View and limit your child or teen's Apple Cash activity

With Apple Cash Family, you can view your child or teen's balance and transactions, choose who they can send money to, and lock their account.

View and manage your child's Apple Cash account

  1. On your iPhone, open the Wallet app and tap your Apple Cash card.*

  2. Tap the More buttonthe more icon, then tap Apple Cash Family.

  3. Tap the child's name.

If you're the Apple Cash Family organizer

You can:

  • View your child's Apple Cash balance.

  • View your child's transactions.

  • Choose who your child can send money to:

    • Everyone: no restrictions

    • Contacts Only: anyone that's added as a contact for your child*

    • Family Members Only: anyone in your family group

  • Turn on Notify Me When [your family member] Makes Any Transaction to receive notifications when they make a transaction.

  • Lock Apple Cash so your child can't make purchases or send and receive money.

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*You can use communication limits in Screen Time to manage their contacts and set other limits.

If you're a parent or guardian who's not an organizer

You can:

  • View your child's Apple Cash balance.

  • View your child's transactions.

  • Turn on Notify Me When [your family member] Makes Any Transaction to receive notifications when they make a transaction.

View your child's transactions

  1. On your iPhone, open the Wallet app and tap your Apple Cash Card.

  2. Tap the More buttonthe more icon, then tap Apple Cash Family.

  3. Tap the child's name.

  4. Tap Transactions to view their transactions.

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If you're the family organizer, you can tap Request Transaction Statement to request a copy of your child's transactions. The transaction statement is sent to the email associated with the organizer's Apple ID.

If your child is over 18 years old and they take ownership of their Apple Cash account, you won't be able to view their Apple Cash activity.

Learn more

See how to set up and use Apple Cash Family.

Sending and receiving money with Apple Pay and the Apple Cash card are services provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more about the Terms and Conditions.

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