Hi, I have Ask to Buy set up on my tween’s iPhone. However, the permission request goes to every device my husband and I have, including a family iPad (9th gen) that the kids have access to. Therefore, they can approve their own Ask to Buy requests. How do I stop Ask to Buy requests from going to certain devices? Thanks for your help!
iPad (10th gen) WiFi
Stop sharing a single Apple ID. Apple IDs are personal; they shouldn’t be shared any more than you would share a toothbrush. If you share an Apple ID with someone else many bad things will happen, such as this (and worse). Each user should have their own Apple ID, then you can create Family Sharing→What is Family Sharing? - Apple Support. That way you can share what you want to share and not share what you don’t want to share.
It is OK to share an Apple ID among devices used by one person, such as an iPhone, an iPad and a Mac; in fact, it is a very useful thing to do. But not between devices used by different people.
Here is Apple’s FAQ: https://appleid.apple.com/faq/#!&page=faq. See the 4th bullet item.
And here is Apple's expansion of what I've posted→Make sure that each family member has a unique Apple ID - Apple Support
Stop sharing a single Apple ID. Apple IDs are personal; they shouldn’t be shared any more than you would share a toothbrush. If you share an Apple ID with someone else many bad things will happen, such as this (and worse). Each user should have their own Apple ID, then you can create Family Sharing→What is Family Sharing? - Apple Support. That way you can share what you want to share and not share what you don’t want to share.
It is OK to share an Apple ID among devices used by one person, such as an iPhone, an iPad and a Mac; in fact, it is a very useful thing to do. But not between devices used by different people.
Here is Apple’s FAQ: https://appleid.apple.com/faq/#!&page=faq. See the 4th bullet item.
And here is Apple's expansion of what I've posted→Make sure that each family member has a unique Apple ID - Apple Support
Create a new Apple ID for the iPad.
Stop sharing a single Apple ID. Create a new Apple ID.
Check if this helps -> Approve what kids buy with Ask to Buy
Approve what kids buy with Ask to Buy – Apple Support (UK)
Thank you! Both my husband’s Apple ID and my Apple ID are approved to handle permission requests, which is set up the way we want. But my husband owns an iPad (his Apple ID) that he lets the kids play games on, so they can see their own Ask to Buy requests. So adding a third approver, or deleting one of us parents, wouldn’t solve the problem. I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. Thank you for answering!
Thanks for your response! I’m sorry, I think I wasn’t clear. We’re actually not sharing Apple IDs at all. My child has one, and I have one, and my husband has one. And when my second child is old enough for their own phone, they’ll have their own Apple ID too. All separate Apple IDs. But my husband has an iPad with his Apple ID that the kids are allowed to use for games or school research sometimes, so that’s how they can turn it on and approve their own requests.
Thanks for answering! We aren’t sharing an Apple ID, the kids each have their own. The iPad the kids use sometimes belongs to my husband, which is on his Apple ID. But it’s sounding like the Ask to Buy alert will go to every device under his Apple ID, so maybe we’ll have to create a 5th Apple ID for our family of four, so that my husband’s iPad is no longer linked to him. I wish there was a better way. I appreciate you responding!
Good idea! I’d hate to have to re-set it up with all its apps and programs and progress, but that would definitely solve the problem. I’ll keep it in mind as a last resort! Thank you.
Kids can approve own Ask to Buy requests
