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How to remove a credit card from your iPhone, and disconnect it from Apple Pay or your Apple ID

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You can remove a credit card from your iPhone with a few taps. Apple
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Your Apple ID probably has a credit card on file to make it easy to make purchases in iTunes and the App Store.

And if you use Apple Pay, you probably have at least one credit card connected there as well, so you can make retail purchases with your iPhone.

If you ever need to remove a credit card from one of these services, it's easy to do with just a few taps.

Check out the product used in this article:

Iphone XS (From $999 at Apple)

How to remove a credit card from your iPhone's Apple ID

1. Start the Settings app.

2. Tap "iTunes & App Store."

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You may have one or more credit cards connected to your Apple ID.  Dave Johnson/Business Insider

3. Tap your Apple ID at the top of the page and then tap "View Apple ID."

4. Tap "Manage Payments."

5. At the top of the Manage Payments page, tap "Edit."

6. Tap the red delete button to the left of the credit card you want to delete, and then tap "Remove" to confirm your choice.

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When you remove a credit card from your Apple ID, that card can no longer make purchases in iTunes or the App Store.  Dave Johnson/Business Insider

How to remove a credit card from your iPhone's Apple Pay

1. Start the Settings app.

2. Tap "Wallet & Apple Pay."

3. On the Wallet & Apple Pay page, you should see a list of all the credit cards you have connected to your Apple Pay account. Tap the credit card you want to remove.

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You can remove credit cards from your Apple Pay account via the Settings app.  Dave Johnson/Business Insider

4. Scroll to the bottom of the details page for the credit card and tap "Remove This Card." Confirm that you really want to remove it by tapping "Remove."

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Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.