Family Sharing / Delete child apple ID

On this page http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201081
It is mentioned that :
“Children under 13 can't be removed from a family. If you need to, you can transfer the child to another family or delete their Apple ID.”
How can I delete their apple ID ?

Hi Jastect,
In order to edit an Child Apple Id you can just go to https://appleid.apple.com/ and log as your daughter and edit all data (except id itself and birthdate). This is possible only if you know the password :-) even without knowing, the recovery procedure is working fine.
In my case:
- I created an Child apple ID (as described in Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids), child is -13y
- As mentioned in Leave Family Sharing : "Children under 13 can't be removed from a family. If you need to, you can transfer the child to another family or delete their Apple ID". ok, fair enough. Then I want to delete the id... But I cannot find where the delete option is available ???
Hopefully someone can help.

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Family Sharing vs One Apple ID

Scenario before IOS 8:
My iPhone 5S linked to iCloud with MY AppleId.
     iMessage - MY AppleId & my phone number.
     FaceTime - MY AppleId & my phone number.
     Find my Friends - MY AppleId
     AppleStore - MY AppleId.
     Home Sharing - MY AppleId
My wife's 5S linked to ilCloud with MY AppleId.
     iMessage - HER AppleId & HER phone number
     Facetime - HER AppleId & HER phone number
     Find My Friends - HER AppleId
     AppleStore - My AppleId
     Home Sharing - My AppleId
Our family iPad3 linked to MY AppleId
     iMessage - my second AppleId
     FaceTime - my second AppleId
     Find My Friends - my Second AppleId
     AppleStore MY AppleId
     Home Sharing MY AppleId.
Our family iMac. Only one acount linked All services with MY AppleId
We share all App Store and iTunes purchases, iTunes Match, Photo Stream (we love this feature, authomatic broadcast all photos to iphones, ipad, imac and pcs)
We don't share messages, facetime settings neither locations and our friends allways can get my location or my wife's.
BUT we have only 5Gb free iCloud storage for backup iphones and ipad.
Scenerio after IOS 8 and Family Sharing is setted up.
My iphone 5s - my appleId all services.
My wife's 5S - HER appleId all services.
OUR iPad - My daughter (unter 13yo) new AppleId
OUR iMac - Only one account - MyAppleId all services.
We share new purchases, and a shared streram. Not iTunes Match neither old purchases,
We dont share messages, facetime settings neither location (findMyFriends).
WE have 5Gb free iCloud storage per IOS Device for backups
BUT We cant share a photo stream AUTHOMATIC like my photostream was. We can not download my wife's iphone 5S photos to our family iMac, only my iphone photos.
We choose get back to old settings. My wife login icloud with MY AppleId. We get back sharing photo stream BUT NOW WE SHARE LOCATION in find my friends. Its all about a new restriction: We can only share location by One device. Apple has linked findMyFriends to iCloud account. EPIC FAIL. We need a login at find my friends in order to log in with differents appleIds.
We are dissapointed with Family Sharing but it's worst than we've supposed because getting back to old scenario with IOS 8 is impossible mission.
somebody help us please.
(Sorry about my english. I write from Spain).

Hi Jastect,
In order to edit an Child Apple Id you can just go to https://appleid.apple.com/ and log as your daughter and edit all data (except id itself and birthdate). This is possible only if you know the password :-) even without knowing, the recovery procedure is working fine.
In my case:
- I created an Child apple ID (as described in Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids), child is -13y
- As mentioned in Leave Family Sharing : "Children under 13 can't be removed from a family. If you need to, you can transfer the child to another family or delete their Apple ID". ok, fair enough. Then I want to delete the id... But I cannot find where the delete option is available ???
Hopefully someone can help.

Family Sharing for child with existing Apple ID

I'd like to enable Family Sharing, including Ask to Buy, for my child who has an existing Apple ID. How do I do this? The default is to treat every family member as an adult, with no option to specify as child.

