Use Google Play Family Library

You can share purchased apps, games, movies, TV shows, and e-books and audiobooks from Google Play with up to 5 family members using Google Play Family Library.

Sign up for Family Library

Important:  If you aren't part of a family group, you must create one first.

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Settings and then Family and then Sign up for Family Library.
  4. Follow the instructions on screen to set up Family Library. 

Note: Everyone in your family needs to follow the instructions above to set up Family Library.

Requirements

Family manager requirements

If you are not part of a family already, you'll become the family manager when you sign up for Family Library. Family managers must meet all these requirements:

  • Be 18 or older (or the appropriate age in your country)
  • Have a valid credit card or debit card to use as the family payment method
  • Not be part of another family group on Google

Note: You can't create a family with a Google Account from your work, school, or other organization.

Family member requirements

To join a family group, you must meet these requirements:

Countries

Family Library is available in most countries that you can use Google Play.

Add or remove Family Library purchases

Eligible purchases can be automatically added to the Family Library, or you can add them yourself after you buy them. Apps & games, Movies & TV shows, and Books sharing with Family Library may be limited in some countries.

When you remove purchases from Family Library or leave your family group, your family members lose access to the purchases you added to Family Library.

Important:

  • Movies or TV shows: To avoid potential issues when you add content to Family Library, use the family payment method instead of your personal credit or debit card to purchase.
  • Books, Apps, or Games: Eligible for Family Library with any form of payment, as long as:
    • There's a family credit card on file.
    • The family credit card is still valid.
    • Family sharing is turned on.
Add or remove individual purchases

Apps & games

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Manage apps & devices and then Installed.
  4. Tap a purchased app or game you want to add.
  5. On the content's details page, turn on Family Library.

To remove the content, turn off Family Library.

Movies & TV shows

  1. Open the Play Movies & TV app Play Movies.
  2. At the bottom, tap Library.
  3. Under the "Movies" or "TV shows" tab, look for purchased content you want to add.
  4. On the content's details page, turn on Family Library.

To remove the content, turn off Family Library.

Note: When you add TV shows from the Play Movies & TV app, you're adding all episodes of the show. If you want to add or remove certain seasons or episodes that were purchased separately, search for the content in the Play Store app and add it to Family Library from the episode or show's details page.

Books

  1. Open the Play Books app Play Books.
  2. At the bottom, tap Library.
  3. Look for the e-books or audiobooks you want to add.
  4. Press and hold the book title.
  5. Scroll down to Add to Family Library.

To remove the content, press and hold the book title. Then scroll to Remove from Family Library.

Change your Family Library settings

By default, eligible purchases are automatically added to your Family Library after you create or join a family group.

To change the Family Library settings, or remove all purchase of a certain type:

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Settings and then Family and then Family Library settings.
  4. Select Apps & Games, Movies & TV, or Books.
  5. Tap Don’t add automatically, I’ll do it myself, or Add items automatically when purchased and then Yes, I'm in.
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Restrict content for certain family members

Everyone in your family group can see all the content that's been added to Family Library.

You can set up parental controls to restrict the content family members can see.

See Family Library content

Apps & games

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Settings and then Family and then Family Library settings.