Migrating from a single shared id to family sharing

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Migrating from a single shared id to family sharing

We have been an iOS family for many years and we have always used my personal apple id for app store purchases, the same id I use for iCloud, which means my wife and kids all have access to my apple id information. It's not a crisis but as the kids get older and start to do more things on their own it's time to start to separate our accounts. Each member of my family has their own apple id which they use for backups, etc.

If I move to Family Sharing what happens to the apps that everyone currently has on their apple devices that are associated with my account? Will they disappear? Will this work? Is it seamless?

Posted on Dec 25, 2014 7:04 AM

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tmaag

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Dec 25, 2014 7:24 AM in response to blackcows1

Can you keep them? Yes If there is a problem with them you can delete them and download them as part of the Family Share

Sharing purchased content with Family Sharing

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201085

Will they disappear, no.

Will this work, yes.

Is it seamless? Yes

Family Sharing

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060

And for Kids under 13

Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201084

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Dec 25, 2014 7:31 AM in response to tmaag

Thanks for the reply. When I consider doing this a few months ago I thought I had read that previous purchases weren't eligible for family share is that not correct?

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