每个国家/地区都有一个Apple App Store，必须符合该国家/地区的要求。这意味着当您从一个地区移动到另一个地区时，您可能想要更改您的应用商店国家/地区。
这似乎是合乎逻辑的事情，但这个选项有很多缺点，而且整体上可能对你更好的解决方法。因此，在您扣动扳机并将您当前的App Store位置更改为其他位置之前，在(App Store)更改您的 App Store 国家(changing your App Store country)/地区之前需要记住一些事项。
这是一个长期的举措吗？
如果您只是打算暂时留在新国家并计划返回，那么老实说，不值得更换地点的麻烦。如果您不打算更改当前的付款方式，则尤其如此。
您的付款方式与您居住的国家/地区相关联。您不能使用来自一个国家/地区的付款方式来支付在另一个国家/地区的购买。因此，如果您当前的信用卡不会被取消，您不妨保持您的应用商店国家或地区不变。一切将继续正常工作。
如果您担心Netflix等区域性应用，它们只会检测您的位置并据此更改可用内容。无需更改App Store本身的任何内容。
Apple App Store 国家/地区变更要求(Apple App Store Country Change Requirements)
如果您认真考虑更改应用商店区域，则需要在继续之前做一些准备工作。这是您需要具备的条件：
- 目标国家/地区的付款方式，帐单地址位于该国家/地区。
- 任何App Store积分都必须用完
- 必须取消所有当前订阅
- 必须完成任何活跃的交易，例如数字租赁
完成所有这些操作后，您就可以向Apple请求更改，但在此之前请继续阅读以了解更多注意事项。
您将无法购买
如果您更改App Store国家/地区，您可能无法访问您之前购买的应用程序和内容。如果您已经将它们下载到设备上，它们不会消失，但如果您删除它们，以后可能无法再次下载它们。
这是您可能要重新考虑更改应用(App)商店国家/地区的最大原因。无缘无故地失去数百美元的购买可能并不理想，而不是武断的区域政策。
您可以下载和卸载应用程序
如果您仍想完成区域更改，您可能希望将所有应用程序下载到您的设备上。遗憾的是，我们大多数人的 iOS 设备上可能没有足够的空间来将我们曾经购买的每个应用程序永久保存在本地存储中。幸运的是，您不再需要删除应用程序来释放现代 iOS 中的空间。相反，您可以简单地卸载应用程序。
这会删除标准应用程序数据，但不会删除其图标或您的个人数据，例如文档或游戏存档。然后，您只需轻按即可随时重新下载该应用程序。使用该应用程序的许可证也保留在您的本地设备上。因此，这可能是在区域更改后保留应用程序的一种方法。虽然不能保证这将无限期地工作。
此外，值得注意的是，您可能也无法更新您之前购买的地区的应用程序。这对于改变(Which)App Store 国家(Countries)/地区的想法来说是又一个钉子。
家庭共享受到影响
如果您的家庭组(Family Group)中有不与您一起改变国家/地区的人，那么您将遇到一些问题。家庭(Family)群组的所有成员都需要拥有来自同一地区的Apple ID 。(Apple IDs)
因此，如果您是Family Group的主要成员，或者依赖于通过会员资格获得的应用程序，那么更改App Store国家/地区将是一个主要问题。如果您保留现有的Apple ID，即使您现在住在其他地方，这也不会成为问题。
你不必改变你的国家地区(Your Country Region)
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到目前为止，更改您的App Store区域可能听起来麻烦多于其价值，但是您要搬到一个新的国家/地区，所以您肯定别无选择吗？不！重要的是要了解，无论您实际居住在哪里，您的App Store(App Store)体验都不会改变。
只要您的商店当前设置的地区有有效的付款方式，无论您是否仍然居住在原来的国家/地区，您都可以像往常一样继续使用它。
如果您将失去当前的付款方式并且将使用与您的新国家/地区相关联的付款方式，那么您可能需要考虑进行更改，但您应该首先考虑另一种替代方式！
您可以拥有多个 Apple ID
大多数人可能只有一个Apple ID，与他们的主要电子邮件地址相关联。但是，您没有理由只有一个Apple ID。无需将当前 ID 更改为新的国家/地区，您只需为目标国家/地区创建一个新的Apple ID。只要您准备好该地区的付款方式即可。
来自多个Apple ID(Apple IDs)的应用程序可以毫无问题地存在于同一设备上。在不同的ID(IDs)之间切换也不是什么大问题。就像输入用户名和密码一样简单。
因此，为您的新Apple ID(Apple ID)创建一个新电子邮件地址，在登录旧帐户时下载您想要在设备上拥有的所有应用程序和内容，然后切换到新商店。您可能必须切换到旧商店才能更新应用程序，但这只是几分钟的麻烦。与永久切断您的旧购买相比，这算不了什么。
走阻力最小的道路
在最好的情况下，国际(International)搬迁是一项复杂而压力大的工作。那么，为什么要通过改变基本的、已建立的App Store(App Store)体验来让事情变得更加复杂呢？虽然Apple(Apple)提供这样做的能力是有意义的，但在撰写本文时它的实施方式并不理想。
当然，如果您了解更改您所在地区的含义并且可以接受，那么请务必毫不犹豫地完成它。毕竟，管理一个Apple ID总是比管理两个要简单。也有明显的可能性，Apple将在未来更改区域更改的一些更不方便的方面，因此当您阅读本文时，此处列出的缺点可能不再适用。
然而，就目前而言，我们的主要建议是，任何想要在Apple App Store中更改国家/地区的人都应该简单地创建第二个Apple ID并同时运行两者。这是阻力最小的路径，并与您在移动过程中担心的所有其他事情一起采取，似乎是最简单的解决方案。
8 Tips Before You Change Your Apple App Store Country
There’s an Apple App Store for every сountry, which must conform to the requirеments оf that nation. This means that when you move from one region to another, you maу want to chаngе your app store country.
