How to transfer a child to another Family Sharing group
As the organiser of a Family Sharing group, you can transfer a child’s Apple Account to another family group. Depending on the child’s age, country or region, you may be able to remove them from their family group without transferring them to another family group.
If your child is under 13*, you can usually remove them from a Family Sharing group by transferring them to another family group. Or a parent or guardian can request to delete their Apple Account, let the deletion take effect, then remove the child from the family group. There’s no other way to remove a child from a family group if they’re under 13.
If your child is between the ages of 13 and 17* and Screen Time and parental controls are set for their device, the family organiser must turn off Screen Time and parental controls before the child can be removed from the family group, transferred to another family group or request to leave the family group on their own.
Depending on a child’s age, country or region, their Apple Account may have to stay connected to a Family Sharing group until they turn 18.
Find out more about how settings and features vary for child and teen accounts
* Age varies by country or region.
How to transfer a child to another Family Sharing group
To transfer a child from one Family Sharing group to another, the family organiser for the new family group needs to send the invitation to the child. Then the family organiser of the child's current family group needs to approve the request. Make sure you have the child's email address (or phone number) and password for their Apple Account.
Find out what to do if the child doesn't have their Apple Account password
Send an invitation from your iPhone or iPad
Open the Settings app, then tap Family.
Tap the Add Member button
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Tap Invite Others, then tap Invite in Person.
Enter the child's Apple Account email address (or phone number) and password on your iPhone or iPad. Find out what to do if the child has forgotten their password.
Follow the remaining onscreen steps.
After the child’s current Family Sharing organiser has approved the request, follow the onscreen steps to provide consent and verify that you’re an adult.
If the child doesn’t know the password for their Apple Account, they can reset the password. Keep in mind that if you reset the password, you need to start the transfer process again.
Send an invitation from your Mac
Choose Apple menu , then click System Settings.
Click Family, then click the Add Member button.
Click Invite People.
Click Invite in Person, then click Continue.
Ask the child to enter their Apple Account email address (or phone number) and password. Find out what to do if the child has forgotten their password.
Follow the onscreen steps.
After the child’s current family organiser has approved the request, follow the onscreen steps to provide parental consent and verify that you’re an adult.
If the child doesn’t know the password for their Apple Account, you can reset it. Keep in mind that if you reset the password, you need to start the transfer process again.
Check the status of the request
Open the Settings app or System Settings, then tap or click Family.
Click the child's name.
How to approve the request to transfer a child's Apple Account
If you're the child's current Family Sharing organiser, you should receive a notification after the organiser of the new Family Sharing group invites the child to join their family group. You can approve from the notification itself or approve on your device in Family settings. After you approve, the child moves from your family group to the new family group.
If the child uses Apple Card Family or Apple Cash Family, close the child's Apple Cash account and remove them from the shared Apple Card account. If you set up an Apple Watch for the child, use the Watch app on your iPhone or iPad to remove the device. The new Family Sharing organiser can set up the watch in their family group later.
On your iPhone or iPad
To approve the invite, open the Settings app.
Below your name, find a notification that says "Family Transfer Request".
Tap the notification and follow the onscreen instructions.
On your Mac
To approve the invite, choose Apple menu , then click System Settings.
Below your name, find a notification that says the child was invited to Family Sharing.
Click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions.
How to leave or remove a member from a Family Sharing group
If there are members in the Family Sharing group between the ages of 13 and 17* and Screen Time and parental controls are set for their device, the family organiser has to turn off Screen Time and parental controls before the child can leave or be removed from the family group. The family organiser will also have to approve the request for the child to leave the family group.
Depending on your country or region, you may not be able to leave a Family Sharing group or remove a member from a family group until they’re 18.
Find out more about how settings and features vary for child and teen accounts
Find out how to leave a Family Sharing group
How to delete a child's Apple Account
Children under 13* can’t be removed from a Family Sharing group without being transferred to another family group or having their Apple Account deleted by a parent or guardian. If a child in the family group is under 13, the family organiser needs to delete the child's Apple Account and let the deletion take effect before they can remove the child from the family group.
If your child is between the ages of 13 and 17*, they can request deletion of their Apple Account, but this requires approval from a parent or guardian. The approval request is sent to the family organiser's primary Apple Account email address. When approving the request from this email, you'll go through the process of deleting the child's Apple Account.
Find out how to delete an Apple Account
*Age varies by country or region.
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