Set up Family Sharing

You tin start a new family unit group and invite people to join, or yous can join someone else's family group.

Family Sharing makes it piece of cake for upward to six family members to share music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, subscriptions including iCloud+, and more, all without sharing an Apple ID.ane You tin can ready an Apple ID for kids, prepare permissions remotely with Screen Time, and approve spending and downloads from a parent'due south device with Inquire to Buy.ii You can too fix Apple Cash for a child or teen, or set them upward with an Apple tree Watch. Learn more near what you can practice with Family Sharing.

  • Commencement a family group

  • Invite family members

  • Bring together a family unit group

Showtime a family group

One adult in the family — the family unit organizer — tin set up Family Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. If purchase sharing is turned on, the family organizer pays for family members' purchases and must accept a valid payment method on file. Bank check which payment methods are available in your country or region.three

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name.
    iPhone showing Family Sharing in Settings.
  3. Tap Family Sharing, then tap Set Up Your Family.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your family and invite your family members.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple carte  > System Preferences, and so click Family Sharing.
    Mac showing Family Sharing in System Preferences.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that yous desire to use for Family Sharing, and make certain that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, and so click iCloud.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that you desire to use for Family Sharing, and make sure that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Invite people to join your family

You tin be a part of only one family at a time.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper noun, so tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap Add Fellow member.
  4. If your kid doesn't take an Apple ID, tap Create an Account for a Child. But if your child already has an Apple ID, tap Invite People. They can enter their Apple ID password on your device to take the invitation.
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences.
  2. Click Family Sharing.
  3. Click Add together Family Fellow member, and so follow the onscreen instructions.

If y'all're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Cull Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Click Manage Family.
  3. Click the add family member button (+), then follow the onscreen instructions.

If you have multiple Apple IDs, you lot tin invite each of your accounts to the grouping, so you tin can share purchases from your other Apple IDs with your family unit.

Run into if your family member accepted the invitation

After you send the invitation, y'all tin can check its status.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Family unit Sharing.
  4. To meet the status of the invitation, select that person's proper name.
  5. If you demand to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple bill of fare  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. Or if yous're using macOS Mojave or before, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
  2. To meet the status of the invitation, select that person'due south name.
  3. If yous need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

Join a family group

Accept or decline an invitation to join a family direct from your device. You'll become an invitation past email or in a text bulletin. And then you tin can respond right from the invitation. If you miss the email or text invitation, reply from your device Settings or Organization Preferences.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper noun.
  3. Tap Invitations.

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you bring together a family unit, yous might exist asked to confirm your business relationship data and to opt-in to any features or services your family ready.

On your Mac

Choose Apple tree menu  > Organisation Preferences, then click Family Sharing. If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, cull Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.

To take an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, you might exist asked to ostend your business relationship information and to opt-in to whatsoever features or services your family set.

If y'all can't accept the invitation

If you can't accept the invitation, see if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Think, y'all can only join one family at a time, and you can only switch to a different family group one time per year.

  1. Not all content is eligible to be shared.
  2. Age varies past country or region.
  3. Accepted forms of payment vary by land or region.

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