Google One is a paid cloud storage solution that lets you extend your Google account storage. If you’re paying for Google One and have lots of storage at your disposal, it makes sense to share it with your family members.

In this article, we'll show you how to share your Google One account with family members.

How to Share Google One With Family

To share Google One storage with family, you need a Google One subscription and a family group. If you have a family group, skip to the next section.

Screenshot of Google families setup page
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If you don’t, you'll need to create a Family Group.

  1. Head to Google's Family site.
  2. Sign in to your Google account. If you have multiple accounts, ensure you're using the correct one with a Google One subscription.
  3. Click Get Started, and then Create a family group.
  4. Invite family members to join your Family group by selecting contacts listed under Suggestions. You can also invite contacts not available in this section by manually typing their email. Family invitations are limited to five, and Google family invitations expire after two weeks.
  5. Next, click Send.

The invited members will receive an email notification from Google to join your family group. If they accept the invitation, you'll be notified by Google. If you run into problems while creating a family group, ensure that you're using a personal Google account.

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Invitees must reside in the same country as you, and should not be in another family group at the moment or in the past 12 months.

To share Google One storage with your family members:

  1. Head to one.google.com.
  2. Select Settings > Manage Family Settings.
  3. Toggle on the slider adjacent to Share Google One with family.
Sharing Google One with family

With that option enabled, family members will have access to your extra Google One storage once they fill up their free 15GB. Although you have access to the same storage, family members can't see each other’s files (including the group manager).

Share Google Storage With Family Members

Google One is the only way you can get more storage for your Google account, but the extra storage is often a lot more than you need. Sharing the storage with family members is a great option to use up the storage, and make sure you get your money's worth.