Before you update your location, you must spend your store credit, cancel your subscriptions, and get a payment method for your new country or region.
What to do before you change your country or region
Spend any balance remaining on your Apple ID. If you're not sure whether you have a balance, check your Apple Account balance.
Cancel any subscriptions that block a country or region change, and wait until the end of the subscription period.
Wait for any memberships, pre-orders, movie rentals, or Season Passes to complete, and wait for any pending store credit refunds to process. You can cancel a pre-order.
Make sure that you have a payment method for your new country or region. See what payment methods you can use.
Redownload your apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books on any devices that you might use to play or read them in the future. Some types of content might not be available in your new country or region. Learn what types of content and services are available in your new country or region.
After you update your Apple ID billing address and payment method, you can upgrade your iCloud+ plan using the pricing in your new country or region.
Use your iPhone or iPad to change your region
Open the Settings app.
Tap your name, then tap Media & Purchases.
Tap View Account. You might be asked to sign in.
Tap Country/Region.
Select your new country or region.
Tap Change Country or Region.
Tap your new country or region, then review the Terms & Conditions.
Tap Agree in the upper-right corner, then tap Agree again to confirm.
Select a payment method and enter your new payment information and billing address, then tap Next. You must enter a valid payment method for your new country or region.*
Use your Mac or Windows PC to change your region
Open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app.
On a Mac, in the menu bar, choose Account > Account Settings. On a Windows PC, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar, then click View My Account.
You might need to sign in with your Apple ID.
On the Account Information page, click Change Country or Region.
Select your new country or region.
Review the Terms & Conditions, then click Agree. Click Agree again to confirm.
Enter your new payment information* and billing address, then click Continue.
Change your region online
Sign in to appleid.apple.com.
Tap or click Personal Information.
Tap or click Country/Region.
Follow the onscreen instructions. You must enter a valid payment method for your new country or region.*
If you can't change your country or region
If you can't change your country or region, make sure that you canceled your subscriptions and spent your store credit. Complete these steps before you try to change your country or region.
If you're a part of a Family Sharing group, you might not be able to change your country or region. Learn how to leave a Family Sharing group.
If you still can't change your country or region, or you have less store credit than the cost of a single item, contact Apple Support.
* If you don't want to enter a payment method, wait until you're physically in your new country or region, then create a new Apple ID.
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