Restrict Shared Payment Method in Family Sharing

I created Family Sharing for the following three AppleIDs in the United States:

  1. Me (Organizer)
  2. Wife (Parent/Guardian)
  3. Daughter (Age 16 Child)


How can I selectively restrict usage on my Shared Payment Method? In other words, how do I keep my daughter from charging her App Store purchases to me.


Yes, I could implement Ask To Buy. But that would require permission from me for all her App Store purchases, even ones that she'd pay for with her own debit card. I want to permit her to make any App Store purchases; I just don't want to pay for them.


Can I do all three of these things:

  1. Continue to share my Payment Methods with my wife
  2. Stop sharing my Payment Methods with ur daughter, but continue her unfettered purchases on the App Store with her own payment method
  3. Continue to authorize our daughter to use Apple Pay (tied to her own debit card)

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Jan 11, 2022 12:57 PM

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Jan 12, 2022 10:06 AM in response to Nello Lucchesi

Hello Nello Lucches,


Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We'd like to share some information with you about Family Sharing.


To have your daughter use her own payment method you would need to turn off Purchase Sharing. However, when you turn this off, everyone, including your wife, must use their own payment method. Check out the section "Which payment method is charged for purchases that family members make?" in the support article below to learn more.

How to share purchases with your family


If you'd like to share your idea and experience with Family Sharing payment options, please use the link below:

Product Feedback


We hope this information is useful. Kind regards.

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