How to Share iCloud Storage with Your Family

Part 1. How to Share iCloud Storage with Your Family

When you share iCloud storage with family on your Apple device iOS, there are two processes involved, it is either you: 1. share with the existing family; 2. set up a new family.

1. Sharing with the Existing Family:

When adding an existing family member to your iCloud storage through sharing, it is an easy and straightforward process that only requires few clicks on your device. When doing this, your storage plan must be 200 GB, and above depending on the number of family members, you would like to add.

Steps involved with this process include:

Step 1: Go to the Settings.

Step 2: Click on the Apple ID banner.

Step 3: Click on Family Sharing.

Step 4: Click on iCloud Storage.

Step 5: Click the Send button and share with every member of your family as a form of an invitation to the iCloud storage you have created.

After all these steps, every family member you share the link to, can either accept or reject the invitation; either way, you have shared your iCloud storage with your family.

2. Setting up a New Family:

In a case where you want to set up a new family who are different from your family members, like your friends, you can create a group and add all the beneficiaries to it.

Steps to share with this new family include:

Step 1: Go to the Settings.

Step 2: Click on the Apple ID banner.

Step 3: Click on Family Sharing and then iCloud Storage.

Step 4: Share the invitation to the “new family” (friends) in the group you have created.

Note: If a family member was already paying for the iCloud storage before becoming a beneficiary of your iCloud storage plan, they get a refund which is often a reminder of their personal storage plan. It is impossible to use both plans simultaneously (personal plan and family plan).

Part 2. How to Manage Your Family’s iCloud Storage

In managing your iCloud storage sharing with family, everyone is entitled to see the storage consumed by each member of the family. As time goes by, the more the storage used, the more the need to upgrade to a higher plan than the former.

For devices, such as iPhone, iPad, etc., the steps to follow in managing storage include:

Step 1: Go to your Settings as the host.

Step 2: Click on Family Sharing.

Step 3: Click on iCloud Storage; where you will see, the space consumed by each member of the family (both existing and the new).

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