Set up & manage a YouTube family plan

Set up a YouTube family plan to become a family manager, and share your YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium 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 are a member of an existing Google family group, you will not be able to purchase a YouTube family plan, but you can ask your family manager to make the purchase.

Things to know before you start

 

Things to know if you are currently a Google Play Music subscriber

  • To upgrade to a Google Play Music family plan, check out this page.

  • If you are currently subscribed to an individual Google Play Music plan that includes YouTube Premium, upgrading to a Google Play Music family plan will cause you to lose access to YouTube Premium. If you'd like to maintain your YouTube Premium benefits, and have a family plan, cancel your Google Play Music subscription and sign up for a YouTube Premium family plan using the instructions below.

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 photo > Paid memberships.
  2. You will see paid membership options for YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium. Click "Learn More" for the subscription that you are interested in purchasing.
  3. Click "Or save money with a family membership."
  4. Click "Get family plan." If you are eligible for a family plan trial, you may see an option to "Try it free." 
  5. If you are the family manager of an existing Google family group, you will see a dialogue box confirming your family group. Select Continue to proceed with the purchase and share your family plan with members of your existing family group. If this does not apply to you, skip to step 6. 
  6. If you do not already have a Google family group, follow the steps to purchase your subscription first and then you will 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 photo > 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 photo > 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 photo > 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 will 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 SMS 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 photo > 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. However, you can only switch families once every 12 months. If you leave a family group and join a new one, you won't be able to 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, all family members must live at the same residential address as the family manager. This will be confirmed by electronic check-ins every 30 days.

Contact support at any time if you need help with your YouTube family plan.

 

Contact support at any time if you need help with your YouTube family plan.

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