family members lost access

Glen Sabatier 20 Reputation points
2025-09-08T16:26:56.71+00:00

Why do family members frequently lose access to the subscription. I see them all and yet they are asked to activate the apps or prompted to buy a subscription when logging into the website. How to get this fixed?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | MacOS
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paulr0511 48,635 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-09-08T17:35:50.2966667+00:00

Hello, good day and thanks for your question. Sorry to know about this. The usual case for this is a possible account mismatch and this is what is triggering the lost of access to the subscription. Each member that was shared of access should check on their end if they are really in the family group by going to https://account.microsoft.com/family, check the subscription status on their account at https://account.microsoft.com/services, ensure that the correct account is being used on any of the Microsoft 365 app/s like Word by going to File > Account > Update License and lastly they can removed from the family group and do another invite and monitor how it goes. In the event that you will still encounter an issue, you can also reach out to the support team from the below to get the account/s checked on what is transpiring behind this issue.

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