daphneka
Level 1
(8 points)
Q: Family Sharing with the "ask to buy" feature.
Good Day - I set up the Family Sharing feature on my IPhone with me as the Organizer and added my son so that he could purchase games, apps etc...on his IPod. In addition, I set up the "Ask to Buy" feature. My issue or question is: I do not receive notifications or alerts when my son buys games or apps. Since setting up the Family Sharing , I think I have seen 1 or 2 notifications and that this would only appear his IPOD and not on my phone. I thought as the parent I would receive these alerts and not my son. Furthermore , perhaps you can explain to me , as to why I cannot simply remove my son from the family sharing plan, should I feel that it is not working for us. I note that I can only transfer over to another user.
Part two of my inquiry , I wish to remove my credit information from my profile. So far, I am not able to do so. Please advise.
With Kind Regards,
Daphne Kalanopsis
King_Penguin
Level 10
(133,646 points)
Your son is using his own account on his iPod, and that is the account that you have 'ask to buy' enabled on ? Have you tried turning it 'off' and back 'on' ?
Child accounts (under 13s) can only exist as part of family sharing - if his is a child account and you want to disband the family you will either have to transfer his account to another family, or get his account (and therefore his purchases) deleted : Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support
Children under 13 can't be removed from a family. If you need to, you can transfer the child to another family or delete their Apple ID.
Whilst you are a family organiser in family sharing you have to have a valid payment method on your account as you are taking responsilbity for the family's purchases - payment methods that an organiser can use : Payment methods you can use in the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store - Apple Support
If you're using Family Sharing and you're the family organizer, you can use the following payment methods:
- Credit cards
- Debit cards
- China UnionPay
- Mobile phone billing
