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App Store Connect Configure In-App Purchase settings Turn on Family Sharing for In-App Purchases
Turn on Family Sharing for In-App Purchases
Family Sharing is a feature supported only by apps that offer auto-renewable subscriptions and non-consumable In-App Purchases. This feature enables users to share their purchases with up to five additional family members. To configure which of your In-App Purchases are eligible for Family Sharing, navigate to App Store Connect.
Whether or not a user’s purchases are automatically shared with their family members depends on the type of In-App Purchase, the user’s sharing preferences, and if the purchase was made before or after Family Sharing was turned on in App Store Connect. Users have the option of turning off Family Sharing in their subscription settings at any time.
Note: It may take up to 1 hour for changes you make to product metadata to appear in the sandbox environment.
Learn how to enable Family Sharing for an in-app purchase using the App Store Connect API.
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Auto-renewable subscriptions |
Non-consumable In-App Purchases |
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New Users |
Family Sharing is enabled by default depending on the preference set by the purchaser in Manage Subscriptions. |
Family Sharing is enabled by default if the following conditions are met: - The family organizer has purchase sharing enabled. - The purchaser of a non-consumable In-App Purchase has Share Purchases/Share My Purchases enabled. - The family member you want to share with has Share Purchases/Share My Purchases enabled. - The app isn't hidden from the user's purchase history. |
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Existing Users |
Users must opt-in to Family Sharing from within their manage subscriptions page. |
You can unlock access to the In-App Purchase using receipt validation or App Store server notifications if the following conditions are met: - The family organizer has purchase sharing enabled. - The purchaser of a non-consumable In-App Purchase has Share Purchases/Share My Purchases enabled. - The family member you want to share with has Share Purchases/Share My Purchases enabled. - The app is not hidden from the user's purchase history. |
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Required role: Account Holder or App Manager. View role permissions.
Turn on Family Sharing
This subscription will be able to be shared by up to six family members. Family Sharing is only available for subscriptions purchased from the App Store.
If multiseat purchases are turned on for a subscription, only the group purchaser is eligible for Family Sharing — additional seats are for individual use only.
Keep in mind that once you turn on Family Sharing for an In-App Purchases in App Store Connect, you can't turn it off.
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In Apps, select the app you want to view.
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In the sidebar, under Monetization, click In-App Purchases, or Subscriptions then the subscription group.
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Select your In-App Purchase, or subscription, from the list.
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Scroll down to the Family Sharing section.
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Click Turn On.
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In the confirmation dialog, review the Family Sharing terms, then click Confirm.
Family Sharing and multiseat purchases
If you've enabled multiseat purchases for this subscription, only the group purchaser's access will include Family Sharing. Once you turn on Family Sharing, you won't be able to turn it off.
Family Sharing and multiseat purchases interact in the following ways:
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You can turn multiseat purchases back on at any time; however, only the group organizer will be able to share with family members. Additional seats purchased are for individual use only.
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If you turn on multiseat purchases for a subscription that already has Family Sharing turned on, a dialog asks you to confirm that only the group purchaser will be able to share with family members.