Adding a family member to Spotify Family takes five minutes and requires their email address
To add someone to Spotify Family, open the Spotify app or website, go to your account settings, select "Family," and choose "Invite a family member." Enter their email address and send the invitation. They'll receive an email with a link to accept, and once they do, they'll have their own Spotify account under your Family plan with access to all the same features you have — ad-free listening, offline downloads, and explicit content filters if you set them up.
Spotify Family lets up to six people share one subscription for a lower cost than buying individual Premium accounts. Each person gets their own login, their own playlists, and their own recommendations. The plan costs more than a single Premium account but less than six separate ones, and you can add or remove members whenever you need to.
Key Takeaways
- You need the person's email address to send them an invitation, and they must accept it within seven days or the invitation expires.
- Each family member gets a separate account with their own login, playlists, and listening history — nothing is shared between accounts.
- You can add up to six people total on one Family plan, including yourself.
- Family members can be removed at any time, and you can add new people to replace them.
- All family members must be at least 13 years old, and Spotify may ask you to verify that you live at the same address.
How to invite someone step by step
Start by opening Spotify on your phone, tablet, or computer — whichever device you use most often. If you're on a phone or tablet, tap the Home icon at the bottom, then tap your profile picture in the top right corner. On a computer, click the down arrow next to your profile name in the top right.
Select "Account" from the menu. Scroll down until you see "Family" and tap or click it. You'll see a list of who's already on your plan and an option to invite someone new. Tap or click "Invite a family member" and enter the email address of the person you want to add. Spotify will send them an invitation email with a link to accept.
The person you invited will see an email from Spotify with the subject line "You've been invited to Spotify Family." They need to click the link in that email and follow the steps to create or link their Spotify account. If they already have a Spotify account, they can sign in with their existing username and password. If they don't, they'll create a new account as part of accepting the invitation.
What happens after someone accepts the invitation
Once the person accepts, they'll appear on your Family member list within a few minutes. They can start using Spotify right away with their own account. Their playlists, saved songs, and listening history are completely separate from yours — you won't see what they're listening to, and they won't see yours.
Each family member can set up their own preferences, including explicit content filters if you want to restrict what younger members can hear. You can turn on "Explicit Content" filtering in the Family settings, which will hide songs marked as explicit for specific members. This filter works on all devices they use to listen.
Removing someone from your Family plan
If you need to remove someone, go back to your account settings, select "Family," and find their name on the list. Next to their name, you'll see a remove option (usually an X or a trash icon). Click or tap it, and they'll be removed immediately. They'll lose access to the Family plan, but if they have their own Premium account, they can keep using Spotify with that.
When you remove someone, they have seven days to transfer any playlists or saved songs to a personal account if they want to keep them. After seven days, their account data on the Family plan is deleted. If you remove someone by mistake, you can add them back, but their old playlists and history won't be restored.
Limits and requirements for Family plans
Spotify Family plans support up to six people, including the person who pays for the subscription. You can't have more than six accounts on one plan, but you can remove and add people as often as you need to. There's no limit to how many times you can change your Family members.
All family members must be at least 13 years old. Spotify may ask you to verify that everyone on the plan lives at the same address, especially if the accounts are logging in from different cities or countries. You'll be asked to confirm this during setup or if Spotify detects unusual activity.
Each person on the Family plan needs their own email address. You can't add two accounts with the same email to one Family plan. If someone doesn't have an email address, they'll need to create one before you can invite them.
What to do if an invitation expires or isn't accepted
Invitations stay active for seven days. If the person you invited doesn't accept within that time, the invitation expires and you'll need to send a new one. Go back to your Family settings and send another invitation to the same email address.
If someone says they didn't receive the invitation email, ask them to check their spam or junk folder — sometimes Spotify emails end up there. You can also try inviting them again with a different email address if they have more than one. If they're still not receiving emails, they can create a Spotify account on their own and then you can add them to the Family plan afterward by inviting the email address they used to sign up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I add someone who doesn't live with me to my Family plan?
Spotify's terms say Family members should live at the same address, and they may ask you to verify this. If members are logging in from different cities or countries, Spotify might flag the account and ask for proof that you live together. Adding someone who doesn't live with you could result in your Family plan being cancelled.
What happens to someone's playlists if I remove them from the Family plan?
Their playlists stay on their account for seven days after removal. If they have their own Premium subscription, they can keep using Spotify and their playlists will remain. If they don't have their own account, their playlists will be deleted after seven days.
Can someone be on more than one Family plan at the same time?
No. Once someone accepts an invitation to a Family plan, they can't join another one until they're removed from the first. If they try to accept an invitation to a second Family plan, Spotify will tell them they're already part of a Family plan and ask them to leave the first one.
Do all family members have to use the same WiFi network?
No. Family members can listen from anywhere — different homes, different cities, or different countries. Spotify only requires that you verify you live at the same address during setup, but members can stream from any internet connection.
What if someone on my Family plan changes their email address?
They can update their email address in their Spotify account settings without affecting their membership on the Family plan. Their account will stay on the plan, and they'll just use their new email to log in.