Leave Family Sharing

Find out the different ways you can leave or be removed from a family group and what happens when you stop using Family Sharing. If you're the family organiser, you can remove members at any time or disband the family group completely.

• Remove yourself from a family group

• Remove someone from your family group

• Disband a family group

• What happens when you stop sharing?

Remove yourself from a family group

Any family member aged 13 or older* can remove themselves from a family group. If you have Screen Time turned on for your account, the family organiser must remove you.

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 (or Family Sharing).

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

   

On your Mac

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings.

2. Click Family (or Family Sharing), 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 group online

If your Apple Account is being used to share media purchases with a family group that you no longer want to part of, you can leave the family group and remove your Apple Account from the family group altogether. To remove your account, go to account.apple.com and sign in to your Apple Account.

In the Family Sharing section:

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 group or join another one.

Remove someone from your family group

The family organiser can remove anyone aged 13 or older* from the family group. If you need to, you can transfer a child to another family.

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 (or Family Sharing).

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

3. Tap Remove [name] from Family.

   

On your Mac

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click your name, then click Family (or Family Sharing).

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

3. Click Remove [name] from Family.

   

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

Disband a family group

When the family organiser turns off Family Sharing, all family members will be removed from the group at the same time. Before you can stop Family Sharing, you must transfer children under 13* to another family. Find out how to move a child to another Family Sharing 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 (or Family Sharing).

3. Click Stop Using Family Sharing.

   

What happens when you stop sharing?

• Your Apple Account is removed from the family 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 storage plan.

• You stop sharing locations with your family members and your devices are removed from the family Find My list.

• If your family shares iTunes, Apple Books and App Store purchases, you immediately stop sharing your purchases and 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 isn't automatically removed from your device. 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 set up an Apple Cash account for you as part of Apple Cash Family, your account will be automatically closed and your balance will be transferred 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 anymore. 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 automatically removed from the Apple Card Family account. Find out how to remove yourself or a participant from a shared Apple Card account.