Can't change your App Store country because of a remaining balance?

Why Apple blocks the switch

Your Apple Account can change its country or region only after the balance on it is used up and nothing else is still running, such as a subscription or a pending refund. Apple lists every condition on its own support page.

Apple Support: change your Apple Account country or region

Three ways to get to 0

Where to see your balance

1. In the App Store, tap your photo, initials, or the My Account button
2. If you have a balance, the amount appears below your name
3. Enter the amount exactly, including cents

Then change your country

1. Spend your remaining Apple Account balance, and cancel any subscriptions that block a country or region change, then wait until the end of the subscription period
2. Wait for any memberships, pre-orders, movie rentals, or Season Passes to complete, and for pending refunds to process
3. In Settings, tap your name, then tap Media & Purchases
4. Tap Country/Region, select your new country or region, then tap Continue
5. Review the Terms & Conditions, then tap Agree
6. Select a payment method and enter your new payment information and billing address, then tap Done
7. If you don't want to enter a payment method, Apple says to wait until you're physically in your new country or region, then create a new Apple Account

Steps from Apple's support page.

Before you switch

• Cancel any subscriptions that block a country or region change, then wait until the end of the subscription period. In Settings, tap your name, then tap Subscriptions.
• If you use Family Sharing, Apple charges your own Apple Account balance before the family organizer's payment method
• If your balance doesn't cover a purchase, the remainder is charged to the family organizer when Purchase Sharing is on
• If you're part of a Family Sharing group, you might not be able to change your country or region

Balance not 0 yet?

• Wait for any pending refunds to process
• Sign out of the App Store, then sign in and check the balance again
• To see your purchases: in the App Store, tap your photo, initials, or the My Account button, tap Apps & Purchase History, then tap Purchase History
• Enter the balance you see. ZeroLeft plans from that amount

Questions

Guides

• App Store Balance: See It, Fix It, Get to Zero
• Changing Apple Account Country: Apps, Subscriptions
• Change App Store Country Without a Credit Card
• What Can You Buy With a Small App Store Balance?
• How to Spend a 2.00 USD App Store Balance to Zero

Cheapest item in each App Store

The lowest ZeroLeft pack price in each country. A balance below this amount needs one purchase with a small card charge, or Apple Support.