Will i lose my apple music if i join family sharing

hello, I plan an changing my apple music to family share plan, and my girlfriend wants to join mine. will she lose all the music she currently has if she cancels hers and joins mine?

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(Pocket-lint) - Apple Music is a music-streaming service that Apple launched in 2015. The service competes with the likes of Spotify, YouTube Music and Amazon Music Unlimited, offering users access to millions of songs and a multitude of features, depending on their subscription.

Apple offers five paid-for subscription options, one of which is the Apple Music Family subscription. There's also an individual monthly subscription, individual annual subscription, a Student subscription and a Voice Plan, as well as an option for Android device users.

This feature focuses on the Apple Music Family subscription, detailing everything you need to know from how much it costs to what it offers and where it is available. 

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The Apple Music Family plan costs $14.99/month in the US or £14.99/month in the UK and it includes access to Apple Music for up to six users, just like the Amazon Music Unlimited plan. It is slightly cheaper than the Spotify Premium for Family plan after Spotify increased its pricing.

To use an Apple Music Family subscription with other people in your family, you'll need to set up Family Sharing using a supported device. If you set up Family Sharing, you will automatically become the family organiser.

Apple Music is also part of the Apple One subscription bundle to Apple services. The Apple One Family tier offers you and up to five members of your family Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 200GB of iCloud storage for $19.95/month in the US or $19.95 in the UK. There's also the Apple One Premier tier that costs $29.95/month in the US and £29.95/month in the UK, and includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, as well as News+, 2TB of iCloud storage and Fitness+ for you and five family members.

The Apple Music Family plan not only offers access for up to six users, but each of those users will have their own individual account, which will allow them to stream ad-free music and videos, access over 90 million songs and their iTunes library, listen online or offline and download 100,000 songs to their library.

Family plan users will also get access across their devices, whilst also being able to see what friends are listening to and get access to Apple Music 1 live and on-demand radio shows.

They can choose what they share and when they share it with other members of the Family plan, or decide not to share at all, and they will also be able to share iTunes purchases if they have setup iCloud Family sharing.

The Apple Music Family plan is available globally, including the US, UK and Australia. You can see whether Apple Music Family plan is available in your country by heading here.

You can subscribe to the Apple Music Family plan from an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or an Android device. If you already have an Apple Music Individual or Student subscription, you can change it to a Family subscription. Following the steps from Apple's support page here will help you manage your subscription options.

If someone already has Apple Music as an Individual or Student, renewal of that subscription is automatically cancelled when they join a Family plan.

If you are signing up to Apple Music from scratch, you'll find step-by-step instructions on how to setup a Family plan for Mac or PCs on this Apple support page.

We've detailed how to sign up for Apple Music Family plan on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch immediately below. Scroll a little further down for instructions on how to sign up for Apple Music Family plan on an Android device. 

1. Open the Apple Music app
2. If you don't see an Apple Music screen, tap 'For You' at the bottom of the screen
3. If you're joining Apple Music for the first time or previously used a trial, tap the trial offer
4. If you currently subscribe to Apple Music, tap 'Sign In', then change to a Family subscription.
5. Tap the Family option, then tap 'Start Trial'.
6. If prompted, sign in with the Apple ID and password that you use with the iTunes Store.
7. You might be asked to validate your billing info, but you won't be billed the full monthly price until after the trial ends.
8. Add a valid payment method and tap 'Join'.
9. If prompted, agree to the terms and conditions.
10. Choose genres and artists that you like. You can also see what your friends are listening to and get notifications when artists release new music.

Family members already set up in Family Sharing will automatically have access to Apple Music following the steps above. If you don't have access, ask the family organiser to invite you to join Family Sharing.

1. Download the Apple Music app from Google Play.
2. Open the Apple Music app. If you don't see an Apple Music screen, tap the three vertical dots, then tap 'For You'.
3. If you're joining Apple Music for the first time or previously used a trial, tap the trial offer.
4. If you currently subscribe to Apple Music, tap 'Sign In', then change to a Family subscription.
5. Tap the Family option, then tap Start Trial.
6. If prompted, sign in with the Apple ID and password that you use with the iTunes Store. If you don't have an Apple ID, click 'Create New Apple ID'.
7. You might be asked to validate your billing info, but you won't be billed the full monthly price until after the trial ends. 
8. Add a valid payment method and tap 'Join'.
9. If prompted, agree to the terms and conditions.
10. Choose genres and artists that you like. You can also see what your friends are listening to and get notifications when artists release new music.