This seems like the logical thing to do, but there are numerous downsides to this option and workarounds that could be better for you overall. So, before you pull the trigger and change your current App Store location to something else, there are a few things to remember before changing your App Store country.
Is This A Long-term Move?
If you’re only going to stay in your new country temporarily with plans to return, it honestly isn’t worth the hassle of changing locations. This is especially true if you aren’t going to change your current payment method.
Your payment method is linked to the country you reside in. You can’t use a payment method from one country to pay for purchases in another. So if your current credit card isn’t going to be canceled, you might as well leave your app store country or region unchanged. Everything will keep working as normal.
If you’re worried about regional apps like Netflix, they simply detect your location and change the available content based on that. There’s no need to change anything about your App Store itself.
Apple App Store Country Change Requirements
If you are serious about changing app store regions, you need to do some prep work before going ahead with it. Here’s what you need to have in place:
- A payment method for the target country, with a billing address in that country.
- Any App Store credit must be used up
- All current subscriptions must be canceled
- Any active transactions, such as a digital rental, must be completed
Once you’ve done all of this, you’re ready to request a change from Apple, but before doing that read on for more caveats.
You’ll Lose Access To Purchases
If you change your App Store country, you may lose access to apps and content that you have purchased before. They won’t disappear if you’ve already downloaded them to the device, but you may not be able to download them again later if you delete them.
This is the biggest reason that you might want to reconsider changing your App store country. It’s hardly ideal to lose potentially hundreds of dollars in purchases for no real reason than arbitrary regional policies.
You Can Download And Offload Apps
If you still want to go through with the region change, you’ll probably want to download all of your apps to your device. Sadly most of us probably don’t have enough space on our iOS devices to permanently keep every app we’ve ever bought on local storage. Luckily, you no longer have to delete an app in order to free up space in modern iOS. Instead, you can simply offload the application.
This deletes the standard application data, but doesn’t remove its icon or your personal data such as documents or game saves. You can then re-download the app at any time by simply tapping on it. The licence to use the app also stays on your local device. So this might be one way to keep apps after a region change. Though there is no guarantee this will work indefinitely.
Also, it’s worth noting that you may also not be able to update applications from your previous region’s purchases. Which is another nail in the coffin for the idea of changing App Store Countries.
Family Sharing Is Affected
If you have people in your Family Group that aren’t changing countries with you, then you’re going to run into some issues. All members of a Family group need to have Apple IDs from the same region.
So if you’re the main member of the Family Group or rely on apps you get through membership in one, changing App Store country is going to be a major issue. If you leave your existing Apple ID as is, this won’t be a problem even if you’re living somewhere else now.
You Don’t HAVE To Change Your Country Region
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So far, changing your App Store region may sound like more trouble than it’s worth, but you’re moving to a new country so surely you have no choice? No! It’s important to understand that regardless of where you actually live, nothing will change about your App Store experience.
As long as you have a valid payment method for the region your store is currently set to, you can keep using it as always no matter whether you still live in your original country or not.
If you’re going to lose your current payment method and will be using one linked to your new country, then you may want to consider making the change, but there’s an alternative to this you should think about first!
You Can Have More Than One Apple ID
Most people probably only have one Apple ID, linked to their main email address. However, there’s no reason for you to only have one Apple ID. Instead of changing your current ID to a new country, you can simply create a new Apple ID for the target country. As long as you have a payment method for that region ready.
Apps from multiple Apple IDs can live on the same device with no issue. Switching between different IDs isn’t a major hassle either. It’s as simple as entering a username and password.
So create a new email address for your new Apple ID, download all the apps and content you want to have on your device while logged into the old account and then switch to the new store. You might have to change over to the old store in order to update apps, but this is just a few minutes of hassle. That’s nothing compared to being permanently cut off from your old purchases.
Taking The Path Of Least Resistance
International relocation is a complicated and stressful job at the best of times. So why make things even more complicated by changing your fundamental, established App Store experience for so little gain? While it makes sense for Apple to offer the ability to do this, the way it has been implemented at the time of writing is less than ideal.
Of course, if you understand the implications of changing your region and are OK with it, then by all means don’t hesitate to go through with it. After all, managing a single Apple ID will always be less complicated than managing two. There’s also the distinct possibility that Apple will change some of the more inconvenient aspects of region changes in future, so the downsides listed here may no longer apply when you read this.
However, as it stands today, our main recommendation is that anyone looking to change countries in the Apple App Store should simply create a second Apple ID and run both concurrently. It’s the path of least resistance and taken along with all the other things you’ll be worrying about during your move, seems like the simplest solution.
