Join a family on Google

When you bring together a family grouping, you tin share family services across Google with upwardly to five family unit members.

Important: The 5 family unit members includes family members who have been invited to join your family but have not yet accepted their invite.

How family groups work

When you lot bring together a family grouping, yous can:

  • Use the family payment method: Your family manager must prepare a family unit payment method earlier y'all can apply it for purchases on Google Play
  • Use family services: Use or subscribe to family unit services like Google I, Google Play Family Library, or YouTube Premium family programme. Children under thirteen (or applicable historic period in their country) will take express access to some YouTube features. To detect services available for your family, go to grand.co/YourFamily

Join a family grouping

If someone invited you to bring together their family, you'll get an email or text message with your invitation. Follow the instructions on the invitation to join the family grouping.

What data family members see about one some other

When you lot join a family, your family unit members may see your name, photograph, and e-mail accost.

Because your family manager is responsible for the family payment method, they'll go receipts for anything yous purchased using the family payment method.

Your family members will exist able to come across content added to your Family Library.

If your family unit shares a Google One membership, your family unit members volition be able to see how much shared storage you've used. Your files aren't shared with your family.

Requirements for joining a family unit

To join a family group, you must:

  • Accept a Google Account. Y'all can't join a family with a Google Account from your piece of work, school, or other organization.
  • Alive in the same land equally the family manager.
  • Not be role of another family unit group.
  • Not have switched family groups in the last 12 months.

Leave or switch family groups

Before you can switch family groups, yous demand to leave the one you're currently in.

What happens when you leave your family unit group

  • Y'all tin can only switch families every 12 months. If you get out a family group and join a new one, you won't be able to join another family unit group for 12 months.
  • You won't be able to make purchases using the family payment method. Any awaiting purchases might nevertheless be charged.
  • You'll lose access to Google Play Family Library, and any items added by family members.
  • Whatsoever purchases you added to Google Play Family Library volition be removed, and your family members will lose admission to them.
  • If your family shares a Google One membership and you are the Google One programme manager, your family members will stop using your shared storage. If someone runs out of storage, their files will stay safe just they won't be able to store new things. Learn more about what happens when people run out of infinite.
    • Your family will also lose admission to extra member benefits and Google experts.
  • If your family shares a Google One membership and someone else is the Google One plan director, you lot will lose access to their shared storage, extra member benefits, and Google experts.
  • Yous'll go on your Google Account, and any content you purchased using the family unit payment method.

Leave your family group

Important: If you lot're a family unit director, y'all can't leave your family group.

Mobile or web browser

Important: If you lot've set up your family on different Google products (Play store, Family Link, Google 1), you tin also leave your family unit within those products by following the instructions below.

Play Store app

Family unit Link app

Note: Family unit Link is simply available in sure areas. To get Family unit Link, sign upwards at g.co/YourFamily.

Google app​

  1. Open the Google One app Google One.
  2. At the tiptop, tap Settings.
  3. Tap Manage family settings and then Manage family unit group.
  4. In the top right, tap Moreast More and then 50eave family and then Leave group.
  5. Type your countersign, then tap Confirm.

Troubleshoot issues

Problem with my invitation

Invitation was already used

Each invitation has a unique sign-up link that tin only be used once.

If you forrard your invitation to someone else, they can use your unique link to join the family grouping.

If you used your invitation with another Google Account, y'all can leave the family grouping and inquire for some other invitation to use with your other electronic mail accost.

Invitation expired

Invitations to join a family expire in 2 weeks.

If your invitation expired, contact the family managing director and ask them to send yous a new invitation.

I got an error

Trouble joining family group

  • Switching families: Yous can only switch families one time every 12 months.
  • Land restriction: You need to live in the aforementioned state as your family manager.

Your family unit grouping is disabled

Your family director needs to visit myaccount.google.comto restore their account.

You're already in a family grouping

You tin merely be in ane family grouping at a fourth dimension. If you want to join a different family group, you need to leave your current family group, and so join the new one.

My family manager deleted our family grouping

If your family manager deletes your family group:

  • You won't be able to make purchases using the family payment method. Any pending purchases might still be charged.
  • You'll lose access to Google Play Family unit Library and whatsoever items added past family unit members.
  • Any purchases you added to Google Play Family Library wi ll be removed, and your family members will lose access to them.
  • If your family shares a Google One membership and you are the Google One plan manager, your family unit members will stop using your shared storage. If someone runs out of storage, their files will stay safe but they won't be able to store new things. Learn more about what happens when people run out of infinite.
    • Your family volition also lose admission to extra member benefits and Google experts.
  • If your family shares a Google 1 membership and someone else is the Google Ane program manager, y'all will lose access to their shared storage, extra member benefits, and Google experts.
  • Y'all'll keep your Google Business relationship and any content you lot purchased using the family payment method.

Note: You tin can just modify family groups onorthwardce per year. If y'all join or create a new family grouping, yous won't exist able to join another i for 12 months.

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