Set up & manage a YouTube family plan

Set up a YouTube family plan to become a family manager. As a family manager, you can share your YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium membership. You can share your membership with up to 5 other family members in your household. If you're a family member, you can join a family group to share a YouTube family plan. 

Note: If you're a member of an existing Google family group, you can't purchase a YouTube family plan. Only the family of your family group can make the purchase.

Things to know before you start

  • Family members sharing a YouTube family plan must live in the same household as the family manager. Learn more about family group requirements and what to do if you encounter errors while setting up your family plan. 
  • You can only change family groups once every 12 months.
  • Each family member's name, photo, and email address will be shared with the group.
  • If you need help with your YouTube TV family plan, you can get in touch with support at any time. 

How to set up and manage a YouTube family plan

Family managers: Sign up & create a family group

New YouTube Premium or Music Premium members

To get started, pick a family manager who is 18 or older. The family manager is the only person who can purchase a family plan or make membership decisions. Learn more about signing up for a YouTube paid membership.

To sign up for a YouTube Premium or Music Premium membership & create a family group:

  1. In the YouTube app, tap on your profile picture and then Paid memberships.
  2. You'll see paid membership options for YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium. Click Learn More for the subscription that you're interested in purchasing.
  3. Click "Or save money with a family membership."
  4. Click "Get family plan." If you're eligible for a family plan trial, you may see an option to "Try it free." 
  5. If you're the family manager of an existing Google family group, you'll see a dialog confirming your family group. Select Continue to proceed with the purchase and share your family plan with members of your existing family group. If step 5 does not apply to you, skip to step 6.
  6. If you don't already have a Google family group, follow the steps to purchase your subscription first. Then you'll be guided through the process of creating a family group.

Existing YouTube Premium or Music Premium members

  1. In the YouTube app, tap on your profile picture and then Paid memberships.
  2. Tap Get family plan.
  3. Tap Get family plan again.
  4. Confirm the purchase.
  5. Set up your Google family group.

Family managers: Add or remove family members

Add family members

If you're the family manager, you can invite up to 5 family members to join your family group.
  1. Sign in to the Google Account associated with your YouTube paid membership.
  2. In the YouTube app, tap on your profile picture and then Paid memberships.
  3. Tap Edit next to Family sharing settings.
  4. Tap Invite family members.
  5. Enter the email address or phone number of the person you want to invite.
  6. Select Send. You'll get an email notification when someone joins your family.

Remove family members

If you're the family manager, you can remove people from your family group at any time.
  1. Sign in to the Google Account associated with your YouTube paid membership.
  2. In the YouTube app, tap on your profile picture and then Paid memberships.
  3. Tap Edit next to Family sharing settings.
  4. Select the name of the person you want to remove.
  5. Click Remove member.

 Family managers: Other family manager tasks

Change your payment method

Learn how to update your YouTube paid membership, including your payment method.

Cancel your paid membership

You can cancel your YouTube paid membership at any time. When you cancel, you'll still have access to your YouTube paid membership until the end of your monthly billing cycle. After that, all family members will lose access to the YouTube paid membership, but will still keep their Google Accounts.

 Family members: Join or leave a family group

Join a family group

If the family manager with a YouTube paid membership has invited you to join the family group, you'll get an email or text invitation. Follow the instructions in the invitation to join the family group.

Leave a family group or get an individual YouTube paid membership

You can leave your family group within your Google Account settings page. Then, sign up for your own YouTube paid membership in the YouTube app by selecting your profile picture and then Paid memberships.
Note: If you leave your family group, you can accept an invitation to join a different family group or create your own group. You can only switch families once every 12 months. If you leave a family group and join a new one, you can't join another family group for 12 months.

Location requirements for family plans

Family plan location requirements
To be eligible to share a YouTube family membership, each family member must live at the same residential address as the family manager. Every 30 days, an electronic check-in will confirm this requirement.

Get in touch with support at any time if you need help with your YouTube family plan.

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