need to add my sixth member to my family sharing

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dalmata22 Author

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need to add my sixth member to my family sharing

Hi, I need to have a total of seven members in my iCloud family sharing, is there any chance I can do that?

Thanks.

Posted on Jul 5, 2020 3:26 AM

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Answer 1

dalmata22 Author

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Jul 7, 2020 1:26 AM in response to LACAllen

Very much thanks for you kind reply.

I just want to point out that my question changed from "how can i have another member if i already reached the limit”, answer is not possible, to "how can i create an appleID for my 5 yrs old son”, as when i try to do that the system tells me i can’t add more IDs to the parent AppleID.

Hope this makes sense and not to have wasted too much of this precious digital time/space.

Thanks.

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tygb

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Jul 5, 2020 12:02 PM in response to dalmata22

In the active family account maximum limit of members is six , the seventh member can't be added to it , however if any member leaves the account https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201081 another person can add in the family sharing group https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mh2fd47a0f16/10.14/mac/10.14

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tygb

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Jul 6, 2020 11:17 AM in response to dalmata22

As per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mh2b0f42b606/10.14/mac/10.14

You can remove yourself from a family at any time. After you leave a family, you may be able to join or set up another family. However, you may only join two families per year. (Rejoining a family or creating a new one counts against this limit.)

See the article https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201084

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LACAllen

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Jul 6, 2020 1:43 PM in response to dalmata22

dalmata22 wrote:

But I don’t want to remove a member of my family from my family!

Sorry, but at present there are no other solutions.

6 is the maximum that Apple allows.

You've asked twice if there is an exception and been told twice no.

Feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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tygb

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Jul 5, 2020 10:22 AM in response to dalmata22

See the article https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201060

Send your feedback https://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

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tygb

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Jul 6, 2020 7:01 PM in response to dalmata22

Not using this Apple ID from this Mac , create a new different Apple ID and sign in on a different Mac , create a family account ( you as the organiser ) and join the members ( include the child also ) .

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