Set upward Family Sharing

Yous can start a new family group and invite people to join, or you tin can join someone else'south family group.

Family Sharing makes it easy for up to six family unit members to share music, movies, Tv set shows, apps, books, subscriptions including iCloud+, and more, all without sharing an Apple ID.one Y'all tin can set upwards an Apple ID for kids, prepare permissions remotely with Screen Time, and corroborate spending and downloads from a parent'southward device with Ask to Purchase.2 You can also ready Apple Cash for a child or teen, or set up them up with an Apple tree Watch. Learn more about what you can practice with Family Sharing.

  • Start a family group

  • Invite family members

  • Bring together a family group

Start a family unit group

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

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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

On your Mac

  1. Cull Apple menu  > Arrangement Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
    Mac showing Family Sharing in System Preferences.
  2. Ostend the Apple ID that y'all want to use for Family Sharing, and make sure that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

If you're using macOS Mojave or before:

  1. Choose Apple menu  > Arrangement Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Ostend the Apple ID that you want to employ for Family Sharing, and make certain that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Invite people to bring together your family

You tin be a role of only one family at a fourth dimension.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Become to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper name, and so tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap Add together Member.
  4. If your child doesn't have an Apple tree ID, tap Create an Account for a Kid. But if your kid already has an Apple ID, tap Invite People. They can enter their Apple tree ID password on your device to accept the invitation.
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple card  > Organization Preferences.
  2. Click Family Sharing.
  3. Click Add together Family unit Member, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple carte  > Arrangement Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Click Manage Family.
  3. Click the add together family member button (+), then follow the onscreen instructions.

If you lot take multiple Apple IDs, you can invite each of your accounts to the group, and then you can share purchases from your other Apple tree IDs with your family.

See if your family fellow member accepted the invitation

Later yous send the invitation, y'all tin can cheque its status.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper name.
  3. Tap Family Sharing.
  4. To run into the status of the invitation, select that person'south proper noun.
  5. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple tree bill of fare  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. Or if y'all're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, and so click Manage Family.
  2. To see the status of the invitation, select that person's name.
  3. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

Join a family unit grouping

Accept or decline an invitation to join a family directly from your device. Yous'll get an invitation by email or in a text message. Then you tin can respond right from the invitation. If you lot miss the electronic mail or text invitation, respond from your device Settings or System Preferences.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Invitations.

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, you might be asked to confirm your business relationship data and to opt-in to whatsoever features or services your family set up.

On your Mac

Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple carte du jour  > System Preferences > iCloud, and then click Manage Family.

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, you lot might be asked to confirm your account information and to opt-in to whatsoever features or services your family ready.

If you lot can't accept the invitation

If you can't accept the invitation, encounter if someone else joined a family unit with your Apple tree ID. Call back, y'all tin can only join 1 family at a fourth dimension, and you can but switch to a different family grouping in one case per year.

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

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