Summary
When you unsubscribe to Apple Music, you will lose access to your music library. Want to keep Apple Music songs playable after canceling subscription? Get an easy way to save Apple Music songs as local MP3/M4A/FLAC/WAV files, so then you could keep downloaded Apple Music songs forever and enjoy them everywhere without a subscription.

“Will I lose all the music in my library if I unsubscribe from Apple music? How do I keep my downloaded music from Apple Music after subscription ends?”

Apple Music is one of the most popular paid subscription streaming service. After the three-month free trial period for new Apple Music users, they need to pay $9.99 a month. What if your Free Trial runs out? Or you want to stop the subscription from Apple Music? What happens to your music library if you unsubscribing Apple music? Can you keep Apple Music songs playable after canceling subscription? How to save Apple Music song on computer forever? Here’s an easy-to-follow, in-depth guide to help you resolve these problems.

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Part 1. What Happens if you Cancel Apple Music Subscription?

Apple Music offers multiple plans for users to meet your needs.

  • $5.99 per month for Student Plan
  • $10.99 per month for Individual Plan
  • $16.99 per month for Family Plan (6 accounts)

With an Apple Music subscription, you can discover, browse and stream over 100 million ad-free songs and 30,000 playlists with high quality. Meanwhile, you can download Apple Music to your compatible devices and listen to them in Offline Mode.

But if you cancel your Apple Music subscription, you are unable to access your Apple Music library and can not download songs from Apple Music. Because Apple Music songs are in M4P format protected by Apple’s Fairplay DRM which prevents you from keeping the downloaded songs on your own device then cancel the subscription. Worse, the music you downloaded is no longer available. In other words, you never really have the downloaded songs as your own files. If you want to keep Apple Music forever even after unsubscribing, you can turn to the best Apple Music converter — TunesBank Apple Music Converter.

Best Tool to Keep Apple Music Playable After Canceling Subscription

TunesBank Apple Music Converter is the most professional tool which can help you remove DRM protection from Apple Music tracks and convert Apple Music tracks to popular formats such as MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV with lossless output quality. With a built-in Apple Music Web Player and Music Player, you just need to sign with your Apple ID on TunesBank. And the you may search, play and download any track from Apple Music web browser! Moreover, it also supports to remain all ID3 tags and metadata information like title, artist, album, etc. in the output files. In addition, it provides batch conversion so that you can convert a whole playlist from Apple Music to your computer in a short time. In this way, you can not only keep Apple Music songs forever, but also transfer them to any devices, including iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPhone, MP3 Players and so on.

Highlights of TunesBank Apple Music Converter:

  • Supports to unlock DRM from Apple Music, iTunes M4P music.
  • Convert Apple Music as MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC audio format.
  • Built-in Apple Music Web Player, works without iTunes/Music app.
  • Convert iTunes music & audiobooks, Audible audiobooks to MP3, M4A, etc.
  • Keep Apple Music songs/playlists playable after canceling subscription.
  • Play Apple Music on any players, devices without restrictions.
  • Preserve 100% original quality, ID3 tags and metadata information.
  • Strongly compatible with the latest iTunes app, Mac OS 10.11-11 & Windows 11.
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Guide: How to Keep Apple Music Songs Playable after Canceling Subscription

The following tutorial will guide you how to use TunesBank to remove DRM from Apple Music and keep Apple music after cancel subscription. TunesBank Converter is suitable for both Mac or Windows PC, here we take the Mac version as an example.

Step 1. Install and Open TunesBank Apple Music Converter
Install and open the TunesBank Apple Music Converter on your Mac. It is necessary to log in to your Apple ID and password. Don’t worry, it will not steal any of your information, except your music library.

launch the converter and sign in Apple ID

Step 2. Add Apple Music Songs/Playlists/Albums to TunesBank
You will reach its embedded web player. Click a “Playlist” from the left side, then all Apple Music tracks will loaded in the main interface. Just drag it to the red “+” icon.

add Apple Music playlist

Select the songs you want to convert or the entire playlist by ticking the checkbox.

Select Apple Music Songs

Step 3. Choose Output Format
Click on “Menu” > “Preference”, you can customize the Output Setting to whatever you want, here you can choose output format as MP3/M4A/FLAC/WAV, output quality, output folder, bit rate, sample rate, etc.

customize output settings

Step 4. Start to Keep Apple Music Songs Playable after Canceling Subscription
Click “Convert” button to save Apple Music songs as MP3, M4A or FLAC format. During the converting process, TunesBank allows you to go back to the “Library” and add more songs to convert.

keep apple msuic songs locally

After that, click “Finished” button, then click “View Output File” to get unprotected Apple Music songs. You can keep Apple Music after subscription ends and enjoy them anytime without limits.

get Apple Music MP3 files

Part 3. FAQs about Apple Music Subscription

Apple does not allow to keep your Apple Music tracks playable after unsubscribed. In this part, we’ve collected some frequently asked questions about canceling Apple Music subscription, and provided answers to these questions.

Q1. Can I listen to Apple Music after cancelling subscription?
Answer: Yes. After canceling Apple Music subscription, you can still access your music library, and listen to your downloaded songs until the next billing day.

Q2. Can You Re-activate Your Apple Music Subscription?
Answer: Sure, you can! Apple allows users to join and cancel its membership plan at any time.

Q3. How do I Reactivate my Apple Music Subscription?
Answer:
1. Open Settings app on iOS device, tap your name > “iTunes & App Store”.
2. Tap on your Apple ID > “View Apple ID”. Scroll down to find “Subscriptions”, and tap it.
3. Select Apple Music and the subscription plan.

Q4. Can I get my music back if I resubscribe to Apple Music?
Answer: No. Once your Apple Music subscription is canceled or expired, you will loss access all songs/playlists/downloads. Moreover, your music and playlists would not return even if you restore your subscription in the future. Therefore, the best way to keep Apple Music songs forever is to save as local files using TunesBank Apple Music Converter.

Part 4. How to Cancel Your Apple Music Subscription?

With the awesome TunesBank Apple Music Converter, you can easily keep Apple Music songs forever, even after canceling the subscription. You may want to know how to cancel your Apple Music subscription. Check it out!

1) How to Cancel Apple Music Subscription on Computer
● Go to music.apple.com on browser.
● Click “Sign In” at the top right of the page.
● Tap the “account” icon > “Settings”.
● Scroll to “Subscriptions” and tap “Manage”.
● In the pop-up window, click “Cancel Subscription” and confirm it.

cancel apple music subscription on web

2) How to Cancel Apple Music Subscription on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
● Go to Settings on iOS device.
● Tap your name and Apple ID
● Tap “Subscriptions” and choose Apple Music Membership.
● Scroll down to find the “Cancel Subscription” button and press it.

cancel apple music subscription on ios

3) How to Cancel Apple Music Subscription on Android
● Open the Apple Music app on your Android phone or tablet.
● Tap the three-dot menu at the top right corner of the page, and tap “Account”.
● Find the “Subscription” section and tap “Manage Subscription”.
● Finally, tap “Cancel Subscription” and confirm your action.

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Conclusion

Here’s all about how to keep Apple Music playable after canceling subscription. With the help of TunesBank Apple Music Converter, you can easily convert and save Apple Music songs as MP3, M4A, FLAC files. After conversion, you can save Apple Music songs forever even if you unsubscribe Apple Music, and transfer them to any devices for offline playback. By the way, TunesBank Apple Music Converter also supports to convert iTunes purchased M4P music, iTunes M4B audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks to MP3, M4A, FLAC pure audios. So that you could keep iTunes music and audiobooks forever, and enjoy them on any device without limits.

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