To turn on iCloud Family Sharing: Tap the three vertical dots > Account Settings > Manage Membership > Manage Family.

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Maybe you just want to cancel Apple Music free trial so you don’t get charged or you want to switch to another service. For whatever reason, if you want to cancel your Apple Music subscription, here is all you need to know.

You should know that there is no need to wait till the day before the next billing day to cancel Apple Music. You can just cancel Apple Music Subscription now and you can still access it until the next billing date. That is to say, if you get Apple Music trial, you can cancel it now and still be able to enjoy Apple Music for 3 months free.

There are a few ways to manage your Apple Music subscription, but none of them are extremely obvious. You can follow the steps below according to the device you are using.

Cancel Apple Music on iPhone

The first way to cancel your Apple music subscription is from your iPhone. It is the same for canceling it on an iPad.

1. Launch Music app on your iPhone and tap on For You tab at the bottom.

2. From the For You page, tap on the profile icon in the top right corner.

3. Next up, tap on Manage Subscription to continue.

4. Now you can tap on Cancel Subscription or Cancel Trial if you are using Apple Music free trial. Tab Confirm and then you have successfully canceled your Apple Music.

If you have uninstalled the Music app, you can still cancel Apple Music on your iPhone. Just go to Settings > your profile picture > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > View Apple ID > Subscription > Apple Music.

From there, you can just tap Cancel Subscription to end your Apple Music membership. When you request to view Apple ID you may be asked to authenticate your Apple ID using password, Touch ID or Face ID.

Cancel Apple Music in iTunes

You can also end your Apple Music membership with iTunes on your PC or Mac. Just follow the steps below to get started.

1.Launch iTunes on your computer or Mac.

2.Click on Account option on the main menu bar and select View My Account.

3.Now input your Apple ID password and Click Sign In. This will take you to your Apple ID account page.

4.Scroll all the way down to Settings section. To the right of Subscriptions, Click Manage.

5.Now you should see all the active subscriptions for your Apple ID. If you have other active subscription other than Apple Music, then click Apple Music Membership. Then you can click Cancel Subscription and it will give you a pop-up asking for confirmation.

Cancel Apple Music on Android

1.Install Apple Music on your Android phone if you don't have it, and then launch it.

2.Sign in to your Apple account. Then tap on the three-dot icon in the top left corner and select Account Settings.

3.In the Account Settings page, select Manage Membership.

4.Now just tap on Cancel Subscription or Cancel Trial to end your Apple Music Membership.

After Canceling Apple Music

After canceling Apple Music subscription, you can still access it until the next billing day. During the time before your Apple Music membership expires, you will get notified to resubscribe to Apple Music in order to keep your music. If you are determined to leave Apple Music, there is a way to keep your playlists. Just read on.

The songs you downloaded from Apple Music catalog will be removed from all your devices. The music you purchased from iTunes will be removed from your device but you can download them without paying again.

As you know, iCloud Music Library allows you to access your entire iTunes library. If you have added your own music to iCloud Music Library, they will stay in there, but you cannot access them until you re-subscribe to Apple Music.

Unlike Spotify, Apple Music does not provide a free version. All playlists you created become inaccessible after the cancellation. If you want to keep all your playlists or transfer playlists to another music streaming service, Tunemymusic is here to help you.

No matter how long you have been using Apple Music, you certainly have created one or more playlists that you love to listen to. It is recommended to import all your Apple Music Playlist to a file just in case you will never subscribe to Apple Music again. Whenever you subscribe to another music service, you can easily import all your playlists via the file.

Tunemymusic allows you to export Apple Music to TXT or CSV. In this way, you will never lose your music playlists. What’s more, you can also use Tunemymusic to upload this file to any music platform with our service.

If you decide to switch to another music streaming service, for example, Spotify, you can convert Apple Music playlist to Spotify for free with TuneMyMusic. No login is required. You can transfer your entire music library including playlists, albums, and artists to Spotify in one go. Of course, you can only choose to transfer your playlists.