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can you keep your original iCloud storage if you join a family plan?

can you keep your original iCloud storage if you join a family plan?


iPhone 12 mini, iOS 16

Posted on Feb 11, 2023 8:54 AM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2023 9:10 AM

If you share an iCloud storage family plan, you keep all of your data and continue to access it the same way you always have. The only thing that changes is the amount of storage available and how it is billed. You cannot have two iCloud storage plans.


Note that if you are part of a family sharing group and the family shares a storage plan, if you have the 5GB free plan you are automatically added to the family shared storage plan. If you were paying for a larger storage plan, you have the choice to keep that plan or to join the family plan. See the information in Share iCloud+ with your family - Apple Support including the following:


When you share iCloud+, any family members using the free 5GB plan are added to your family plan automatically.


If a family member is already paying for their own iCloud+ plan, they can choose to switch to your plan or keep their own and still remain part of the family. When they switch to the shared family plan, they get a refund for the remainder of their personal plan. They can't keep their current plan and use the shared family plan at the same time.


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Feb 11, 2023 9:10 AM in response to brian8898

If you share an iCloud storage family plan, you keep all of your data and continue to access it the same way you always have. The only thing that changes is the amount of storage available and how it is billed. You cannot have two iCloud storage plans.


Note that if you are part of a family sharing group and the family shares a storage plan, if you have the 5GB free plan you are automatically added to the family shared storage plan. If you were paying for a larger storage plan, you have the choice to keep that plan or to join the family plan. See the information in Share iCloud+ with your family - Apple Support including the following:


When you share iCloud+, any family members using the free 5GB plan are added to your family plan automatically.


If a family member is already paying for their own iCloud+ plan, they can choose to switch to your plan or keep their own and still remain part of the family. When they switch to the shared family plan, they get a refund for the remainder of their personal plan. They can't keep their current plan and use the shared family plan at the same time.


can you keep your original iCloud storage if you join a family plan?

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