How to avoid Apple Music automatically charging you when your free trial ends

Apple Music comes with a free three-month trial. If you signed up to the streaming service as soon as it became available this trial period is about to end. If you wish to continue to use it after today you will have to pay for the pleasure.

Decided to use a different service instead (maybe Amazon Prime Music now that it has the Universal Music Group onboard)? Don't think you can simply let your free trial expire and that will be end of the matter, because it won't. Apple automatically signs you up for an auto-renewal payment option. So when the trial comes to an end, you’ll start paying for the service, regardless of whether you're still using it or not.

To avoid paying for Apple Music from 1 October, you'll need to turn off the auto-renewal. This is easy enough to do, although the process is far from obvious.

All you have to do is go into Settings > iTunes & App Store. Tap your Apple ID, select View Apple ID and enter your password.

Tap Manage under the Subscriptions option, and toggle off Automatic Renewal for Apple Music.

If you're on a PC or Mac, you can disable the Apple Music subscription through iTunes. Click the Account icon at the top, and select Account info. Log in to your account, and click Manage next to Subscriptions under Settings. Click Off next to Automatic Renewal.