HT2731 How do i create a new itunes account from a family account

My wife, daughter and myself are all on the same itunes account.  My wife wants her own.  How do I break hers off so she has her own music and apps and doesn't get mine or my daughters when she sync's her phone?

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She simply needs to log out of iTunes on her own device and then back in using her own account.

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