How do you change a birthday for a child in iCloud

Hey steven124,

If a child’s birthday on their Apple ID account had previously been entered incorrectly when setting up Family Sharing, you can now change that birthdate by following the information in the article below.

Update the birth date associated with your Apple ID - Apple Support

Take care,

Alex H.

Same problem here. Currently, if you sign into manage the icloud account online, the birthday appears to be changeable. After changing the birthday to the correct one for my son, there is some wording at the bottom that "changing the birthday is not yet available" or something like that. It alludes to the possibility in the future, which, like you am in the same boat. I have three kids I want to take advantage of the parental enhancements, but Apple failed on this one. Did they not think there were parents out there who setup child accounts?

Based on the wording, I am guessing it is something they plan on doing, but who knows when it will happen. I would setup a new account, but his email is already associated with the icloud account, so setting up a new account just to create a "kid" account is not something I want to do quite yet, unless it becomes a problem.

For now, we cannot change the birthday. It looks like we have two options, wait and hope it is changeable in the near future or create a new account with a new email.

I just updated my children's ages to 13, even though they are younger, so that I can start family sharing. I am not sure what functionality I am losing by doing this, but the "ask to buy" feature works. I hope that Apple will come up with a way to change their birthdays to the correct one -- I had their AppleIDs engraved on the back of their iPods and changing them is not an option.

Adding to this so I can also get the response, too.

My oldest had the date of 0000, which was changed to his correct year (older than 13) correctly. The younger two, set up later, have actual years but they are wrong. I can't change the to the younger age from their accounts because it needs adult permission.

Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in as your son. Then select the "Password and Security" section on the left hand navigation. There you should find the birthday and you can change it. Hope this helps.

You cannot change the birthdate if the child account was created through Family Sharing within iOS. I have spoken with Apple on the phone and they confirmed this. If the account was created outside of Family Sharing, then your instructions will work assuming you've logged into the Apple ID web site as the child account.

I Have a similar problem but I'm listed as a kid on ICloud when I am over 13 because my mom doesn't know the difference between me and my brother but I can't chance the birthday and my mom can't either. What do I do?

This is very frustrating. Changing a child's birthday on an Apple ID should not be a security issue or an issue at all. Creating a new ID is not an option, because you will lose all the in-app purchases for the original ID. These ID's were created before Family Sharing, so Apple needs to pull their head out and fix this ASAP. In addition, Apple needs to add under "Restrictions" on your phone an option to turn on/off a credit card for purchases.

Except for this, from that page: "Be sure to enter your correct birthdate. After you change it to any age below 13, you can't edit it."

This, imo, is nuts. I understand that they don't want underage kids changing their birthdates, but the parent who created the account?

I totally agree with all of you.

How come, that ME as the CREATOR of my 8 year old daughter´s Apple-ID can NOT change the birthdate to the correct birthdate?!

I entered 2009 instead of 2007 by mistake and now it is IMPOSSIBLE to change it?!

Come on Apple, it is 2015 now and I am the "owner" of this Apple-ID!

Can you, Apple, please tell me the ACTUAL reason why this is not possible?

I finally managed to change it.

1) On EVERY device that is currently using the Apple ID of which you want to change the birth date:Go to Settings, iCloud and log off. Make sure you don't forget any device that is using that Apple ID otherwise it's not going to work.

2) Go to https://appleid.apple.com/ and click on Manage your Apple ID. Log in with the Apple ID which you want to change the birth date from.

3) Turn off Two Step Verification if you've previously activated it and don't forget to write down the answers to the security questions.

4) Change the birth date and follow the instructions.

If you managed to change the birth date don't forget to switch on Two Step Verification if you deactivated it in step 3.

Hope this works for everyone!

I don't have the accounts active on anything yet and I can't change the birthday? How can this be changed? I don't understand why this can't be changed if i am the owner/creator of the accounts. Someone please help.

This does not work. I accidentally used my son's instead of my daughters birth year when creating a new account for my daughter (I used 2010 instead of 2007) both are under age 13 and I don't seem to be able to change it now.

Is there a fix for this?

Same problem for me. Birth year is 0000 for my children and now I need to update it but says I need parent's permission.

this also just worked for me. I calculated my kids to 13 and it works.