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JBuratti Author

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separate icould and itunes account

Several years back I setup my kids iPads with a separate icloud and itunes accounts. The iTunes account was a shared account for app purchases and their i cloud was their personal account for cloud storage and to use facetime, imessage, etc. This was all setup before family sharing was introduced.

I recently got them a new iPhone 11 and trying to set it up the same way but cant for the life of me figure this out.

Can I still have a separate iCloud for them (use their existing one) and link all purchases (past and future) to my itunes account? If so, how do I do this?

If not, am I forced to use family sharing now?

Any advice would be appreciated.

thank you

iPhone 11

Posted on Mar 30, 2021 7:47 AM

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shoeluvr13

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Posted on Mar 30, 2021 9:36 AM

You’ll restore a backup from the iCloud account then go to Settings > their name > Sign Out > Sign out of Store only. Then you can sign back into only iTunes/App Store with the other ID.

Truthfully, Settings up Family Share would be much easier and more ideal more tho.

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