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How do I download shared apps on my child’s iphone? There is no profile icon on the AppStore page.

I just set up an Apple ID for my child on one of my old devices. I have setup family sharing on my device and added her. I can’t figure out where to go on her phone to access the apps that I had purchased for her on my phone.

iPhone 6

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 10:31 AM

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Posted on Jun 25, 2020 11:50 AM

Is purchase sharing set up on both devices?


Family Sharing - purchases and payments.   

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Jun 25, 2020 6:44 PM in response to Eric Root

Yes. I think the problem was that I had the restriction setup to not allow account changes so her name, iCloud, iTunes etc was greeted out and couldn’t be accessed and I guess that’s why it wouldn’t show a profile icon in the App Store.


once I clicked to allow changes, I was able to go in and see all of my app purchases and download them. But that is a pain for family sharing. After I was done, I just clicked on don’t allow account changes again. I don’t won’t her to change anything by mistake.

How do I download shared apps on my child’s iphone? There is no profile icon on the AppStore page.

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