This doesn't work. You are basically changing the birthday to make them 13. Not creating Child IDs with real dates.
For those of us who created Apple ID for our kids, before family sharing existed, by creating accounts and NOT PUTTING IN THEIR REAL BIRTHDAYS. Since you couldn't create IDS for kids back then. So now my kids REAL emails are LOCKED into a ADULT ACCOUNT. There is NO WAY to delete and account and start over. I cant create a new CHILD ID because their emails are already taken.
You should be able to CHANGE and ID to the proper under 13 date, then use the CC verification to prove I'm a (******) adult. Or at the very least DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND START OVER.

Can I manage my Family Sharing and child's Apple ID from my windows computer?

I've bought a refurbished iPhone in lieu of new iPod touch for a kid. I've had an iPod classic for some years and have always managed my involvement with apple via iTunes on a windows laptop. I want to set up an "under 13" identity for her and start family sharing, but I've yet to find explicit instructions on exactly how to do this. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

This should answer:
From the family Sharing Page (Family Sharing - Apple Support):
"You can use Family Sharing on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 8, your Mac with OS X Yosemite and iTunes 12, or your PC with iCloud for Windows 4.0. To get started, one adult in your household—the family organizer—sets up Family Sharing"
"iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite are required to set up or join a Family Sharing group and are recommended for full functionality."
To set it up, go to your iCloud Settings on the iOS 8 device.
So basically, you can't manage it from your PC; from your PC, you can only access the shared iTunes content and other iCloud shared stuff such as photos, calendar etc.

Family Sharing and child account

Hello,
I recently bought an iPod for my child and wanted her to have her own account instead of using mine because I didn't want her to have all my messages going to her. So, I set up her iTunes account and had to change her birthday to allow for it. (I know, wasn't the best decision) Then I realized with Family sharing you could setup a child under the age restriction so that she would have her own account and I would be able to control her purchases and things.
Unfortunately I am not able to change her birthday to the correct one.
I saw someone mention delete the iTunes account and then recreate it, but I don't see where I can do that. I want to either change her birthday or somehow start over from the beginning. I don't want to create a new account using a different email address, I want to create one with her email address under family sharing.
how can I do this? I want to set her up in family sharing as a child, not an adult. But her iTunes account is already setup as an adult. How do I change it?

Hey avalanche_mt,
Congratulations on getting an iPod for your daughter, I am sure she will enjoy it very much.
It is possible to change the birthdate associated with an Apple ID if the current birthdate shows the account holder is over 18 years of age. If you are using a Mac, sign in to that account in System Preference > iCloud and change the date there. See this article for reference -
OS X Yosemite: Change iCloud account information
You can also change this information on the web at appleid.apple.com. Select Manage your Apple ID, enter the Apple ID and password, go to Password and Security.
Note that the birthdate can only be changed one time, and that accounts that show a birthdate of under 18 can not be changed.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Be well,
Brett L

Setting up multiple iPads w/Family Sharing with different Apple IDs (previously shared one Apple ID).

My three children each receive iPad minis from their generous grandparents last year; all were using my Apple ID so that we could share purchased content. However, they could not play games with each other using GameCenter (all one Apple ID) and it would be good to iMessage/FaceTime each other. So Family Sharing seems great, but it seems to me that I will have to sign out of my Apple ID on each of their devices, which means that they will love all of their data, etc.
Can I change each child's iPad mini from my Apple ID to theirs and then use a backup to restore their data?
Thank you.

I apologize, but my grammar and spelling were full of errors They "received" iPad minis...
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Help using family sharing and separate apple id's

My husband and I are currently using the same Apple ID and I would like to separate our devices by creating a new apple ID for one of us. What is the best way to do this? Will family sharing make this easier? I am not using family sharing currently. I want to make sure that the user with the new Apple ID doesn't lose everything.

