Review the information on the screen, then select Confirm to remove the account from the family group.
This does not delete the user’s Nintendo Account. It will still function as a standard Nintendo Account, and can be added back to the family group in the future.
Select Leave family group again to detach your Nintendo Account from the group.
Additional information
Nintendo Switch Online family membership is available to all Nintendo Accounts in the membership owner's family group.
If a member leaves the owner's family group, they will no longer be covered by that family membership.
If the membership owner leaves the group, the other members of the family group will no longer be covered by that family membership.
When a Nintendo Account is removed from the family group, all Nintendo eShop restrictions will be lifted and account history will no longer be visible to the parent/guardian.
Select Family group. Select the Nintendo Account that you want to stop supervising. Select Lift parental controls restrictions. Review the information on the screen, then select Lift parental controls to confirm.
You can remove the link between your Nintendo Account and an external account by going to "Linked Accounts" after signing in to your Nintendo Account. If you sign in to your Nintendo Account using the login data of such an external account, you have to create new Nintendo Account sign-in data before disabling the link.
Yes. A child's Nintendo Account can be moved to a different family group if the account admin for the new family group is aged 18+. Accounts that were added as supervised accounts (existing Nintendo Accounts belonging to users aged 13+) can be removed from the family group.
Only organizers of a family group can remove family members. Only the adult who granted consent can remove a child account from the family group. If the adult cannot access their account, the adult or appropriate guardian should attempt to recover the adult account.
Review important information about deleting your family group, including: Any shared content or family services will no longer be available to your family members. Any pending purchases made by family members will be charged to your family payment method. You can only switch family groups once in a 12-month period.
Users with supervised accounts who are under the age of 16 OR who have not yet registered an email address cannot be removed from a family group. However, these accounts can be transferred to a different family group.
What is the oldest a child can be in order to have a child account created for them? A child account can be created for any child under the age of 18. Please note that once a child account is created, it will not turn into a general Nintendo Account even once the user turns 18.
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