Can you have two psswords for an Itunes account?

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Can you have two psswords for an Itunes account?

My kids have i pods. They tell me they need the password I set up for normal use of the i pods. I have had problems with them buying apps they thought where free etc. Is it possible to have one password for purchases and one for normal use and free apps?

I have to say that trying to reach anyone at Apple for customer support is impossible. I have tried evrything, called, email,web links. Worst customer service set up I have ever seen. Sorry, very frustrated. Impossible to get an actual cus support rep. It is a simple question too.

Thanks for any advise.

iPod nano

Posted on May 2, 2012 9:00 AM

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Answer 1

King_Penguin

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May 2, 2012 9:05 AM in response to OCVTS

No, you can only have one password on your account which applies to all free and paid for content. Depending on their ages you could consider setting up separate accounts for them with, possibly with an allowance (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2736#3)

Creating an account without a credit card : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534

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Demo

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May 2, 2012 9:05 AM in response to OCVTS

You cannot have two passwords for one Apple ID. If you set up restrictions - I believe that you can require a password for in app purchases. You can simply restrict app purchases as well with restrictions but that would restrict the downloading of free apps as well.

Settings>General>Restrictions.

See this article.

IOS: Understanding Restrictions

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4213

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May 2, 2012 9:17 AM in response to Demo

Thanks, getting some insights now...maybe the separate account thing might work. I assume they would still be able to sync off of my i tunes account? Sorry, I am not up on this stuff. Thanks again.

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