Motility a kid to another group using Family unit Sharing

Y'all tin't remove a child under 13 years erstwhile from your family group, but you can move them to another group or delete their account.

If the child is already in your family

You tin can ask an organizer from another family unit grouping to invite the kid to their family. Afterwards they invite the child, you get a notification. You can approve from the notification or use these steps:

  • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Settings. Below your name, find a notification that says "Family Transfer Request." Tap the notification and follow the onscreen instructions.
  • On your Mac, choose Apple card  > Arrangement Preferences. Beneath your name, find a notification that says the kid was invited to Family Sharing. Click Proceed and follow the onscreen instructions. In macOS Mojave or before, choose Apple carte du jour  > Organization Preferences. Click iCloud, and then click Manage Family.

After you lot corroborate, the child moves from your family grouping to the other family group. Learn what happens after a family member leaves.

  • Children nether 13* tin can't be removed from a family group. Instead, yous tin can motility the child to another family group or delete their account. Acquire how to delete a child's Apple ID.
  • Does the child utilise Apple tree Card Family unit or Apple Cash Family? Before yous movement the kid to a different family grouping, close the child's Apple tree Cash account and remove them from the shared Apple Menu account.
  • If y'all set up an Apple Watch for the child, employ the Watch app on your iPhone or iPad to remove the device. Then the new parent or guardian tin can set up up the watch in their family group.

* Age varies by land or region.

If y'all want to invite the child to your family

Afterward you send the invitation, the child'due south current family organizer must approve the asking on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Then the child will move from their electric current family group to your family grouping.

Invite a kid from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper noun, and then tap Family unit Sharing.
  3. Tap Add Member.
    iPhone showing the Add Member button below the names of other family members.
  4. Tap Invite People.
  5. Tap Invite in Person.
  6. Ask the child to enter their Apple ID and password. Learn what to practise if the kid forgot their password.
  7. Follow the onscreen steps.
  8. After the child's electric current family organizer approves the request, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.

To check the condition of the request, go to Settings, tap your name, tap Family Sharing, so tap the child'due south name.

Invite a child from your Mac

  1. Cull Apple menu  > System Preferences, and so click Family unit Sharing.
  2. Click the Add button.
  3. Click Invite People.
    Mac showing the Invite People button.
  4. Click Invite in Person, then click Keep.
  5. Ask the child to enter their Apple ID and password. Larn what to do if the child forgot their password.
  6. Follow the onscreen steps.
  7. Afterward the child'south current family organizer approves the request, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.

To check the status of the asking, open Organization Preferences, click Family Sharing, so click the kid's proper noun.

If y'all have macOS Catalina

  1. Choose Apple bill of fare  > Arrangement Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
  2. Click the Add button.
  3. Ask the child to enter their Apple ID and countersign. Learn what to practise if the child forgot their password.
  4. Follow the onscreen steps.
  5. Subsequently the child's electric current family organizer approves the request, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.

To check the condition of the request, open System Preferences, click Family Sharing, and so click the child'south proper name.

If you accept macOS Mojave or earlier

  1. From the carte bar at the tiptop of your figurer screen, cull Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Click Manage Family, and then click the Add together push.
  3. Ask the kid to enter their Apple ID and password. Learn what to do if the child forgot their password.
  4. Follow the onscreen steps.
  5. After the child'southward current family organizer approves the asking, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.

To check the status of the request, open up System Preferences, click iCloud, click Manage Family, so click the child's name.

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