Set up Family Sharing on iPhone

With Family Sharing, family members can share purchases, subscriptions, an iCloud storage plan, Screen Time information, and more, all without sharing accounts.

To use Family Sharing, one adult family member (the organizer) chooses features for the family to share and invites up to five other family members to participate. When family members join, Family Sharing is set up on their devices automatically. You can be part of only one family group at a time.

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

Set up Family Sharing

Family Sharing requires you (the organizer) to sign in with your Apple ID and to confirm the Apple ID you use for the iTunes Store, the App Store, and Apple Books (you usually use the same Apple ID for everything).

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing, then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your family group.
You can add family members or create an account for a child.
Tap a feature you want to share, then follow the onscreen instructions.
To learn more about Family Sharing features, see the following:
- Subscriptions and iCloud storage: You can share Apple subscriptions, an iCloud storage plan, and App Store subscriptions. See Share subscriptions and iCloud storage with family members.
- Purchases: You can share iTunes Store, App Store, Apple Books, and Apple TV purchases. See Download family members’ purchases.
- Apple Card Family: If you have Apple Card, you can share it with anyone in your Family Sharing group aged 13 or older. See Set up Apple Card Family.
- 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 your location with family members and Locate a family member’s missing device.
- Features for children: You can manage your children’s spending and how they use their Apple devices. See Turn on Ask To Buy for children, Set up Apple Cash Family, and Set up Screen Time through Family Sharing.
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 group. Adult and teen family members can turn off purchase sharing for themselves.

You can also share photos, a calendar, and more with family members.

Add a family member

The organizer of the family group can add a family member.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing, then tap Add Member.
Tap Invite People, then follow the onscreen instructions.
You can send the invitation using AirDrop, Messages, or Mail. If you’re near the family member, you can also tap Invite in Person and ask the family member to enter their Apple ID and password on the screen called “Family Member’s Apple ID.”

Create an Apple ID for a child

The organizer, a parent, or a guardian can create an Apple ID for a child in a Family group.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing.
Do one of the following:
- If you’re the organizer: Tap Add Member, tap Create an Account for a Child, then follow the onscreen instructions.
- If you’re a parent or guardian: Tap Add Child, then follow the onscreen instructions.

For more information about child accounts, see the Apple Support article Family Sharing and Apple ID for your child.

See what you’re sharing with your family

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.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing.
Tap a feature, then do any of the following:
- If you haven’t set up the feature: Follow the onscreen instructions to set it up.
- If you have set up the feature: Review and adjust sharing settings.

Leave or turn off Family Sharing

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing > [your name].
Do one of the following:
- Disband the family group: Tap Stop Using Family. Only the organizer can disband the family group.
- Leave family sharing: Tap Stop Using Family Sharing.
Young children cannot remove themselves from a family group, and they must be moved to another family before you disband yours. See the Apple Support article Leave Family Sharing.

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