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Find pending family invitations

Find invitations awaiting acceptance and review the recipient and child from Centre setup.

Written by Himal Randeniya

Use Centre setup to find family invitations that are still waiting to be accepted. You can check who was invited and which child the invitation belongs to.

Find a pending invitation

1. On Home, find Centre setup and select Parent invites pending.

Centre setup on Home, with Parent invites pending highlighted.

2. The list opens with Pending Family invites selected. Open the invitation you want to check.

Centre setup filtered to Pending Family invites. Four invitation rows have redacted email addresses; the bottom row is highlighted.

3. Check the recipient and child, then select Manage invite.

Invitation actions with personal details redacted. Manage invite is highlighted below Resend invite and Delete invite.

4. On the child’s Family sharing page, select Invited to see invitations awaiting acceptance.

Family sharing with Invited (2) selected and highlighted. Two invitation rows have redacted names and email addresses.

If you do not have access, ask a Centre Manager to help.

If you see “Reopen this setup item”

Select Back to Centre setup, then open the invitation again.

Setup recovery screen saying Reopen this setup item and Return to Centre setup to continue. An amber outline highlights Back to Centre setup.

To send a new invitation or review family access, see Invite a parent or family member.

Resend or delete an unused invitation

On the child’s Family sharing page, select Invited and open the person’s three-dot menu.

Family invitation menu:1 opens the three-dot menu and2 selects Delete invite. Resend shortly shows the remaining cooldown time,13seconds in this example.

1. Invitation menu

2. Delete invite

Choose Resend invite when available. During the one-minute cooldown, Resend shortly shows the remaining time. Wait for it to change back before resending.

To remove a pending or expired invitation, choose Delete invite. Check the recipient in the Delete invitation? confirmation, then select Delete invitation. The recipient will no longer be able to use that invitation. Select Cancel to leave it unchanged.

Delete invitation confirmation with the recipient hidden. The recipient can no longer use the invitation; callout3 marks Delete invitation, with Cancel underneath.

3. Confirm Delete invitation

If the person has already accepted, use Remove access under Accepted instead.

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