Your Apple ID is tagged to a country/region and you can purchase or download an app only if it’s available in that country/region. In most cases, apps are available for all countries and this shouldn’t matter much but infrequently, you might stumble on an app which is available for only some countries. In these cases, you won’t be able to download/install the app.
The quickest workaround for this is to change your app store country/region. Thankfully you can do this right on your iPhone/iPad by following some quick steps that we’ve mentioned here. Check it out.
How to Change App Store Country on your iPhone/iPad on iOS 8
Step #1. Open the Settings app.
Step #2. Tap on iTunes & App Store.
Step #3. Tap on your Apple ID.
Step #4. Then, tap on View Apple ID.
Step #5. Enter your password and you will get to the account information
Step #6. Next, tap on Country/Region.
Step #7. Tap on Change Country/Region.
Step #8. Select a country that you want to change to (for example, the USA.)
Step #9. Tap on Agree when you are shown the terms and conditions.
Step #10. On the next screen, you have to make sure you add a valid zip code and a credit card that’s valid for the country you’ve selected. If you can see a None option for payments, select that.
Step #11. Then, tap on Next.
Step #12. Once you’re done, you will see a message that says your Apple ID is now ready to shop on the specific country you selected. Tap on Start shopping and you’re done.
The trick part of this is when you have a credit card associated to your Apple ID. If you have no credit cards selected or added, the None option is readily available and you can breeze through the process without a problem. But if you have added a credit card and the None option doesn’t show up, you will need to add a valid credit card whose address matches the country you have selected.
Video Tutorial on Changing App Store Country Region in iOS 8 on Your iPhone or iPad
That’s all, folks!
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But mine, if I choose the other country, still I need to fill the credit card information. I don’f have NONE option in there :(
any solution?
Is Family Sharing enable on your iPhone? If yes, disable it, and check again. Then you must see NONE option there.
YES! This solved it, indeed!
I can’t pick the country Japan to switch to. Please help me!
Following article may help you:
http://www.igeeksblog.com/cant-see-none-when-edit-apple-id-payment-information/
It says this turns off auto-subscriptions which I don’t want to happen. Is there anyway to avoid this?
great info. quite helpful. changed mine within a minute! thanks
I chose none but t still requested a billing address which it rejected as this is in Spain
Apple may have worked around this issue again. You cannot change your country now on the iPad the way you’ve mentioned. I have even created a new Apple ID and only option is to initially enter credit card details. I want to buy (free) an app from the U.S. Store and it does not recognise my credit card as the billing address is in Australia. Please help!
I discovered after much cursing and 2-3 hrs. that I first needed to update my country and payment information in iTunes THROUGH MY COMPUTER and then sync my iPhone to iTunes. My AppleID was totally inaccessible through my phone until I did that, I just kept getting the error message that I had to change the country, but was blocked from actually doing so. Updating my country in AppleID through my computer wasn’t enough.
This use to work but now when I tried to change, there is no “None” option on the payment method. I didn’t setup a Family Sharing on my account so Family Sharing is disable. anyone help please.
I had the same issue on my phone with iOS 8.3. Please advise.
Same. Just updated my iPhone 6. The none option isn’t there anymore. It used to be there.
Maybe apple fix and remove the NONE option, how unpleasant.