How to disable Family Sharing

Tried to set up Family Sharing for wife and two kids. Disaster. Everyone is locked out for 364 days.
How can I disable Family Sharing?
I do not want my purchased content locked up in some Apple beta test.

Can't I just back out of this Family Sharing debacle and go back to sharing the previous way that worked fine? Just have everyone in the family use the same AppleID.

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HT201081 how to disable family sharing and remove credit card

I updated all of out Apple mobile devices and set up Family Sharing. I thought this would be a great idea. Quickly I was proven wrong. I liked the idea of linking my wife's account and mine, and the ability to add my kid as a child under my account (with his own itunes account). The ability for each account to be linked was convenient, but my problem, and many others I have seen posting online, is it being necessary to leave the credit card on file. Second is the premissions setting. This again is a good theory, but with children and their always wanting new games and other apps, it quickly became inconvenient to have to give permission to download even a FREE app. So here is what I would like. The option to add the ability to download free apps, and request permission for purchasing apps. If this in not possible, than the ability to completely disable family sharing, thus allowing me to remove my credit card info from the iTunes system and prevent unwanted purchases.
If anyone has any suggestions on disabling the family sharing I would greatly appreciate it.

Direct from the iPhone User Guide.
“Leave Family Sharing. Go to Settings > iCloud > Family, then tap Leave Family Sharing. If you are the organizer, go to Settings > iCloud > Family, tap your name, then tap Stop Family Sharing. For more information, see support.apple.com/kb/HT201081.”
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Edit. Here's the link for more information.
Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support

How to accept family sharing invitation on windows

how to accept family sharing invitation on widows

Hello Spiky.saeed,
Based on your post it seems you would like to access Family Sharing via a Windows PC. That is possible, using iCloud for Windows:
iCloud for Windows
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Bobby_D

How to activate family sharing on iphone4 (ios7)

We have multiple devices an our son uses an iphone4 running ios7. He got an email with familiy sharing invitation, but he can't take part.
Itunes is running under windows 7.
The question is how to enable family sharing on older devices running older versions of ios (ipod4 and iphone4).

See Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support.
Unless you meant Home Sharing, in which case enable the menu bar with Ctrl+B if needed, then use File > Home Sharing > Turn Off Home Sharing.
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HT4914 How does the family sharing allow members to share music in iTunes Match?

Same as title, How does the family sharing allow members to share music in iTunes Match?

Yes, you can stream or transfer music ripped from CDs to other computers via Home Sharing.

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.

How to remove family sharing on itunes

how do you remove the Family Sharing on iTunes on my pc?

See Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support.
Unless you meant Home Sharing, in which case enable the menu bar with Ctrl+B if needed, then use File > Home Sharing > Turn Off Home Sharing.
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How to use family sharing when already sharing the same iCloud account

My wife and I started separate iTunes account many years ago, and thus made many purchases on each account. Some time later we started using iCloud, and when we did, we decided we wanted to share the same iCloud account so my wife, for example, could add entries in the Notes app and I'd be able to see them, and vise versa. In addition, we have another iPhone for our daughter, and with that she has her own iCloud account in use on her phone, however, she is signed into my iTunes account on her phone (so her/my purchases were on the same iTunes account, namely mine).
Now, years later, Family Sharing came along and I'm trying to figure out how I can also make that work with the iTunes and iCloud setup we currently have. My hope, with the Family Sharing feature, is that my wife's purchases (on her iTunes account) and my purchases on my iTunes account would be able to be shared. That said, how should I go about setting up Family Sharing such

sounds like you only need to share with the other account that your daughter used. the same id in icloud on wifes devie is fine. this article will help. Sharing purchased content with Family Sharing - Apple Support Peace, Clyde

How to stop family sharing on my apple id

Family share is now on, which requires a credit card. I want to remove the card info and use cash gift cards from apple. Family does not allow cash nor paypal. So no family sharing for me. How do I turn it OFF.

See this page : Leave Family Sharing.

How to setup Family Sharing iOS 8

Ok, here's a scenario that I'm sure many people will currently be in - a central Apple ID for purchasing App Store items that is shared between family members, and individual Apple ID's for each family member for email, calendar, contacts etc.
With ios8 family sharing how do you setup so that everyone can still access shared apps from the original "shared I'd" but also operate under family sharing with individual Apple id's?
Example, say we use the Apple id [email protected] as the current shared ID which has all books, music, apps purchased and has a current store credit balance. This one is setup as the AppStore ID on each device. Each family member then has setup as their icloud Apple id a personal Apple id such as [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] for email, contacts, iMessage etc.
I'm assuming the organiser becomes [email protected] but if that is on my device, can I still invite my own [email protected] on that same device to retain access to my emails, contacts, iMessage etc ?
Sounds as though Apple has done the right thing for new setups, but not necessarily covered existing users who followed their previous options - which came with its own shortcomings.
Please help

Hello,
It should be in Settings > iCloud and right underneath your iCloud account at the top, there should be an option to setup Family Sharing. Then it is following the steps outlined. Take a look at the page below for everything on setting up Family Sharing and also creating an account for child that is under 13. I have aslo provided an image of where it should be located under your iCloud account.
Family Sharing
http://help.apple.com/ipad/8/#/iPadacb14669
Regards,
-Norm G.

