I accidentally merged my icloud with my 10yr old daughters ipad.

hi, i accidentally merged my iCloud with my daughters iPad which has really scared me as she doesn't live with me but with her mother and things are not good between us. now I'm worried about what private stuff can be seen, I've search but dont seem to be able to understand it as its pretty confusing for me. all my photos have dowloaded on my daughters Ipad and i think even messages may be on it too. help is seriously needed please. thank you.

Posted on Jul 27, 2022 12:08 PM

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Posted on Jul 28, 2022 12:45 PM

sir.robcampbell wrote:

Hi Phil thank you for your reply, I remember seeing merge on my daughters iPad ...

If you signed in with your Apple ID with your account, then you simply removed hers. The "Merge" you saw is likely the one you would have received when logging in with your account and it asking if you wanted to merge the data on the iPad to your own iCloud data.


You can resolve that by restoring the iPad to factory settings, and setting it up again with your daughter's Apple ID, instead of yours.


With that done, you can delete any of your daughter's content from your devices and iCloud account, and it should not affect her account.


Do I just now have to go into my daughters iPad and manually delete them ?

As long as your Apple ID is not signed in on her iPad, yes, you can delete your photos and other content from it and it should not affect your account or other devices.


plus what is the best way to keep an Eye on her activity

What activity exactly? You can setup Parental Restrictions / Screen Time, and can setup app limits and down time.

Link-> Set up parental controls with Family Sharing on iPad - Apple Support

Link-> Set up Screen Time for a family member on iPad - Apple Support


can the iPad be configured so no one else can sign in on it ?

With ScreenTime you can disable Account changes so that her current account cannot be signed out and other accounts cannot be signed in. Settings->Screen Time->Content & Privacy Restrictions->Allow Changes->Account Changes->Don't Allow,


Make sure you create a good Screen Time passcode so the Screen Time settings cannot be changed without it.







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Jul 28, 2022 12:45 PM in response to sir.robcampbell

sir.robcampbell wrote:

Hi Phil thank you for your reply, I remember seeing merge on my daughters iPad ...

If you signed in with your Apple ID with your account, then you simply removed hers. The "Merge" you saw is likely the one you would have received when logging in with your account and it asking if you wanted to merge the data on the iPad to your own iCloud data.


You can resolve that by restoring the iPad to factory settings, and setting it up again with your daughter's Apple ID, instead of yours.


With that done, you can delete any of your daughter's content from your devices and iCloud account, and it should not affect her account.


Do I just now have to go into my daughters iPad and manually delete them ?

As long as your Apple ID is not signed in on her iPad, yes, you can delete your photos and other content from it and it should not affect your account or other devices.


plus what is the best way to keep an Eye on her activity

What activity exactly? You can setup Parental Restrictions / Screen Time, and can setup app limits and down time.

Link-> Set up parental controls with Family Sharing on iPad - Apple Support

Link-> Set up Screen Time for a family member on iPad - Apple Support


can the iPad be configured so no one else can sign in on it ?

With ScreenTime you can disable Account changes so that her current account cannot be signed out and other accounts cannot be signed in. Settings->Screen Time->Content & Privacy Restrictions->Allow Changes->Account Changes->Don't Allow,


Make sure you create a good Screen Time passcode so the Screen Time settings cannot be changed without it.







Jul 28, 2022 9:51 AM in response to Phil0124

Hi Phil thank you for your reply, I remember seeing merge on my daughters iPad and yes I was signed in to my Apple ID. I thought it would be something like I can keep and eye on her activities but didn’t realise I was sharing mine on hers, I have to say all this technology with what you can and how you can do things with other peoples devices is mind boggling for me. I’ve sighted out on her iPad but it seems like photos are there, not all of them as I believe by the time I sighed out the photos may not off had time to download but enough personal ones that I don’t really want ex wife seeing. I’ve gone into messages but thank god it’s asking me to sign in. Do I just now have to go into my daughters iPad and manually delete them plus what is the best way to keep an Eye on her activity and can the iPad be configured so no one else can sign in on it ? Thank you.

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