Leaving family sharing

Anyone know how to turn off family sharing in iOS 8 or remove a family member or remove the shared payment method?
I have done google searches and found nothing about how to leave family sharing, just that you can.
Thanks

OK, I feel dumb.
Stop family sharing:
Settings> iCloud>
Tap the Family icon
Tap the organizer
Tap "Stop Family Sharing"
To Leave Family Sharing:
Stop family sharing:
Settings> iCloud>
Tap the Family icon
Tap your name
Tap "Leave Family Sharing"
Hope this helps everyone else!

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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.

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 / 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.

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 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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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.

Family sharing with multiple apple ids

Just a question about family sharing. My husband and I have decided to have separate apple ids but family sharing allows us to share purchases but does this also include iCloud storage or do we each have 5GB. Also if we do this route with our son what happens to his purchases we've approved when he decides he doesn't want to be on family sharing when he's 18.

Hi Nat8506,
Happy Holidays! I've included complete information for Family Sharing below, but to answer your specific questions:
Each Apple ID has it's own 5 GB of iCloud Storage
Once you son turns 18, if he decides to leave the Family Sharing, any purchases made with his Apple ID will remain his and no longer available to the family.
Family Sharing - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060
Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201081
What happens to your content when you stop sharing?
When you leave Family Sharing, your Apple ID is removed from the family group, and you stop sharing music, movies, TV shows, books, and apps with any remaining family members. In addition, any photos, calendars, and reminders shared by the family group will be removed from your devices. If you chose to share your location, you'll stop sharing your location with other family members, and your devices will be removed from the family Find My iPhone device list.
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.
Any DRM-protected music, movies, TV shows, books, or apps that you previously downloaded from other family member's collections will no longer be usable, and other family members won't be able to use content downloaded from your collection. Learn more about Digital Rights Management (DRM) in iTunes for Mac or iTunes for Windows.
You'll keep any purchases you initiated while part of the family group. However, if the organizer was paying for your iCloud storage or any other ongoing subscriptions, you'll need to start paying for them yourself using a valid payment method on your account. Learn how to add a credit or debit card to your iTunes Store account.
Cheers,
Judy

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

Family sharing not sharing payment information

Family sharing not sharing payment information
We have two iPhones on iOS 8. Previously my Apple ID was logged into my wife's phone for iTunes and app purchases to share purchases (she's had her own apple is for iCloud all along) . I set up family sharing, on my phone first. I'm the organizer. I invited my wife, switched her Apple ID in settings in iTunes and app purchases to her own Apple ID. Both of us can see we are in the family in iCloud settings. But in the iTunes part it looks like normal, with seperate accounts. If we view purchase in the App Store both accounts are listed (and looks like both accounts show all the same apps that I've purchased previous to setting this up).
Is that right?
More importantly when I go to make an iTunes purchase on my wife's phone, it doesn't try to use any shared payment. It wants to update HER credit card on her account.
My phone says the credit card is shared.
What setting have I missed here?
And I keep seeing this question asked but no clear answer. Will she loose access to any apps or music purchased before the family? They all show under her account now. Apple said somewhere that a legacy account would be allowed. I'm afraid to play too much with it after hearing people are getting locked out for a year.
Thanks for any help!!

Your purchases will be charged against the Organizer's charge card on file, but they will reside under the Apple ID that you are purchasing them under (so if later, you were to leave Family Sharing, they would be "owned" by your Apple ID). If you have a gift card on file for your Apple ID, it will take the funds from the gift card first before going to the Organizer's charge card, but the entire set-up of Family Sharing is one that is designed to charge all purchases against the Organizer's card on file.
How is the set-up invasive, exactly? Family Sharing is primarily designed for families, especially ones with small children. The FAQs and ad pages are very clear about the fact that the Organizer pay for all purchases:
https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
Cheers,
GB

Family sharing not allowing me to make purchases without using my husband's payment method

My Husband and I recently took the plunge and joined Family Sharing.
Having pretty hectic lives, we haven't worked it all out as yet - and today, I tried purchasing an App - and all of a sudden I am being required to use my husbands iTunes account and Payment Methods, rather than my own, which I have used for many years.
We did make my husband the organiser, however, I am on the account as an adult, and find this sudden change invasive and unacceptable. Nothing in the literature explaining family sharing says that the adult who is not the organiser, can no longer control their own purchases and purchase methods.
we love the idea of family sharing for photos, movies, apps, books etc .... However I do not want my purchases and subscription communications to go through to my husband. We are both busy, independent adults - and although we have nothing to hide from one another, what we each do should be communicated to and controlled by each of us.
I just called support, and they are telling me that there is nothing they can do about this ?
Anyone got any advice, or experiences to share ? TIA

Your purchases will be charged against the Organizer's charge card on file, but they will reside under the Apple ID that you are purchasing them under (so if later, you were to leave Family Sharing, they would be "owned" by your Apple ID). If you have a gift card on file for your Apple ID, it will take the funds from the gift card first before going to the Organizer's charge card, but the entire set-up of Family Sharing is one that is designed to charge all purchases against the Organizer's card on file.
How is the set-up invasive, exactly? Family Sharing is primarily designed for families, especially ones with small children. The FAQs and ad pages are very clear about the fact that the Organizer pay for all purchases:
https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
Cheers,
GB

Delete child from family sharing

My 9yr old daughter has a new iPod Touch. After not been able to create an Apple ID for her she now has two. I have tried to delete one but it seems I can not for someone under 13 other than transferring them to another Family Sharing group. This is crazy, surely there must be a way of deleting a childs Apple ID. Also when she downloads One Direction I don't want to have 1D appear in my iTunes etc etc so how do I go about sorting that out?

Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support
Just how did you create two?
Did you create them both by:
Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids - Apple Support

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I need to get rid of a child ID from Family Sharing, but there's no Remove option for child IDs. Anyone know how I can get rid of it?

Hello Robby Berman,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help in this situation. It contains steps on how to remove persons from a Family Sharing account:
Leave Family Sharing
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
BobbyD

How to remove a childs AppleID from family sharing?

It´s says on the apple website that it´s only possible to remove the account, or transfer to another family. How do I totally remove an account?

Hello Rickard911,
You can remove a family member by going to Settings > iCloud > Family, tap the family member you want to remove, scroll down and tap Remove….
If the account that you want to remove is a child’s account and is under the age of 13, they can only be transferred. Everything you need to know about this is in the article below.
Leave Family Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht201081
Regards,
-Norm G.

Can't turn off family sharing

I am trying to remove family sharing but when I tap on turn off family sharing, the response I get is "unable to remove member at this time" any ideas as how to resolve this and get my family sharing to turn off

Hello cbd99,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help in this situation. It contains a number of troubleshooting steps and helpful advice concerning Family Sharing:
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Cheers,
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