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?

Posted on Nov 16, 2021 2:08 PM

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Posted on Nov 17, 2021 6:33 AM

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


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Nov 17, 2021 6:33 AM in response to helomonkey

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


Nov 16, 2021 7:43 PM in response to helomonkey

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.


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