How to register an American Apple ID for free and without a card

Why do you need an American Apple ID

The main advantage of a US account is access to the local App Store. It has a much larger assortment of applications and games, including exclusive ones that are not available in our country. Moreover, many new items appear there much earlier.

In addition, there are various streaming services like Spotify, Rdio, which do not work in the Russian Federation. Another advantage is the possibility of free installation of paid applications for iPhone, iPad and Mac through the FreeMyApps service, which supports only the American App Store.

However, there are also disadvantages. Apple Music subscriptions, movies in the iTunes Store and other digital content are not profitable to buy with an American Apple ID, since the prices are higher there.

How to register an American Apple ID

Register Apple ID: Go to Settings → Apple ID

For the option to create a new Apple ID to appear, you must first sign out of the existing one. To do this, open "Settings" → Apple ID, click "Sign out" and after entering the password "Off."

Press “Exit” again and confirm your choice. Don't worry, all information will remain in iCloud and will automatically sync when you sign in again.

Create Apple ID: Wait for data to upload to cloud

Apple ID: The settings screen will look like this

Wait for the data to upload to the cloud. The settings screen will then look like this.

American Apple ID: Find any app and click Download

Find any free app or game in the App Store and click Download. Select Create Apple ID from the pop-up window.

Register Apple ID: enter your email and create a password

Create Apple ID: fill in personal information

Enter your mail, which will be used as a login, come up with a password. Select the country United States, turn on the Agree to Terms and Conditions toggle switch and click Next. Fill in personal information and ask the answers to security questions.

American Apple ID: take the address of any hotel

Select None payment method and fill in your billing information. Use Google Maps and take the address of any hotel. Preferably from a state where there is no tax on purchases, such as Florida.

Street - the street with the selected building (1751 Hotel Plaza).
City - city (Orlando).
State - state (FL - Florida).
Zip - index (32830).
Country / Region - United States.
Phone - telephone number (407-827-4000).

Confirm the creation of your account. Make sure the Agree to Terms and Conditions toggle switch is on and click Next. Enter the verification code that will be sent to the e-mail specified during registration.

Wait for the setup to complete and click Continue. Everything is now ready.

To check, search the App Store for an application that is not available in Russia, for example, Spotify, and install it. If it works, then you did everything right.

What will happen to the old account

Since the registration of a new Apple ID has nothing to do with the existing one, nothing threatens it. The old account will be saved, and the applications and games purchased in it can be re-downloaded to the device at any time - they will not go anywhere.

To access previously purchased content, you just need to log out of the American Apple ID and log in basically.

How to switch between accounts

Apps, games, and other digital content are tied to the Apple ID from which it is purchased or downloaded. Therefore, to download and update applications from the American App Store, you will have to switch between accounts.

Create Apple ID: Click on your avatar

This is done very simply: you need to sign out of your current account by clicking on your avatar on the main screen of the App Store, and then scroll down the list and select Sign out. After that, you need to open the same menu again and enter the login and password from another account. Lifehacker talked about this in more detail in.