by Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels, Apple today published a support document that provides instructions for moving purchases from a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account.

Apps, music, books, TV shows, and movies that have been purchased on a secondary account can be migrated to a main account, which is useful for people who have separate accounts for iCloud and for making media purchases.

Apple says that to migrate purchases, the primary email address, phone number, password for both accounts is required, neither account should be shared, and two-factor authentication must be turned on. When the migration takes place, the Apple Account that's signed in for use with ‌iCloud‌ will be the primary Apple Account, and the Apple Account signed in for Media and Purchases will be the secondary Apple Account.

To go through the process, you'll need to sign in with two different accounts on an iPhone or iPad, one for ‌iCloud‌ and one for purchases. There are several steps to go through, such as making sure that both accounts are set to the same country, and ensuring the secondary account does not have a remaining balance.

If you're interested in merging accounts, you should go through the checklist that Apple has outlined, and read through Apple's info on what happens during an account migration and how to undo it.

The actual merging process can be done by opening up the Settings app, going to Media and Purchases, tapping View Account, and then choosing the Migrate Purchases option. After migration, the secondary account can no longer be used for purchases, and you will need to sign in with the primary account on all Apple devices.

When combining accounts, all payment methods associated with the secondary account will migrate to the primary Apple Account, and subscriptions will also transfer over. The secondary account's Up Next queue in Apple TV will also migrate over and replace content from the primary account, as will any podcast library data.

Migrating Apple Account purchases is not available in the European Union, United Kingdom, or India at the current time.

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Top Rated Comments

ps3zocker Avatar
22 weeks ago
Hell just froze over.
Score: 53 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Return Zero Avatar
22 weeks ago
Wow, it only took 21.5 years. Better late than never?
Score: 50 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Chris Grande Avatar
22 weeks ago
How Apple of them "You might not see Migrate Purchases if you’re not eligible" — so good luck figuring out which of the 10 things that could be blocking you from migrating.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mrr Avatar
22 weeks ago
So does this let me reconcile my old iTunes account with my Apple ID Account?
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Monque Avatar
22 weeks ago
Is there some sort of Lunar or Martian calendar where it's April 1 today?
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
thenahon Avatar
22 weeks ago
This is ****ing HUGE. We have been waiting over 25 years for this. I grew up using my mom's Comcast email for our iTunes account, then later changing that to my Gmail when I started paying for the family's purchases. When family sharing came about I had my own iCloud/Apple ID and this Gmail AppleID and had to juggle both. Finally, I can just have one Apple ID. Hallelujah!
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)