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Family sharing question

My family shares one Apple ID on multiple devices. How do I switch everyone over to family sharing without having to erase their iphones and ipads? How do they make new apple ids sign in to new and keep their current data/apps on the are all currently purchased and signed into the share account we have had for 10+ years together


Posted on Dec 16, 2021 11:36 PM

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Posted on Dec 17, 2021 6:13 AM

For a child: Create an Apple ID for your child - https://support.apple.com/HT201084


Click here to see how to 'Create a new Apple ID' = create an Apple Account. --> https://support.apple.com/HT204316


Merging Apple accounts (IDs) or transferring data is not officially supported, nor can it be done easily or completely.


Apr. 2018 post by ASC helper Winston Churchill on transferring data from one Apple ID to another. https://discussions.apple.com/message/33333380#message33333380


Feb. 2021 tips from Eric Root https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252468781?answerId=254653802022#254653802022


Look into using Family Sharing to continue to be able to use items purchased with one Apple ID with other Apple IDs.


Family Sharing - https://support.apple.com/HT201060


Set up Family Sharing - https://support.apple.com/HT201088


Fortunately when you sign out of one ID and sign in with a different one it asks you in most cases if you wish to retain the data from it on your device. Say yes and then delete individual items you do not want.


Sign out of iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Mac --> https://support.apple.com/HT208242


If another Apple ID is signed in you may need to enter the password for that ID to sign out of that ID first.


Click on this link to learn how to 'Sign in with your Apple ID' --> https://support.apple.com/HT204053



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Dec 17, 2021 6:13 AM in response to E12r4b

For a child: Create an Apple ID for your child - https://support.apple.com/HT201084


Click here to see how to 'Create a new Apple ID' = create an Apple Account. --> https://support.apple.com/HT204316


Merging Apple accounts (IDs) or transferring data is not officially supported, nor can it be done easily or completely.


Apr. 2018 post by ASC helper Winston Churchill on transferring data from one Apple ID to another. https://discussions.apple.com/message/33333380#message33333380


Feb. 2021 tips from Eric Root https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252468781?answerId=254653802022#254653802022


Look into using Family Sharing to continue to be able to use items purchased with one Apple ID with other Apple IDs.


Family Sharing - https://support.apple.com/HT201060


Set up Family Sharing - https://support.apple.com/HT201088


Fortunately when you sign out of one ID and sign in with a different one it asks you in most cases if you wish to retain the data from it on your device. Say yes and then delete individual items you do not want.


Sign out of iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Mac --> https://support.apple.com/HT208242


If another Apple ID is signed in you may need to enter the password for that ID to sign out of that ID first.


Click on this link to learn how to 'Sign in with your Apple ID' --> https://support.apple.com/HT204053



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