When you share a subscription with your family

You and up to five family members can enjoy access to content on Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, and more. When you share subscriptions, each person sees their own preferences, recommendations, and shared content. When you share an iCloud+ plan, family members can't see each others’ photos, files, or documents.

If you already set up Family Sharing

After you set up Family Sharing, eligible subscriptions are automatically shared with your family members. If your family members can't access a subscription, here's what to do:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app, then tap your name.

2. Tap Subscriptions.

3. Scroll down and make sure that Share with Family is turned on.

4. Tap the subscription that you want to share.

   • If the subscription is for an individual or student, upgrade the subscription to a family plan.

   • If the subscription isn't made by Apple, it might not be eligible to share. To share a subscription, turn on Share with Family under Family Access.

Learn more about the types of content that you can share with your Family Sharing group

If you haven't set up Family Sharing

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.

3. Tap Set Up Your Family, then follow the onscreen instructions and invite your family members.

4. Eligible subscriptions are automatically shared with your family members.

Who is charged for the subscription?

If Purchase Sharing is turned on, the family organizer pays for everyone's subscriptions.*

If you're the family organizer and you don't want to pay for other family members' purchases and subscriptions, you can turn off purchase sharing. When purchase sharing is turned off, everyone must use their own payment method to make purchases. When Purchase Sharing is turned off, family members can share subscriptions, but they can't share individual purchases like apps or books, or non-consumable in-app purchases. Learn more about app purchases, subscriptions, and non-consumable in-app purchases.