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If I upgrade to a family plan and invite a family member, how does that family member transfer their existing icloud storage to the family shared icloud storage area. We are looking to consolidate our individual icloud storage into one family plan.
Share an iCloud storage plan with your family.If your family stops sharing storage or you leave Family Sharing
If you leave a family that shares an iCloud storage plan and you're using more than 5GB of storage, you have 28 days to buy your own plan.
If you choose not to buy your own plan and the content that you’re storing in iCloud exceeds your available storage, new photos and videos won’t upload to iCloud Photos, files will no longer upload in iCloud Drive, and your iOS devices will stop backing up.
Share an iCloud storage plan with your family.If your family stops sharing storage or you leave Family Sharing
If you leave a family that shares an iCloud storage plan and you're using more than 5GB of storage, you have 28 days to buy your own plan.
If you choose not to buy your own plan and the content that you’re storing in iCloud exceeds your available storage, new photos and videos won’t upload to iCloud Photos, files will no longer upload in iCloud Drive, and your iOS devices will stop backing up.
Share an iCloud storage plan with your family - Apple SupportShare a storage plan with your existing family
If you already use Family Sharing, you can set up shared storage for your existing family members from your device Settings or System Preferences.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > [your name].
- Tap Family Sharing.
- Tap iCloud Storage.
- Follow the steps to share your existing plan, or if necessary, upgrade to a 200GB or 2TB plan.
- Use Messages to let any family members with an existing paid storage plan know that they can now switch to your shared storage plan.
What comes next
When you share your iCloud storage, any family members using the free 5GB plan are added to your family plan automatically.
If a family member is already paying for their own iCloud storage plan, they can choose to switch to your plan or keep their own and still remain part of the family. When they switch to the shared family plan, they get a refund for the remainder of their personal plan. They can't keep their current plan and use the shared family plan at the same time.
Just to be clear, if I share my icloud storage plan with a family member who already has a free 5 gig plan, once they accept and switch to my plan the only thing that happens on their side is that the icloud storage size is increased and all their data already in their icloud account remains available?
Consolidating 2 icloud storage accounts into one family plan.
