If the child is already in your family
You can ask an organizer from another family group to invite the child to their family. After 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 menu > System Preferences. Below your name, find a notification that says the child was invited to Family Sharing. Click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions. In macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu > System Preferences. Click iCloud, then click Manage Family.
After you approve, the child moves from your family group to the other family group. Learn what happens after a family member leaves.
- Children under 13* can't be removed from a family group. Instead, you can move the child to another family group or delete their account. Learn how to delete a child's Apple ID.
- Does the child use Apple Card Family or Apple Cash Family? Before you move the child to a different family group, 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. Then the new parent or guardian can set up the watch in their family group.
* Age varies by country or region.
If you want to invite the child to your family
After you send the invitation, the child's current family organizer must approve the request on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Then the child will move from their current family group to your family group.
Invite a child from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings.
- Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
- Tap Add Member.
- Tap Invite People.
- Tap Invite in Person.
- Ask the child to enter their Apple ID and password. Learn what to do if the child forgot their password.
- Follow the onscreen steps.
- After the child's current family organizer approves the request, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.
To check the status of the request, go to Settings, tap your name, tap Family Sharing, then tap the child's name.
Invite a child from your Mac
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
- Click the Add button
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- Click Invite People.
- Click Invite in Person, then click Continue.
- Ask the child to enter their Apple ID and password. Learn what to do if the child forgot their password.
- Follow the onscreen steps.
- After the child's current family organizer approves the request, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.
To check the status of the request, open System Preferences, click Family Sharing, then click the child's name.
If you have macOS Catalina
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
- Click the Add button .
- Ask the child to enter their Apple ID and password. Learn what to do if the child forgot their password.
- Follow the onscreen steps.
- After the child's current family organizer approves the request, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.
To check the status of the request, open System Preferences, click Family Sharing, then click the child's name.
If you have macOS Mojave or earlier
- From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
- Click Manage Family, then click the Add button .
- Ask the child to enter their Apple ID and password. Learn what to do if the child forgot their password.
- Follow the onscreen steps.
- After the child's current family organizer approves the request, provide parental consent and a valid payment method.
To check the status of the request, open System Preferences, click iCloud, click Manage Family, then click the child's name.