Set up Family Sharing

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

Family Sharing makes it easy for up to six family members to share music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, subscriptions including iCloud+, and more than, all without sharing an Apple ID.ane Y'all tin set up an Apple ID for kids, set permissions remotely with Screen Fourth dimension, and approve spending and downloads from a parent's device with Ask to Buy.ii Y'all can too prepare Apple tree Cash for a child or teen, or set them upwardly with an Apple Watch. Learn more about what you lot can do with Family Sharing.

  • Outset a family grouping

  • Invite family unit members

  • Bring together a family unit group

Start a family unit group

1 adult in the family — the family organizer — tin fix Family Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod impact, or Mac. If buy sharing is turned on, the family unit organizer pays for family unit members' purchases and must have a valid payment method on file. Check which payment methods are bachelor in your land or region.three

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper noun.
    iPhone showing Family Sharing in Settings.
  3. Tap Family unit Sharing, and then tap Set up Upwardly Your Family.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to gear up your family unit and invite your family unit members.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
    Mac showing Family Sharing in System Preferences.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that you want to employ for Family Sharing, and make sure that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

If you lot're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple tree bill of fare  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that you want to employ for Family unit Sharing, and make sure that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Invite people to bring together your family unit

You lot can be a part of only i family at a fourth dimension.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Get to Settings.
  2. Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap Add Member.
  4. If your child doesn't have an Apple tree ID, tap Create an Account for a Child. Just if your kid already has an Apple ID, tap Invite People. They can enter their Apple ID countersign on your device to accept 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 you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple menu  > Organization Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Click Manage Family unit.
  3. Click the add together family fellow member push button (+), and so follow the onscreen instructions.

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

Encounter if your family member accepted the invitation

Later on you ship the invitation, yous tin can check its condition.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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

On your Mac

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

Bring together a family unit group

Have or decline an invitation to bring together a family straight from your device. You'll get an invitation by email or in a text message. Then you tin answer correct 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 affect

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

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you bring together a family, you might be asked to confirm your account data and to opt-in to any features or services your family unit set.

On your Mac

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

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you bring together a family, you might be asked to confirm your account information and to opt-in to whatever features or services your family set upward.

If you tin can't take the invitation

If you can't take the invitation, see if someone else joined a family with your Apple tree ID. Remember, you lot tin can only join one family unit at a fourth dimension, and you can simply switch to a different family group once per year.

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

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