Separating Child Apple ID from parent account
I have a child Apple ID linked to mine; how do I separate this account now that he is old enough to have his own ID?
I have a child Apple ID linked to mine; how do I separate this account now that he is old enough to have his own ID?
My understanding is it should automatically transition once the child turns 13 (or whatever age is used where you live). Try having him sign out and sign in again.
If you still have problems:
Contact Apple. Click here --> https://support.apple.com/choose-country-region Select your country, then a product. If you don't see one that handles your issue then keep experimenting with selections until you reach one that gets you a chat session or a telephone call and get the representative to redirect you.
or:
Contact Apple for support and service --> "See a list of Apple phone numbers around the world."
Click here --> https://support.apple.com/HT201232
My understanding is it should automatically transition once the child turns 13 (or whatever age is used where you live). Try having him sign out and sign in again.
If you still have problems:
Contact Apple. Click here --> https://support.apple.com/choose-country-region Select your country, then a product. If you don't see one that handles your issue then keep experimenting with selections until you reach one that gets you a chat session or a telephone call and get the representative to redirect you.
or:
Contact Apple for support and service --> "See a list of Apple phone numbers around the world."
Click here --> https://support.apple.com/HT201232
Some confusing statements here. If the child has an ID already that is "linked" (I don't know what you mean by that) to your account then why does the child need his own ID if he already has one? The only way a child's account could be linked to yours is with Family Sharing. There's an age requirement for that but if the child is old enough to have their own Apple account then the child is also old enough for you to now have to use family Sharing.
Have you checked Settings/Screen Time for any restrictions?
When I set him up online he was not 14 yoa as required by Apple so I set up a child account; his photo stream goes into mine, etc. I want to separate this without losing his current data and move to his adult account on a new iPhone and Mac for him.
This is my question also. On my child’s phone you can’t sign out of it because the Apple ID button is not accessible on the child’s phone. Even when I deleted off family sharing, I couldn’t access their Apple ID. Help please.
Separating Child Apple ID from parent account