How to cancel iPhone app subscriptions

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CEO Tim Cook speaks during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer
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2018 in San Jose, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the
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• You might have several monthly or annual subscriptions
  for content or apps billed through iTunes.
• Here’s how you can check what you’re subscribed to
  through Apple. 

Nobody likes paying for things they don’t use. 

So if you’re an iPhone user, you should double-check to make sure
you didn’t accidentally stay subscribed to an app or service you
thought you cancelled. 

It’s actually pretty hidden in the App Store — TechCrunch’s Josh
Constine called the
settings “buried” and a “dark pattern design.” 

App subscriptions are an emphasis for Apple. It held
an invite-only meeting last year to convince developers to
adopt subscription models, and Apple CEO Tim Cook said that 300
million Apple users are currently subscribed to either an app or
an Apple subscription service, like Apple Music. 

Here’s how you
check your subscriptions. You can tap
here if you have the iTunes store installed on your iPhone or
Mac.

Otherwise, you’ll have to fire up the App Store app. You’re
looking for your photo in the corner: 

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That will take you to this page. Again, you’ll want to tap on
your user photo. 

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After tapping on your account again, you’ll need to enter your
password, scan your fingerprint, or use Face ID to get to the
next page. You’re looking for “Subscriptions,” which should be on
the lower half of your screen: 

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That will bring you to the subscriptions screen. Tapping anything
on this list will tell you how much you’re spending, when it
renews next, and the opportunity to cancel or change the
settings.

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Here’s what the subscription screen for Apple Music looks like:

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There are more details and options at Apple’s website, but you’ll
be able to similarly cancel your unwanted subscriptions.