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iCloud family sharing issues

My boyfriend was on his father‘s family sharing account, but he was the organizer of it.


he made a new account.


he signed out of his father‘s account, but since he was the organizer, his father is now locked out of his account.


how do we give his Father back access and as organizer of those accounts?

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While individual sentences make sense and I could make comments about each, I too am failing to understand a coherent overall issue. Something about the boyfriend using his father's account whereby the boyfriend was acting the role of Organizer, then the boyfriend (I presume that is the "he") created a new account. He signed out of his father's account.


Now the story jumps. Why can't the father simply sign into his account? You say he is locked out of it. Review this support article and find the type of account locking that best meets what a message may be indicating --> If your Apple Account is locked, not active, or disabled - Apple Support Follow the instructions to regain account access. It isn't the father or boyfriend who is the Organizer, it is the person in charge of the account. So once the father regains access to the account he then becomes the organizer for the Family Sharing group .







I, for one, have no idea what you’re describing, even after having reread it five or six times. The various components of your scenario simply don’t make sense together. Here are just a few examples:

  • “My boyfriend was on his father‘s family sharing account, but he was the organizer of it.”
    • Does “he” mean your boyfriend? It certainly sounds like it does, because you said “but”.
    • If not, it would be assumed that the father is the family organizer.
  • “[H]e made a new account.” - Why would anybody ever do that? Each Apple Account is a different identity. Each Apple Account has its own possessions - apps, notes, files, contacts, etc.
  • ”[H]e signed out of his father’s account…”
    • Really? Each person should have their own account.
    • Might you mean he signed out of his own original account that was under his father’s family sharing?


There are many more issues, but I’m not going to spend more time elaborating.


Please carefully rephrase and tell us the exact scenario.