Using More than One iDevice on the Same Computer
This applies mainly to couples who are adding another device and do not want their email, messages, etc. being duplicated on both devices. To begin read: How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer. You need to establish a separate Apple ID and password for whomever will use the new iDevice. See Apple - My Apple ID and Frequently asked questions about Apple ID. The easiest way is to do this on the computer using iTunes: iTunes- How to set up an Apple ID within iTunes.
On the computer create a new user account for the person with the new iDevice. This will be the user account that person will always use. He/She will no longer use the other user account. This way that person will have a separate iTunes Library. Note that once done you cannot "share" apps under a single Apple ID. Each of you must purchase your own apps under your own Apple ID. When you decide to split up like this one of you will need to re-purchase the apps that they want to use.
Start by transferring the new device(s) to a new account along with all your data. Save any photo stream photos that you want to keep to your camera roll (unless they are already in the camera roll) by opening your Photos app, tap on Albums icon at the bottom. Now, tap on My Photo Stream album; tap Select; tap on the photos you want to select;, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow) in the lower left corner; then tap Save to Camera Roll.
If you are syncing notes with iCloud that you want to keep then you need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself. Later you can copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account.
Tap on Settings > iCloud > Delete Account (only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud; the person keeping the current account will not be affected,) provide the password to turn off Find My Phone and choose Keep on My iDevice when prompted. Sign in with a different Apple ID to create your new account. Choose Merge to upload your data.
Once you are on separate accounts, you can each go to icloud.com and delete the other person's data from your account.
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Family sharing edit child age

Is there any way to correct a child's birthdate with regard to an Apple ID and Family Sharing?
It should be an understandable request, since an input mistake was made with setting her birthdate.
I did not know that setting the birthdate would be an irrevocable setting, since there was no warning about this during the process.
In addition, I cannot remove the account with the mistaken age to start over, due to the message: "Children under 13 cannot be removed from Family Sharing..."
If there is no way to correct a mistaken birthdate, then this feature should be updated to allow it somehow; possibly by allowing a parent to sign in and update it or to request the parent account password to confirm a change of child's birthdate within the Manage Apple ID interface.

You can set restrictions by age rating by going to Settings>General>Restrictions>Apps on his device. (Caution: don't forget the restrictions password or you will have to restore it as a new device, without using a backup, in order to remove the restrictions.)
Or, you can hide the apps you don't want other to be able to download using iTunes on your computer, as explained here: iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases. Just be aware that this will hide them from everyone.

Family sharing and child's id

i want to set up Apple id's for my children under family sharing.I only have a debit card which is used for my own I'd. Is it possible to use this for family sharing?

Hi Cobo127,
To create Apple IDs for your children under Family Sharing, you would need a credit card for verification, at least for the initial setup:
Create an Apple ID for your child
Before you begin, make sure that you're using a credit card as your iTunes Store and App Store payment method. To comply with child online privacy protection laws, you will use the CVV or security code from a valid credit card as part of providing your parental consent. If the card on file is a debit card or another payment method, you’ll be asked to provide a credit card before you can continue. After you create the child's Apple ID, you can change your payment method back to a debit card.
Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids - Apple Support
Regards,
- Brenden

How To Use Family Sharing on one Apple ID ?

OK....I like the new family sharing but I got around this in past in creative way.
I have one AppleID that whole family uses.....no iCloud, only use ITunes to Sync, and on each iPhone or iPad for Text & Facetime I disable in settings all but that phone # and/or email for that user. Obviously all the emails for the family are loaded/verified in my Apple ID.
For payment I had no Credit Card on account but bought the kids iTunes gift cards.
I'm trying to avoid having to setup a bunch of Apple ID accounts.
I'm hoping I can get best of both worlds........but have not upgraded any device to iOS8 yet so have not tried.
I'd like to keep the single AppleID, load in Credit Card info, go to Share and invite the other family members, set restrictions, etc.
However, my question is will/how does the "invite" work if all members are listed under same Apple ID ?
Thx.

See this page : Leave Family Sharing.

Need advice on how to best approach Family Sharing, multiple devices, Apple IDs, etc.

