Set up Family Sharing on iPhone

When you set up Family Sharing, family members can share purchases, subscriptions, their location, and more—without sharing accounts. You can also set up parental controls for children.

One adult family member—the organizer—sets up a family sharing group and invites up to five other family members to participate. When family members join, they have instant access to the shared content.

Family Sharing is available on eligible devices. See the Apple Support article System requirements for iCloud.

The Family Sharing screen in Settings. Five family members are listed and 4 subscriptions are shared with the family.

Create a Family Sharing group

You only need to set up Family Sharing on one device. Then it’s available on all your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing, then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your Family Sharing group.
When you add an adult family member, you can designate them as a parent or guardian. Learn about types of Family Sharing members.
Tap a feature you want to set up for your Family Sharing group, then follow the onscreen instructions.
Depending on the features you choose, you may be asked to set up a subscription. If you choose to share App Store, music, movie, TV, and book purchases with your family members, you agree to pay for any purchases they initiate while part of the Family Sharing group. Adult and teen family members can turn off purchase sharing for themselves.
You can see what you’re sharing with your family and adjust sharing settings at any time. Features you share with your family appear above those you haven’t shared.

What you can do with Family Sharing

With a Family Sharing group, you can set up or share the following:

Apple and App Store subscriptions: You can share Apple subscriptions, including iCloud+, and eligible App Store subscriptions. See Share Apple and App Store subscriptions with family members on iPhone.
Purchases: You can share iTunes Store, App Store, Apple Books, and Apple TV purchases. See Download family members’ purchases on iPhone.
Locations: When you share your location with family members, they can use the Find My app to see your location and help locate a missing device. See Share locations with family members and locate their lost devices on iPhone.
Apple Card and Apple Cash: You can share Apple Card with trusted members of your Family Sharing group or set up an Apple Cash Family account for a child. See Use Apple Cash and Apple Card with Family Sharing on iPhone (U.S. only).
Parental controls: You can manage your children’s purchases and how they use their Apple devices. See Set up parental controls with Family Sharing on iPhone.

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Set up Family Sharing on iPhone

Create a Family Sharing group

What you can do with Family Sharing