Crave a password for App Store and iTunes purchases

You lot tin require a password for every purchase or require a countersign every 15 minutes.

You tin can choose how often you want to enter your countersign when you buy items (including in-app purchases) from the App Shop and iTunes Store:

  • Always Require—Every time you lot make a buy, you'll exist asked to enter your password, even if you're signed in with your Apple tree ID.
  • Require Afterwards xv Minutes—If you entered your password within the last fifteen minutes, you won't exist asked to enter your countersign again.

If y'all don't want to enter a password when yous download free items, follow the steps below and plow off countersign protection for gratuitous items.

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

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Media & Purchases.
  4. Tap Password Settings, then choose the setting that you want.

If yous don't run across Countersign Settings, you have turned on Face ID or Bear on ID for App Shop and iTunes Purchases. To change this, go back to Settings, tap "Confront ID & Passcode" or "Touch ID & Passcode", and so turn off Face ID or Impact ID adjacent to iTunes & App Shop.

Require a countersign on your Mac

  1. On your Mac, cull the Apple tree menu () at the top of your screen, and then choose Organization Preferences.
  2. Click Apple tree ID.
  3. Click Media & Purchases.
  4. Select the settings that y'all want for costless downloads and purchases. If you lot have Impact ID turned on for purchases, y'all won't see this menu.

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

Require a countersign on your PC

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

Require a countersign on your Apple Television receiver 4K or Apple tree TV HD

  1. From the Dwelling screen, select Settings.
  2. Select Users and Accounts.
  3. Select [your name]'s Account.
  4. Nether Require Password, choose the settings that you want for purchases and costless downloads.

Require a password on your Apple TV (3rd generation)

  1. From the Home screen, select Settings > iTunes Store > Sign In.
  2. Sign in with your Apple ID and password.
  3. Later on you click Submit, you lot'll come across a screen that says "Remember Password?" Select your preferred level of protection:
    • Cull Yes if you desire the Apple Idiot box to call up your password for purchases equally long as you lot're signed in with your Apple ID.
    • Cull No if y'all want to enter your password each fourth dimension that you brand a purchase in the iTunes Store.

To modify your password settings, sign out, then follow the steps above to sign in once again.

Well-nigh turning off countersign protection

Yous tin't completely turn off password protection for paid items on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or computer. On Apple TV, you can turn off countersign protection for both gratis and paid items.

If yous enabled Touch ID or Face up ID for App Shop and iTunes Store purchases, yous'll be asked to use Touch ID or Confront ID for every download, even if the item is gratis.

Manage what kids buy or download

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

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