No longer require approval for apps

When my kids were young they needed to ask for approval from me to download an app via family share. Now that they are no longer I would like to disable this requirement.

The only option I see is to transfer her to another plan. How do I allow her to download apps without requesting them from me? (She is over age 13)

iMac 27″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Dec 11, 2023 6:14 PM

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Dec 11, 2023 6:28 PM in response to mhattonmd

Do you have the Ask to Buy option to turn off at the location in this Support Article:

Set up Ask to Buy - Apple Support

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