Create a family

Create your Drime Family from Settings > Family or the launch banner, name it, and become its manager. What the family console holds, and common errors.

Updated October 19, 2026Web

Create a family to share your plan's storage with your household. You become its manager.

#Create your family

At the top right, click your avatar, then Settings, and choose Family.
On Professional and Advanced, during the launch offer, you can also click Activate Drime Family on the banner at the top of your Drive.
Click Set up my family.
The family page opens on Create your family.
Optional: in Family name (optional), type a name, for example "The Martin family".
Up to 80 characters, with no web address. Left empty, the family is called "The" followed by your last name and "family".
Click Create my family.
Your family is ready confirms it. You are the manager, and the family console opens.

#The family console

Tab	What it is for
Overview	What needs your attention (To do), the family storage and recent activity.
Members	Roles, storage limits, parental controls. See Invite or remove family members.
Invitations	Pending invitations and their links.
Storage	Limits per person. See Family storage and asking for more space.
Family Room	The family's shared workspace. See The Family Room.
Activity	What happened in the family.
Settings	Family name, products, security, e-mails. See Family settings and trusted contact.

Next step: invite the people of your household.

#If it doesn't work

Message	What to do
Drime Family comes with selected plans. Your current plan does not include it.	Your plan cannot create a family. See plans shows the plans, or ask a family manager to invite you.
Your plan does not include Drime Family.	Same cause: your plan cannot create a family, but you can join one.
You are already part of a family.	You can be in one family at a time. Leave it first.
Web addresses cannot be added here.	Remove the link from the family name.

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Create a family

#Create your family

At the top right, click your avatar, then Settings, and choose Family.

Click Set up my family.

Optional: in Family name (optional), type a name, for example "The Martin family".

Click Create my family.

#The family console

#If it doesn't work

#Create your family

At the top right, click your avatar, then Settings, and choose Family.

Click Set up my family.

Optional: in Family name (optional), type a name, for example "The Martin family".

Click Create my family.

#The family console

#If it doesn't work

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