Share your stuff

Share your storage, your subscriptions and even your apps with the family

THE “SHARING” BIT of Family Sharing is obvious — it shares your iCloud storage, purchases and eligible subscriptions — but what about the “family” bit? As far as Apple is concerned, a family group can be up to six people, each of whom can be authorized on up to 10 devices. Your family members don’t need to share the same physical location, genes or surname, but they do all need to have or sign up for an Apple ID.

Here’s how it works. One person (you) is the Family Organiser, and that person invites other family members to join their family group. You can only run or be in one family group at a time, although you can transfer accounts from one group to another. That’s useful if you’re sharing with lodgers or housemates who you only want to be temporary members of your group.

You can remove people from your family group at any time you choose unless they’re under 13: if they are, the only way to remove their account is to transfer it to another group or to log in as them and delete their Apple account. We’ll show you how to set up Family Sharing.

Save money by purchasing apps and subscriptions once, then sharing them with your family.