I can’t transfer my child to another family with family sharing
I can’t transfer my child to another family. There is no family transfer request that appears anywhere on my phone
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iPhone 13 Pro Max
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I can’t transfer my child to another family. There is no family transfer request that appears anywhere on my phone
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iPhone 13 Pro Max
I have tried the link however, I am not receiving a request to transfer her account to another family. So…. To recap…. After following all information in link and several hours of reading and watching videos, I can not transfer her account because it doesn’t give me an option to, the child’s phone will not open the invitation because she is part of another family, the current organizer can’t leave, or stop family sharing until child is transferred to another family and I can’t do that because a family transfer request never shows up probably because the child can’t open the invitation because she is part of a family of which she needs to be transferred from. Ughhhhhhh!!!
I have tried the link however, I am not receiving a request to transfer her account to another family. So…. To recap…. After following all information in link and several hours of reading and watching videos, I can not transfer her account because it doesn’t give me an option to, the child’s phone will not open the invitation because she is part of another family, the current organizer can’t leave, or stop family sharing until child is transferred to another family and I can’t do that because a family transfer request never shows up probably because the child can’t open the invitation because she is part of a family of which she needs to be transferred from. Ughhhhhhh!!!
I have invited my daughter to my family but she can’t accept because she is part of another family. My wife can’t join my family until she transfers my daughter. There is no request to transfer to another family from either phone.
Folks: I’m not doubting or second-guessing your experiences.
Simply trying to better understand and document at what steps in the published procedure (pasted and annotated below) the system is breaking-down.
Ref: Move a child to another group using Family Sharing – Apple Support (AU)
Confim running current iOS (15.5)
Please confirm that these steps are being performed on the “gaining familiy” Organizer’s iPhone.
Also, are the children successfully entering THEIR own unique AppleID and Password into the gaining organizer’s phone (Step 5)?
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Invite a child from your [gaining organizer] iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Then … the “loosing” organizer should:
9) On your [loosing organizer] iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, tap Settings. Below your name, find a notification that says "Family Transfer Request". Tap the notification and follow the onscreen instructions.
Thank YOU!!!!!!
just noticed the “invite in person” option. Before I was sending the invitation via iMessage. The “ invite in person” button was disguised at the bottom of the pop up box. I typed her information into my phone and everything else worked good after that. Thank you for your patience and information.
Jeremy
I have the same problem. Tried every way to invite my child. It worked okay for my first kid, but my second kid who's in my wife's apple family cannot be transferred. Yes I tried the 'invite in person' option, invite via 'imessage', invite via email, invite via airdrop.... everything!!
The only difference I can find from my first kid is that the former had an apple id of email address while my second kid has an apple id with a phone number (the one who cannot be transferred). Is there no way to fix this? Am I missing something here?
I myself am trying on my mac. Not my iPhone. and yes, all of these steps are being followed, except, once I enter my child's id and password it says he is already part of another family so I cannot add him. It worked perfectly for my first kid, but my second kid is stuck on his old family. Now, I read somewhere that payments need to be set up for family sharing and in India, currently card payments are not supported but only to add funds, but my first kid was successfully added to my family without any issues even though payment sharing is not working for me now.
I am not sure about that since , both times all the parameters were similar. Payment sharing was not set up for me before either and my first kid was successfully added yet not the second. Is there a fix to this? I have just realized that even if my second kid is added back I cant make any payments for them since payment sharing is not working for me.
A child has to first be be "invited" by another family organizer ...
... and then "released" by their current organizer.
See:
Move a child to another group using Family Sharing – Apple Support (AU)
It’s not clear from your posts if you are following the instructions given in the instructional link.
Thanks for the quick reply.
That “seemingly minor” policy nuance might have indeed made the difference between how the two invitations were processed … or not processed.
Re: “… Is there a fix to this …”
I’m sure that there is, but you certainly seem to exhausted all “normal” methods available to you.
I suspect opening a “ticket” with Apple Support is in-order.
I’m glad you got it working.
I can’t transfer my child to another family with family sharing