Share purchases with others in your Family Sharing group
As a family member, you have immediate access to purchases that other family members share with each other. You can download their purchases on your computer, and iOS and iPadOS devices at any time. You can let other family members access your purchases in the same way. You can hide individual purchases you don’t want other family members to share.
Before you can share family purchases, you must Join a Family Sharing group in Family Sharing and set up Purchase Sharing.
For information about changing Family Sharing settings using an iOS or iPadOS device, see the Apple Support article Share App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books purchases with Family Sharing.
For information about changing Family Sharing settings in the Music app, see Use Family Sharing to share iTunes Store purchases in Music.
View and download purchases made by other family members
Go to the Purchased section in Music, the App Store, or Apple Books.
In Music: Choose Account > Purchased. If you don’t see that menu command, choose Account > Sign In.
In App Store: Choose Store > View My Account. If you don’t see that menu command, choose Store > Sign In.
In Books: Choose Store > Book Store Home, then click Purchased below Quick Links on the right.
Click your name or choose a family member to view their purchases.
Download the items you want.
When a family member initiates a purchase, it’s billed directly to the family organizer’s account. Once purchased, the item is added to the initiating family member’s account and is shared with the rest of the family. If the family organizer ever stops Family Sharing, each person keeps the items they chose to purchase—even if they were paid for by the family organizer. For information about iCloud storage upgrade purchases, see Manage iCloud storage.
Hide a purchase from other family members
You can hide your individual Music, App Store, and Apple Books purchases so they aren’t available to other family members.
Go to the Purchased section of Music, the App Store, or Apple Books.
In Music: Choose Account > Purchased. If you don’t see that menu command, choose Account > Sign In.
In App Store: Choose Store > View My Account.
In Books: Choose Store > Book Store Home, then click Purchased below Quick Links on the right.
Do one of the following:
In Music: Select the type of content you want to hide, place the pointer over the item you want to hide, click the Delete button
, then click Hide.In App Store: Position the pointer over the item you want to hide, click the Show More button
, choose Hide Purchase, then click Hide Purchase.In Books: Place the pointer over the item you want to hide, click the Delete button
, then click Hide.
Stop hiding a purchase
You can reveal individual Music, App Store, and Apple Books purchases that you have hidden so that they are available to other family members.
Go to the Account Information section in Music, the App Store, or Apple Books.
In Music: Choose Account > View My Account. If you don’t see that menu command, choose Account > Sign In.
In App Store: Choose Store > View My Account. If you don’t see that menu command, choose Store > Sign In.
In Books: Choose Store > View My Apple ID. If you don’t see that menu command, choose Store > Sign In.
Do one of the following:
In Music: Scroll to Hidden Purchases, click Manage, then click Unhide for the item.
In App Store: Click View information. In the hidden items section, click Manage, then click Unhide for the item.
In Books: Scroll to Hidden Purchases, click Manage, then click Unhide for the item.
Stop sharing your purchases
When you stop sharing your purchases, your family members lose access to all shared iTunes Store, Apple Books, and App Store purchases and aren’t able to make new shared purchases.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
, then select Purchase Sharing in the sidebar.Deselect Share My Purchases under your Account information.
For information about combining your Apple subscriptions, see the Apple Support article Bundle Apple subscriptions with Apple One.
Note: To share purchases, family members must be in the same iTunes Store country or region. If a family member changes their iTunes Store country or region, that person might lose access to other family members’ purchases, and installed apps that were shared from other family members might not work. See the Apple Support article Change your Apple ID country or region.