# Invite or remove family members

Invite people to your Drime Family by e-mail or link, follow invitations, name a co-manager and remove a member. What each role can do.

Updated: 2026-10-19  
Source: https://drime.cloud/support/family/manage-family-members

As the manager or a co-manager, you invite the people of your household and manage who is in the family.

## Invite people

1. In the family console, click **Invite members**.

   The button is on the Overview, Members and Invitations pages.

2. Type one or more addresses in **Enter email addresses**.

   The **Invite to your family** dialog shows how many places are left. You can enter up to 20 addresses at once.

   ![The Invite to your family dialog with the e-mail field, the storage choice and Send invitation](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5B576Y55QXHAYY344EKNSC6/64d82e321cad-web-family-invite-dialog.png)

3. Choose the **Family storage they can use**.

   **No limit**, **Up to a limit** or **Own space only**.

   See [Family storage and asking for more space](https://drime.cloud/support/family/family-storage#limits).

4. Optional: add a few words in **Message (optional)**.

5. Click **Send invitation**.

Each person gets an e-mail with **Join the family**. The invitation only works for the address it was sent to, and each pending invitation takes a place in the family.

### Other ways to add someone

Under **Other ways to add someone**:

- **Copy link** copies an invitation link. Whoever opens it first can join, once, with any account, while it is valid: only send it to the person you mean to invite.
- **Create your child's account** creates an account for a child who has none yet. See [Create an account for your child](https://drime.cloud/support/family/child-accounts).

## Follow your invitations

The **Invitations** page lists **Pending invitations** and **All invitations**. For each pending invitation:

- **Copy the link** copies its link again.
- **Send again** sends the e-mail again. Wait 10 minutes between two sends of the same invitation.
- **Cancel the invitation** stops it and frees its place.

![The Invitations page with a pending invitation and its Copy the link, Send again and Cancel the invitation actions](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5B575AGNBR2TKESMHZ5XQ0E/931670c223f8-web-family-invitations.png)

How long an invitation stays valid is set in the family settings, under **Invitation validity**: 3, 7, 14 or 30 days (7 by default). See [Family settings and trusted contact](https://drime.cloud/support/family/family-settings).

## Roles and co-managers

The **Members** page lists everyone with their role, their family storage, two-factor authentication, Family Room access and the date they joined. A **Child** badge marks children's accounts.

![The Members page of the family console, with roles, storage and a child's account](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5B42K7G04T3EQ5A5KTMAVBH/5632960acc6d-web-family-members.png)

| Role | What they can do |
| --- | --- |
| **Manager** | Everything. Only the manager keeps the plan and its billing, the Family Room and the trusted contact, names or removes a co-manager, hands the family over and dissolves it. |
| **Co-manager** | Invitations, storage limits, products, parental controls and family activity. Can remove members, but not the manager, a co-manager or the trusted contact. |
| **Member** | No management. |

Neither the manager nor a co-manager can see members' files.

To name a co-manager, the manager clicks **Make co-manager** on that person's row and confirms. They get an e-mail, and you can take the role back later.

## Remove someone

1. On the **Members** page, click **Remove from the family** on the person's row.

   ![A member's row on the Members page with its role menu open](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5B57EKRCVYC1YQ23X1Q2ZG2/5b9a5a6e75a8-web-family-member-menu.png)

2. Keep or clear **Let them keep a copy of what they added to the Family Room**.

   It is checked by default: the copy goes into their own Drive.

3. Click **Remove**.

   **Removed from the family** confirms it.

Their account and files stay theirs. They go back to their own storage, lose access to the Family Room and get an e-mail.

When **Confirm sensitive actions** is on in the family settings, Drime asks for your password first (**Confirm it is you**), plus a code if you use two-factor authentication. This also applies to naming a co-manager.

To give the family to someone else, see [Hand the family over to another member](https://drime.cloud/support/family/hand-over-the-family).

## If it doesn't work

| Message | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| **Your family is full. Remove someone or cancel an invitation to make room.** | Cancel a pending invitation or remove someone. |
| **Too many invitations sent today. Try again tomorrow.** | A family can send 20 invitations a day. Try again the next day. |
| **Invitations are locked. Unlock them in the family settings first.** | In the family settings, under Security, turn off **Lock invitations**. |
| **Only the family manager can change a co-manager.** | Ask the manager. |
| **The manager cannot be removed. Dissolve the family instead.** | See [Dissolve a family](https://drime.cloud/support/family/dissolve-a-family) or [hand the family over](https://drime.cloud/support/family/hand-over-the-family). |
| **Your password is incorrect.** | Type your Drime account password again. |
| **Your family is paused: your plan no longer includes Drime Family.** | See [Family billing and the launch offer](https://drime.cloud/support/family/family-billing#paused). |