How to Fix Verification Required for Apps Downloads on iPhone and iPad

How to Fix Verification Required for Apps Downloads on iPhone and iPad

You may discover a Verification Required error message when attempting to install or update free apps from the iOS App Store on an iPhone or iPad, thereby preventing the user from downloading apps or updating any apps. The complete message is either Verification Required Before you can make purchases, you must tap Continue to verify your payment info. or Verification Required. Tap Continue and sign in to view billing information. if you see this message on an iPhone or iPad when trying to download, install, or update free apps you might be annoyed and want to stop the error and fix it. The verbiage varies slightly depending on the iOS release. This tutorial will show you who to stop the Verification Required message on iOS, either when downloading free apps or app updates on an iPhone or iPad. It turns out the Verification Required message on iOS is a result of the payment method used on the Apple ID associated with the device. Accordingly, you will see that Verification Required billing message if the payment method failed, if theres an unpaid balance on the account, or if the device has never purchased or downloaded anything or any free app before, or if the payment method has not been updated as needed. Thus, to stop the Verification Required message, in iOS, you will need to change the payment method, either to a valid payment method, or to none which allows no payment details to be associated with an Apple ID and App Store. Below we will detail the exact steps to accomplish this task. : note that if you simply add a valid credit card to an Apple ID, the Verification Required message will not appear at all, and you can avoid verification for updates and installs as long as you . If you dont want to add or verify a credit card with the Apple ID, or if the payment method expired, or you dont want to use one at all, then you must change a setting on your Apple ID to stop the Verification Required message. Heres how to do that: This should completely resolved the Verification Required message when performing App Store actions in iOS, whether updating apps, downloading new apps, or installing any apps, onto an iPhone or iPad. * Whether or not you choose to update payment information associated with an Apple ID is entirely up to you. If youre then youd want to choose the None option, which allows updating and downloading free apps without ever needing any sort of verification of payment or even a payment method at all. Or if the payment method has expired, you can choose None too and bypass the Verification Required message that way as well, and then later go back and update the payment details if need be. Keep in mind if you havre an unpaid balance on the Apple ID for a purchase, subscription, etc, you must pay that balance before you can choose the None option or before you can stop the Verification Required billing message. Separately but related, if you also dont want to authenticate with an Apple ID password upon each instance of downloading and installing iOS apps on the iPhone or iPad, you can (and for Mac users, there is a ). Did this work to resolve the Verification Required message in the App Store for your iPhone or iPad? Are you now able to download, install, and update apps in iOS without the Verification Required payment and billing message? Do you have another trick to fix that message? Let us know your experience in the comments below!