Securely control who you share content with from iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch

With Shared Albums in Photos, you choose the photos and videos you want to share and the people you want to share them with. You can also change your sharing settings at any time. If you stop sharing a photo or an album with someone, they won’t receive a notification and their access to the shared album and its contents is removed.

If you’re a subscriber to a shared album, you can delete any photos that you shared. You can also select Unsubscribe to unsubscribe from the shared album.

1. Select a shared album on your iPhone or iPad, then tap the Add Subscribers button .

2. Do any of the following:

   • Invite new subscribers: Tap Invite People, then enter the names of the subscribers you want to add.

     Subscribers can add photos and videos to the album. Turn off the Subscribers Can Post button so only you can add photos and videos.

   • Remove subscribers: Tap the name of the subscriber, then tap Remove Subscriber.

   • Turn notifications off: Tap the Notifications button. Tap again to turn Notifications on.

To learn more, see:

• Share photos and videos on iPhone in the iPhone User Guide

• Share photos and videos on iPad in the iPad User Guide

iCloud Shared Photo Library lets you share photos and videos seamlessly with up to five other people. When you contribute photos and videos to iCloud Shared Photo Library, they move out of your Personal Library and into the Shared Library. With Shared Library, you can choose what to share, and you can automatically share content straight from the camera. All participants can add, edit and delete content in the Shared Library. And the person who set up the Shared Library — the library creator — provides iCloud storage for all the content.

If you’re the library creator, you can remove participants from the Shared Library or delete your Shared Library at any time. When you remove a participant from your Shared Library, they receive a notification and can copy all the items in the Shared Library to their Personal Library. A participant can’t remove other participants.

1. Do any of the following:

   • To remove participants from a Shared Library, go to Settings > Photos > Shared Library, then tap Delete Participants.

   • To leave a Shared Library, go to Settings > Photos > Shared Library, then tap Leave Shared Library.

     When you leave a Shared Library, you can copy everything from the Shared Library into your own library, or just the content you contributed.

   • To delete a Shared Library, you must be the organiser. Go to Settings > Photos > Shared Library, then tap Delete Shared Library.

     All participants are notified that the Shared Library has been deleted.

To learn more, see:

• Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos in the iPhone User Guide

• Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos in the iPad User Guide

If you previously invited a person to share your calendar, you can manage their ability to edit the calendar or you can stop sharing the calendar with that person.

If you’re the Calendar owner and would like to stop sharing, tap the name of the subscriber for options. If you’re a subscriber, select Delete Calendar to remove the shared calendar.

1. Tap Calendar on your iPhone or iPad, then tap the Info button next to the shared calendar you want to edit.

2. Tap a person, then do any of the following:

   • Turn Allow Editing on or off.

   • Tap Stop Sharing.

To learn more, see:

• Share iCloud calendars on iPhone in the iPhone User Guide

• Share iCloud calendars on iPad in the iPad User Guide

You can share a Tab Group and collaborate with people who use iCloud. A shared tab group can have a total of 100 participants. Participants can add and remove tabs from the Tab Group, and everyone sees updates in real time.

Everyone you collaborate with must be signed in with their Apple ID, have Safari turned on in iCloud settings and have two-factor authentication turned on.

1. Tap Safari , then tap the Collaborate button in the top-right corner.

2. Tap Manage Shared Tab Group, then do any of the following:

   • Remove someone: Tap a name, then tap Remove Access.

   • Stop sharing with everyone: Tap Stop Sharing.

   • Add someone: Tap Share With More People, then invite them.

To learn more, see:

• Add and remove people from a shared Tab Group in the iPhone User Guide

• Add and remove people from a shared Tab Group in the iPad User Guide

When someone shares content with you from the Music, Apple TV, News, Photos, Podcasts and Safari apps, Shared with You can automatically organise it into a Shared with You section for easy access.

Content that’s shared with you in the Messages app is automatically organised in a Shared with You section in the Music, Apple TV, News, Photos, Podcasts and Safari apps. If there is content shared with you through Messages that you don’t want to appear in associated apps, you can turn off this feature by person.

1. Tap Messages on your iPhone or iPad, then tap the conversation whose content you don’t want to share across apps.

2. When the thread opens, tap the person’s name at the top.

3. Turn off Show in Shared with You, then tap Done.

To learn more, see:

• Use Messages to receive and share content with friends in the iPhone User Guide

• Use Messages to receive and share content with friends in the iPad User Guide

If you want to turn Shared with You on or off within the Music, Apple TV, News, Photos, Podcasts or Safari apps, you can adjust your settings.

• On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Messages > Shared with You, then turn off Automatic Sharing or turn off Shared with You for a specific app.

If you have an Apple Watch and previously shared your Activity rings with someone, they can see information about your activity level and workouts. It doesn’t give them any information about your location.

You can hide your progress, or stop sharing your activity with a particular person entirely, from the Sharing tab in the Activity app. If you stop sharing your activity, that person isn’t notified.

1. Open the Activity app on your Apple Watch.

2. Swipe left, then turn the Digital Crown to scroll to the bottom of the screen.

3. To remove someone you’re sharing with, tap their name, then tap Remove.

To learn more, see:

• Share your activity from Apple Watch in the Apple Watch User Guide