HT5625 How to setup Family Sharing if you have use a 2nd AppleID with the App Store & iTunes

We would like to turn on Family Sharing for the 2 of us but we have 3 active Apple IDs.
Shared Apple ID - used to buy things in iTunes and the App Store
My Apple ID
The Wife's Apple ID
The logical move would be to merge the iTunes Apple ID into my Apple ID then set myself up as the primary. Next invite the wife.
Merging isn't allowed. Not sure how to handle this.
Maybe set myself up as the primary and invite both the Shared and Wife Apple IDs to join?

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
Also, you should be able to redownload via iTunes on the computer. See that method included here:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

How to disable Windows Sharing -- for real

To move files between my Mac and PC I used Windows Sharing on my MacBook Pro. It works like a charm.
To enable I go to System Preferences >> Sharing, check the "Windows Sharing" box, press the "Start" button, and enable Windows Sharing for my OS X user account.
I can then just type my Mac's IP into Windows Explorer on my XP box and voila, full access to my Mac home directory (after typing in my username and password, of course).
When I'm done I disable WS by performing the activation steps in reverse, and OS X happily says "Windows Sharing Off." However, I find that even though it's off I can still access my Mac from XP. In fact, I'm not even prompted for my password again.
How do I really turn off Windows Sharing in 10.4.8? Neither my XP box nor my Mac get restarted often, so if my XP box (the weaker link) was compromised, I don't like knowing that my Mac could be reached so easily with full control.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Strange, but I'd start of by verifying Permissions with Disk Utility, and if that didn't work I'd try Trashing...
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist
/Users/nnnnLibrary/Preferences/com.apple.internetconnect.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Reboot and set everything up again.
And/Or, get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, boot holding down CMD+s, then when the prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.

How to disable partition sharing

Hello,
I have turned on File Sharing for my Mac to access the Mac's public folder on the Windows PC. This works just fine when the SMB option and my user account is checked at System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing > Options. However, all my partitions on the Mac like the Boot Camp and the Time Machine partition are also shared. Is there any option to turn off partition sharing and to hide these partitions on my Windows PC? On my Windows PC I only want to see the Printer and the public folder.
Best regards,
Florian

are you connecting as a guest or as a registered user? if you are connecting as guest you will only see the folders you added to sharing. if you connect as a registered user (i.e. using the username and password of your mac user) then you'll see everything that user has access to including all external drives etc. so just connect as guest.

HT6389 How do family members in Family Sharing download a Not Shareable App for their own account?

I have downloaded an app (Uber) in the past, but my wife has not. I set up Family Sharing with my wife. Uber is set as a Not Shareable app, and the problem is that my wife can't download the app even when she goes to it in the app store. It shows the iCloud icon as if she already downloaded it, even though she hasn't, and she gets an error when trying to download it. Turning off Family Sharing also did not solve the problem (although I did not wait that long, and maybe I need to wait longer after disabling family sharing). But there should be a better way for her to get the app than switching off family sharing.
On a separate note, I am trying to post this question here:
HT6389: Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing
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but the forum doesn't seem to let me do that.

Thanks for the responses. I actually ended up turning off Family Sharing because I found this to be really annoying, and for other reasons. I was able to download Uber for my wife from iTunes on her PC laptop with Automatic App Downloads turned on on her iPhone.
The other problem I'm having, and the reason I switched off Family Sharing, is with store credit. I have a lot of gift card credit on my account, but when my family makes purchases, the gift card credit is not deducted first before charging my card. Not sure if there is a way to change that but I couldn't figure it out.

Family Sharing not showing Organizer's Purchases for other family members

I have enabled Family Sharing on my device as the Organizer and added my wife's Apple ID to my list of family members. She has accepted the invitation on her end and we both see each other in the Family Sharing list within Settings->iCloud->Family Sharing. If I go to the App Store (remember, I'm the organizer), and I choose Updates->Purchased->Family Purchases (choosing my wife's Apple ID) I can see all the apps she's purchased. It won't work the other way around, though. If she goes to the App Store and tries to view my purchases, she gets a blank screen.
I have already checked to see if I'm hiding purchases, I'm not. In Settings->iCloud->Family Sharing->Me, I have Share My Purchases enabled. I've signed in and out of iCloud, and she's done the same. I've confirmed my Apple ID, and she's done the same. We can't figure it out. Why in the world is she a part of the Family Sharing group, but we can't get it so she can view my purchased apps?

I have the same issue. I can see my wife's purchases but on her phone, it says that I have no purchases. I also tried If you don't see your family's shared content - Apple Support and disabling family sharing and re-inviting her. I would also like to know how to fix this.

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