How do you change a birthday for a child in iCloud

I created iCloud accounts for my children before Apple allowed children under age 12 to do so. I just used my birthday instead of theirs. Now that Apple has rolled out family sharing for iCloud in iOS 8 I need to change their birthdays back to the correct ones. Until then I can't manage their accounts correctly as children. When I go in to change the birthday, it tells me I can't change it to that recent of a birthday.

I have my own domain that we use for email and I used those as their iCloud accounts, so I can't really set up new iCloud accounts for them.

Am I missing something or is there any solution for this?

Thanks in advance.

iPhone 4S, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 2:46 PM

24 replies

Oct 9, 2014 11:36 AM in response to steven124

To anyone following, Apple support told me on the phone that if the ID was created via Family Sharing, the birth date cannot be changed.

Wfg3

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Oct 30, 2014 10:11 PM in response to R. Watson

Where/how did you do this?

Dec 8, 2014 8:47 PM in response to ChevereV

I was able to login, but the birthday was still greyed out. is there a fix coming soon?

Dec 25, 2014 6:47 AM in response to steven124

I hope they figure this out soon so that you can change the birthday even if the ID was created in family sharing. Such a simple thing.

Jun 3, 2015 3:18 PM in response to ChevereV

you cannot change it this way. I tried.

Whitey80

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Jun 28, 2015 11:01 AM in response to ChevereV

I tried this and it won't let me change it. It's greyed out. Any other suggestions?

Aug 29, 2015 1:36 AM in response to chuck_3rd

P E R FE C T !

Now my Family works ;-)

RifleC

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Jan 15, 2017 3:24 AM in response to steven124

You need to call the Apple Support. They will temporarily allow you to edit after your call.

Feb 13, 2017 11:11 PM in response to javierplumey

this is not cool. I have a call setup tomorrow so hoping I can change it.

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How do you change a birthday for a child in iCloud