How To Find Your Past Purchase History On The Apple App Store

Check out your full Apple App Store purchase history in just a few steps.

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You’ve probably downloaded a lot of apps from the Apple App Store and wondering what you’ve forgotten – there are millions to choose from.

Some of the apps are reasonably priced at $0.99, but there are a few that command significantly more than that. It’s easy to forget what you’ve purchased or downloaded from the App Store, especially if you’re a long-term Apple user.

Thankfully though, there’s an easy way to see all your past purchases on the Apple App Store – both free and paid. There isn’t a way (yet) to just see all the paid apps you’ve purchased or just the free apps you’ve purchased, you’ll see all your apps – everything – in chronological order since the beginning of time (when you first made an Apple account on the App Store).

Here are the ways you can view your past purchases on the Apple App Store.

[iPhone] View Your Past Purchase History On The Apple Store

There are a number of ways you can view your past purchase history on the Apple App Store. You’ll see how to view your past purchase history on your iPhone first, since that’s what most people visiting this guide have.

View Apple Store Purchase History On iPhone
Here are the steps to view your past purchase history for the Apple App Store on your iPhone.
Open The Settings App
iPhone Settings App Icon
iPhone sittings app

Find the settings app on your Home Screen. Look for the app icon or swipe down and type ‘settings’.

Tap Your Name
iPhone settings screen
Tap your name

Tap on your name or profile photo at the top of the screen.

Tap Media & Purchases
iPhone settings screen media purchases
Tap “Media & Purchases”

Tap “Media & Purchases”.

Tap “View Account”

Tap “View Account” on the popup menu at the bottom of the screen.

iPhone settings screen view account
Tap “View Account”
Tap “Purchase History”
iPhone settings screen account settings
Tap “Purchase History”

Tap “Purchase History” at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t see it you might have to scroll down a bit.

View Your Apple Purchase History For The App Store
Apple Past Purchase History
Apple Past Purchase History

On this page you’ll find your past purchase history for the Apple App Store.

Apple doesn’t give you much option to sort and filter your Apple App Store history other than different time ranges. It would be nice to filter by price, free/paid, updated and so on.

[Internet] How To View Your Apple App Store History Online

In addition to finding your Apple App Store history on your iPhone, you can find the same information out by visiting Apples website. Here’s how to do it.

Find Your Apple App Store History Online

Here’s how to find your your Apple App Store history using an internet browser.

1

Go to this website in any browser on your computer

http://reportaproblem.apple.com

2

Sign In To The Apple Website

desktop apple login to website
Sign in using Touch ID or whichever method is presented

Sign into the Apple website with the Apple ID you want to view past purchases with. Your login screen might look different than mine depending on which browser and computer you’re using.

It doesn’t matter – just make sure you login with the same account you’re wanting to view the past purchase history with.

3

View Your Apple App Store Past Purchase History

View Your Apple Store Past Purchase History

Here you’ll see your full purchase history from the Apple App Store. You do get a bit more option to sort the results by keyword, but in my opinion it is needing an update.

[Mac] How To View Your Purchase History On A Mac

Finally, this last way of finding your Apple App Store purchase history is just for Mac users.

I would have thought Apple would include more filter options for sorting your Apple App Store purchase history, but that’s not the case. You’ll just be able to filter by year. That’s it.

1

Open Up The Apple Music App

Apple Music app icon
The Apple Music App

Find the Apple Music app icon on your App dock or press ⌘ + space and type “music”.

2

Tap Account Then Account Settings

Tap “Account” at the top menu then select “Account Settings”.

3

Scroll To “Purchase History”

Apple Music app purchase history
Scroll down to “Purchase History”

Scroll down the account settings page to “Purchase History”.

4

Select “See All”

Apple Music purchase history
View Purchase History (Mac)

Here you’ll find your complete Apple App Store purchase history. You don’t even get a search bar, just a drop down with the years. WHY did Apple do such a bad job on this I don’t know.

Conclusion

So there you have it, three ways to check your Apple App Store purchase history.

As soon as Apple updates their App purchase history with a proper filter and sort option we will report back, but for now the best way to view your past Apple App Store purchase history I think is with their website here: http://reportaproblem.apple.com.

It’s the least fuss and you at least get a keyword search box.

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