alainfromlux

Q: How to change the birthday in the Apple-ID for my children?

 

Dear Community

 

Some years ago I created an Apple-ID for my childrens. But at that time it was not possible to create an Apple-ID without a Credit-Card and also it was not possible to create an Apple-ID for childrens due to the Birthday setting.

 

Nowerdays it is possible to create Apple-IDs for children and I want now to change the birthday in their current Apple-IDs to reflect their real birthday.

How can I change this setting in their Apple-ID?

 

Thank you  in advance for your kind feedback.

 

KR.

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Posted on Dec 12, 2014 5:20 AM

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Q: How to change the birthday in the Apple-ID for my children?

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Dec 12, 2014 5:59 AM in response to alainfromlux
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    Dec 12, 2014 5:59 AM in response to alainfromlux

    You can change the birthdate on an account by logging into the account via the 'manage your apple id' button on http://appleid.apple.com, selecting the 'Password And Security' section, and answering the two security questions - you should then be taken to a screen where you can change the date of birth.

     

    But they will still be treated as adult accounts, and you may not be able to put their correct birthdates on them (depending upon how old they now are) - child accounts can only be created by the organiser of a family, you can't change an existing account to be a child account : Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids.

  • by Zarquon42,

    Zarquon42 Zarquon42 Jan 22, 2015 9:49 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Jan 22, 2015 9:49 AM in response to King_Penguin

    You can change an adult account to a child account by resetting the birthdate to 1/1/2001. However, I don't know how to then change it to the correct birthdate.

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Jan 22, 2015 10:01 AM in response to Zarquon42
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    Jan 22, 2015 10:01 AM in response to Zarquon42

    Under 13 accounts can only be created by a family organiser in family sharing : Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids. You won't be able to change an existing account to be an under-13 account

  • by Christian Theussl,

    Christian Theussl Christian Theussl Apr 28, 2015 11:56 PM in response to King_Penguin
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    Apr 28, 2015 11:56 PM in response to King_Penguin

    I could change the birthday associated with my "kids"-account by following https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204164

    When it was not possible to have a kids account some years ago I created normal accounts for my kids and "made" them just 13 years old, the minimum age required. When Family sharing became available I became the organizer and added my wife's account. The kids account (being now "15 years" old, so still a kid) I added now. I logged into my kids account at "Manage my AppleID", set up and answered 2 security questions, and on the next page I changed the year of birth to the actual date. I as the family organizer received an email to approve this change.

    Seems to have worked OK.

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Apr 28, 2015 11:59 PM in response to Christian Theussl
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    Apr 28, 2015 11:59 PM in response to Christian Theussl

    They are effectively adult accounts, it's only with family sharing that accounts for under-13s can be created by the family organiser, and once created their dates of birth cannot be changed.

  • by Christian Theussl,

    Christian Theussl Christian Theussl Apr 29, 2015 12:41 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Apr 29, 2015 12:41 AM in response to King_Penguin

    But it worked today!

     

    My older kid was "15" in her AppleID, and part of my family account since last weekend. But today I could change her age back to 10. I had to approve it as an organizer.

    My second kid had no year of birth associated with her AppleID (seems not to have been asked for when I created her AppleID (which was in 2007 or 2008)).

    Today I added the year 2001 to have her 14 years old. I could not change it to 2007 as it was still a "normal" account. Than I added her account to family sharing. "She" accepted that invitation. Than I logged into her account via the AppleID website, went to the Security section, changed the year of birth to 2007. It asked for sending an e-mail for approval to the family organizer. I approved, and the year of birth was successfully changed to 2007.

    It worked as described in the article "Update the birth date associated with your Apple ID" (last modified March 2015)

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Apr 29, 2015 1:23 AM in response to Christian Theussl
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    Apr 29, 2015 1:23 AM in response to Christian Theussl

    That link also says :

    Be sure to enter your correct birthdate. After you change it to any age below 13, you will no longer be able to edit it.

     

    Once it's a child account it cannot be changed.

  • by Christian Theussl,

    Christian Theussl Christian Theussl Apr 29, 2015 1:25 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Apr 29, 2015 1:25 AM in response to King_Penguin

    Yes, good to highlight this.

  • by atro,

    atro atro Jul 17, 2015 5:36 AM in response to alainfromlux
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    Jul 17, 2015 5:36 AM in response to alainfromlux

    You are now able to change it by adding child (as adult) into your family sharing account, then go into MyAppleID for the child, change to correct birthdate, check confirmation email in your account and follow directions in email.