Crave a password for App Store and iTunes purchases

You can require a password for every buy or crave a password every xv minutes.

Yous can choose how oft y'all want to enter your password when you buy items (including in-app purchases) from the App Store and iTunes Store:

  • Ever Crave—Every time yous make a purchase, you'll be asked to enter your password, fifty-fifty if you're signed in with your Apple ID.
  • Require Later 15 Minutes—If you entered your countersign within the concluding xv minutes, you won't be asked to enter your password over again.

If you don't want to enter a countersign when you download complimentary items, follow the steps below and turn off password protection for free items.

Crave a password on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap your proper name.
  3. Tap Media & Purchases.
  4. Tap Countersign Settings, and then choose the setting that you desire.

If y'all don't see Countersign Settings, you accept turned on Confront ID or Touch ID for App Store and iTunes Purchases. To change this, go back to Settings, tap "Face ID & Passcode" or "Touch ID & Passcode", and so plough off Confront ID or Touch on ID next to iTunes & App Store.

Require a password on your Mac

  1. On your Mac, cull the Apple carte du jour () at the tiptop of your screen, then choose System Preferences.
  2. Click Apple ID.
  3. Click Media & Purchases.
  4. Select the settings that you want for free downloads and purchases. If you accept Affect ID turned on for purchases, yous won't see this menu.

If you're using an older version of macOS, open iTunes, choose iTunes > Preferences, then click the Store tab.

Require a password on your PC

If yous're using a PC, open iTunes. From the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit, then choose Preferences. Click the Store tab. So select the settings that you want for purchases and free downloads.

Crave a countersign on your Apple tree Television set 4K or Apple Tv set HD

  1. From the Home screen, select Settings.
  2. Select Users and Accounts.
  3. Select [your name]'s Account.
  4. Nether Crave Password, choose the settings that y'all want for purchases and free downloads.

Crave a countersign on your Apple Television receiver (3rd generation)

  1. From the Dwelling screen, select Settings > iTunes Store > Sign In.
  2. Sign in with your Apple ID and countersign.
  3. After y'all click Submit, you'll see a screen that says "Recollect Password?" Select your preferred level of protection:
    • Cull Yes if you want the Apple Idiot box to remember your password for purchases as long every bit yous're signed in with your Apple tree ID.
    • Cull No if you lot desire to enter your countersign each fourth dimension that you brand a purchase in the iTunes Store.

To modify your countersign settings, sign out, and so follow the steps above to sign in over again.

About turning off password protection

You can't completely turn off countersign protection for paid items on your iPhone, iPad, iPod impact, or computer. On Apple tree TV, you can turn off password protection for both free and paid items.

If you lot enabled Touch ID or Face ID for App Store and iTunes Shop purchases, you lot'll be asked to apply Touch ID or Face ID for every download, even if the detail is free.

Manage what kids buy or download

If you use Family Sharing, you lot can employ Ask to Buy to command what kids buy. When a child asks to buy an item or download a free item, the family organizer tin can approve or decline the request.

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