Your APPLE ID is the account you use to sign into all Apple services. Without an ID you are completely crippled from using an Apple service. An Apple ID always requires you to associate a Payment method or Credit card details with it in case you make any purchases using Apple store or any other service. Apple will not allow you to create an ID unless you provide valid payment information. Divulging such private monetary information may not sound appropriate to all.
Moreover, teenagers who wish to create an Apple account but do not have a credit card face this common issue. Any individual who desires to download apps not available in his country through the apple store also encounters a similar problem.
Therefore if you want to create an Apple ID without giving credit card details we have made it SIMPLE & for you, if you follow the below baby steps:
1. Open the “SETTINGS” in your Apple device and go to “APP STORE”. Sign out from any previous Apple account you might be using.
2. Search the App Store for any FREE App of your choice. Click on “GET” button to install the particular free app.
3. You will now receive a pop-up message asking whether to use existing apple id or to “CREATE NEW APPLE ID?” Select the option to create a new ID.
4. Hereafter it will ask you to choose your COUNTRY CODE or region.
5. Read the TERMS and CONDITIONS of the Apple Privacy Policy. Click on AGREE.
6. You will be requested to provide an EMAIL-ID & a PASSWORD. This mail address you provide is your NEW APPLE ID. Security questions will be needed to be filled for securing your account.
7. Next page will request you for Billing information/ Payment method. It is here where you select “NONE” as your payment option. This is an important step.
Along with this, you will be asked to provide your Name, Address, Zip code, and Contact information. Click NEXT.
The next page will ask you to “VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT”. A verification mail is sent to the email id you earlier provided to Apple. Log into your mail id and click on “VERIFY NOW” hyperlink that you receive in your mail. This will get you logged into the Apple ID website.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have successfully created an APPLE ID without selecting any PAYMENT METHOD.
This is the UNIQUE apple id that you can use for all Apple services whether it includes iTunes, App Store, iBooks, iCloud and the others. Any book, song, video or app is now at your disposal through Apple stores.
The steps for creating an APPLE ID in this manner is the same for iPod, iPhone, iPad or Mac.
The minimum age requirement to create an APPLE ID is 13 years. However, you can create an account for your child using Family Sharing option. Thus a child can have an APPLE ID too under a legal guardian.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you ever try to download a CHARGEABLE product through Apple service, it will ask you to give payment details even though you have created an Apple ID without a Credit card.
You are required compulsorily to provide Payment option in case:
- You are the ORGANIZER in a Family Sharing group on Apple.
- If you open a CHILDREN’S account.
There are few instances where the “NONE” option is not provided at the time of entering Billing information. This may happen if:
- You have subscribed any subscriptions.
- There are unpaid dues to the Apple store that you have to clear.
The ADVANTAGE of creating an APPLE ID without CREDIT CARD enables you as parents to prevent accidental purchases in case your child happens to operate your Apple device. It also helps you keep your BUDGET in check and helps you save MONEY so that you can utilize it on wise purchases.
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