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 five 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 manager 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 create family groups on YouTube and YouTube TV
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Family managers: Sign up and create a family group
New YouTube Premium or Music Premium members
To get started, pick a family manager who is aged 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 and create a family group:
- To sign up for a YouTube Premium membership and create a family group, go to https://youtube.com/premium/family on a web browser. To sign up for a YouTube Music Premium membership and create a family group, go to https://youtube.com/musicpremium/family on a web browser.
- Click Get family plan. If you're eligible for a family plan trial, you may see an option to start a trial.
- If you're the family manager of an existing Google family group, you'll see a dialogue 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 3 does not apply to you, skip to step 4.
- 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
- Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships on a web browser.
- Click Get family plan.
- Click Get family plan again.
- Click Upgrade.
- Set up your Google family group.
- Are you the family manager of an existing Google family group? Select Continue to proceed and share your family plan with members of your existing family group.
- Are you creating a Google family group? To set up a family group:
- Invite up to five family members to join your family group and send them invitations via email or text.
- Select Send.
- Family members will get an invitation and can select Get started to confirm their account.
- Family members who accept your invitation will join the family group and have access to your family plan.
- Are you a family member of an existing Google family group? You can't purchase a YouTube family plan, but you can ask your family manager to make the purchase.
Notes:
- Special offers are not transferable to YouTube family plans. If you upgrade to a family plan during a trial that's longer than one month, your trial will be shortened to one month. If you subsequently cancel, you can't go back to your trial. Learn more about updating your YouTube paid membership.
- If you're having trouble signing up for a family plan, it may be because you have several Google Play payments profiles. If so, learn how to update or switch your country/region profile.
- If you have an annual plan, you'll have to wait until your plan expires before upgrading to a family plan.
Family managers: Add or remove family members
Add family members
- Sign in to the Google Account associated with your YouTube Premium or Music Premium membership.
- Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships on a web browser.
- Select Manage membership .
- Click Edit next to Family sharing settings.
- Select Invite family member.
- Enter the email address or phone number of the person who you want to invite.
- Select Send. You'll get an email notification when someone joins your family.
Remove family members
- Sign in to the Google Account associated with your YouTube Premium or Music Premium membership.
- Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships on a web browser.
- Select Manage membership.
- Click Edit next to Family sharing settings.
- Select the name of the person who you want to remove.
- Click Remove member.
Things to know:
- The family member who you've removed will lose access to your YouTube family plan, but will still keep their Google Account.
- They'll get an email notification letting them know that they've been removed. Other family group members will also be notified.
- They can't access any services shared by your family group.
- If your family uses the Google Play Store, you'll still be charged for any pending purchases made by the removed family member. You can request a refund for unwanted or accidental purchases.
- If your family uses the Google Play Store, the removed family member will lose access to shared Google apps and services that other family members have added to your Google Play Family Library. Any content that they've added to the Family Library will also be removed and all family members will lose access to that content.
Family managers: Other family manager tasks
Change your payment method
Cancel your paid membership
Family members: Join or leave a family group
Join a family group
Leave a family group or obtain an individual YouTube paid membership
- Follow the instructions to leave your family group.
- Sign up for your own YouTube paid membership.
Location requirements for family plans
Family plan location requirementsTo 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.
Having trouble setting up your family plan? If you're encountering an error message that:
- 'Family is not supported'
Or
- 'Country is not supported'
The country/region listed in your Google Pay account might not match your current location.
Update your Google Pay profile to match your current location and continue setting up your family plan.
If a family member's country/region location doesn't match your location, they can't join the family group.
Get in touch with support at any time if you need help with your YouTube family plan.
Get in touch with support at any time if you need help with your YouTube family plan.