How to leave or remove a member from a Family Sharing group

Any adult can remove themselves from a Family Sharing group. If you're the family organiser, you can remove members or disband the family group completely.

• Remove yourself from a Family Sharing group

• Remove someone from your Family Sharing group

• Disband a Family Sharing group

• What happens when you stop sharing?

If there are members in the Family Sharing group between the ages of 13 and 17^* – and Screen Time is enabled for their device – the family organiser must turn off Screen Time before the member can leave or be removed from the family group.

If a child in the Family Sharing 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. Or, the family organiser can move the child’s Apple Account to another family group.

Find out how to delete a child’s Apple Account or move a child to another family group

Remove yourself from a Family Sharing group

Any adult can remove themselves from a Family Sharing group.

On your iPhone or iPad

1. Open the Settings app, then tap Family. If you don't see Family, tap your name, then tap Family.

2. Tap your name, then tap Stop Using Family Sharing.

   

On your Mac

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings.

2. Click Family, then click your name.

3. Click Stop Using Family Sharing.

   

When you leave Family Sharing, you lose access to any shared purchases or services shared by the family group.

Remove your Apple Account from a Family Sharing group online

If your Apple Account is being used to share media purchases with a family group that you no longer want to be part of, you can leave the family group and remove your Apple Account from the family group altogether.

1. On your iPhone, iPad or Mac, sign in to account.apple.com with your Apple Account and password.

2. On your iPhone, tap the downward-facing arrow at the top of the page, then tap Family Sharing. On your iPad or Mac, click Family Sharing on the left-hand side of the page.

3. Tap or click Disconnect Account.

4. Tap or click Disconnect.

After you’ve left the family group, you can start your own Family Sharing group or join another one.

Remove someone from your Family Sharing group

The family organiser can remove anyone aged 13 or older* from the family group. The family organiser can also transfer a child’s Apple Account to another Family Sharing group.

On your iPhone or iPad

1. Open the Settings app, then tap Family. If you don't see Family, tap your name, then tap Family.

2. Tap the name of the family member you want to remove.

3. Tap Remove [name] from Sharing Group.

   

On your Mac

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click your name, then click Family.

2. Click the name of the family member you want to remove.

3. Click Remove [name] from Sharing Group.

   

4. Click Remove [your family member's name] to confirm.

Disband a Family Sharing group

The family organiser can turn off Family Sharing quickly if all members are aged 13 and older. When Family Sharing is stopped, all members are removed from the family group at the same time.

If the Family Sharing group has members 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. Or, the family organiser can move the child’s Apple Account to another family group. Find out how to delete a child’s Apple Account or move a child to another family group.

On your iPhone or iPad

1. Open the Settings app, then tap Family.

2. Tap your name, then tap Stop Using Family Sharing.

   

On your Mac

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings.

2. Click your name, then click Family.

3. Click Stop Using Family Sharing.

   

What happens when you stop sharing?

• Your Apple Account is removed from the Family Sharing group and you won’t have access to any services shared by your family, such as an Apple Music family subscription or a shared iCloud+ plan.

• You'll stop sharing locations with your family members and your devices will be removed from the family Find My list.

• If your family shares iTunes, Apple Books and App Store purchases, you'll stop sharing your purchases immediately and will lose access to the purchases made by your other family members. You'll keep any purchases you initiated while part of the family group. Other family members can't use content downloaded from your collection.

• Any content that your family shared with you won't be removed from your device automatically. You can purchase it again or remove it to free up space on your device. If you downloaded an app from a family member’s purchase history and made in-app purchases, you'll need to purchase the app yourself to access your in-app purchases.

• If your family organiser has set up an Apple Cash account for you as part of Apple Cash Family, your account automatically closes and your balance transfers to the family organiser's Apple Cash account. If you're the organiser and you disband the family group, any Apple Cash Family accounts you've set up for family members will be closed and their balances will be transferred to your account.

• If you have an Apple Watch that uses Apple Watch For Your Kids (formerly known as Family Setup), you won't be able to manage that Apple Watch.

• If you share a photo album, calendar or reminders with family members, you won't share them any more. If you want to keep using Family Sharing but not share certain features with your family, you can unsubscribe from them instead in the Photos, Calendars or Reminders apps on your device or on iCloud.com.

• If you use Apple Card Family and you leave a Family Sharing group, you won't be removed from the Apple Card Family account automatically. Find out how to remove yourself or a participant from a shared Apple Card account.