My wife and I both have iPhone 5's (soon to be 6's) running iOS 8, I have an iPad (v2) running iOS 8, and my wife just got a MacBook Air (running Mavericks, soon to be Yosemite). We also have Apple TV (v2) running the latest OS. That's five Apple devices shared between a husband and wife (not counting my two-year-old's unsupported iPhone 4 used for kid games).
We have always just used the same Apple ID for everything. However, things are changing fast. We have both upgraded to iOS 8, we will soon be getting iPhone 6's, she now has a MacBook Air that will soon support Continuity, and we will purchase iCloud Drive storage for our iPhone 6's to free up photo/video storage space from our phones. We need to rethink and reorganize how we manage these devices because my wife does not want my email, iMessages, contacts, or Safari bookmarks showing up on her new MacBook, but she would like to use the upcoming Continuity feature.
In the perfect world, we would like the following: We would like to have separate: 1) email, 2) iMessages, 3) contacts, 4) Safari bookmarks, and 5) photos/videos. But we would like to have access to: 1) each others' backed up photos and videos stored on the new iCloud Drive, 2) iTunes, App Store, and iBooks Store purchases, and 3) a shared family calendar.
Right now, using the same Apple ID on all five devices, we are able to successfully do all of the above by setting up different email accounts on each device, by designating different phone numbers and email addresses on each device, etc. However, when my wife set up her new MacBook Air this morning, she told it to import Contacts from the Apple ID, but it looks like it imported everything from an old iCloud backup of my device. How can my wife totally integrate and sync her own iPhone and MacBook Air without getting the bookmarks, contacts, etc. from my iPhone? Is there a way to do this, whether through same/different Apple IDs, the new Family Sharing mechanism, or a combination of both? Any considerations or advice that I am not thinking of?
Thanks so much,
New At This
PS - I am very computer literate and can implement complicated solutions if necessary, but I am not familiar with any cross-device sharing options or even the OS X interface at all.

here's a mockup of sorta what I'm going for:
http://imgur.com/pN70P
just not sure what elements would be most logical to start from!

Will family sharing allow multiple Apple IDs to backup to the same Mac?

So currently, my family shares one Apple ID so we can share purchases. We also share the same iCloud account. I think that technically you can share one Apple ID for purchases and use multiple iCloud accounts, but that seems confusing.
Anyway, so my wife is getting a new iPhone soon and would like it if we didn't see each other's podcasts in the Podcasts app, etc, so I'm wondering if, now that we have family sharing coming, it would be a good idea for her to get her own Apple ID. However, we have one "Master iMac" that serves to backup all the iDevices in our home and has our shared family library of music, movies, etc. If she gets her own Apple ID, will she still be able to back her new iPhone up to this iMac or will she be forced to use her iCloud account for her phone's backup? iTunes on the iMac uses the current Apple ID, which we all share.
Apple IDs have consistently been the single most frustrating thing for us and the approach for sharing one ID has worked well. I wish Apple had come out with Family Sharing years ago. Anyway, now I want to make the transition as painless as possible.

I apologize, but my grammar and spelling were full of errors They "received" iPad minis...
And I am afraid that they will "lose" (not love) all of their data.
Thanks.

Family Sharing on the Apple TV 3

I Have multiple apple products, of which are some apple tv's. until a few days ago all the devices were using the same Apple ID which was mine. We recently decided to use separate Apple id's for our family members, and using family sharing among the devices.
The problem/concern I have since enabaling family sharing is that my iTunes movie purchases on the Apple TV no longer has an "all movies" option, and instead has a "shared movies" option right below the "recent purchases".
my first question is, what is what happened to the "all movies" category? I found this option very helpful and useful. Sure all my iTunes movie purchases are still categorized by genre. I liked how the "all movies" showed how many movies I have purchased, and I kinda enjoyed looking through all the movies to find one to watch.
My second question is, how can I get that option back whilee still using family sharing?

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There should be a Music store as there was on AppleTV1. Crazy you can't access Purchases unless subscribed to itunes Match.
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AC

Family sharing with 2 Apple IDs

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1. Is there any good reason to switch over to the new Family Sharing setup instead of just keeping this?
2. If I do switch to the new Family Sharing, would I use my newer [email protected] as the primary, or keep this old .mac ID? Or does it matter?
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1. Is there any good reason to switch over to the new Family Sharing setup instead of just keeping this?
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3. If I do switch to the newer [email protected], would we lose all my old purchases made with the old .mac ID?
Thank you all so much!
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