Leave Family Sharing

Find out about 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 else from a family group

  • Disband a family group

  • What happens when you stop sharing?

Leave your 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, iPad or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap your name.
  4. Tap Stop Using Family Sharing.
    iPhone showing Stop Using Family Sharing.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
  2. Click Details next to your name.
  3. Click Leave from Family Sharing.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family. Click your name, then click the Remove (—) button.

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

Remove your account from a family group

If your Apple ID is being used to share purchases with a family group that you no longer want to be part of, you can visit your Apple ID account page and remove the account from the family directly. Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in with the Apple ID and password for the account you want to remove. In the Family Sharing section, choose Remove Account > Remove. 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, iPad or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap the name of the family member you want to remove.
  4. Tap Remove [your family member's name] From Family.
    iPhone showing Remove Karina from Family.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
  2. Click Details next to the name of the family member you want to remove.
  3. Click Remove from Family Sharing.

Mac showing the Remove from Family Sharing button for Karina Cavanna.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family. Click the name of the family member you want to remove, then click the Remove (—) button in the bottom left-hand corner.

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. If there are children under the age of 13* in the family group, the family organiser can't disband the group until they move the child to another Family Sharing group.

On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap your name.
  4. Tap Stop Using Family Sharing.
    iPhone showing Stop Using Family.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
  2. Click Turn Off, and then click Stop Family Sharing.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
  2. Click your name as the organiser.
  3. Click the Remove (—) button in the bottom left-hand corner.

If you created a Family Sharing group before iOS 14, the organiser will keep the family calendar, reminders and shared photo album in their account. They can share the content again with individual family members. Find out how to share calendars and reminders.

What happens when you stop sharing?

  • Your Apple ID will be 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'll stop sharing locations with your family members and your devices will be removed from the family Find My iPhone 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 set up an Apple Cash account for you as part of Apple Cash Family, your account will be closed automatically 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 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 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.

*  Age varies by country or region. Under 14 in Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania and Spain. Under 15 in Czech Republic, France and Greece. Under 16 in Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia and Slovenia. Under 13 in all other countries.

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