In general, other people cannot see your daily Apple Pay transactions made at stores or in apps, as this information is private and stored only on your device. However, if you are part of an Apple Family Sharing plan and share a payment method, the organizer can see app/media purchases, and Apple Card owners can see transactions by participants.
Family members will be able to see a description of the payment method used, such as Apple Pay, but will not be able to see payment details, such as full payment account number.
With Family Sharing, your Apple subscriptions are shared with your family members at no extra cost. That includes eligible subscriptions from the App Store, as well as eligible purchases of apps, media, and books when you enable Purchase Sharing. You can even hide individual purchases that you want to keep private.
Personal data. Protected. When you make a purchase, Apple Pay uses a device-specific number and unique transaction code. So your actual card number isn't shared by Apple with merchants or stored on Apple servers.
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If you don't want to see an app in your list of purchases in the App Store, hide it. If you want to redownload the app, unhide it first.
To start deleting this information, open the Wallet app on your iPhone. You'll see all of your cards listed there; select the card associated with Apple Pay that you'd like to manage. Once selected, scroll down until you find 'Transaction History. ' Here lies the treasure trove of past purchases waiting for action.
Apple Pay retains anonymous transaction information, such as approximate purchase amount. This information can't be tied to the user and never includes what the user is buying. Besides the use of Apple Pay in stores, it also works within iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS apps.
What types of content can I share with my family?
With Apple Cash Family**, your child or teen can send or receive money in Messages and Wallet and make purchases with Apple Pay. Parents can set up an allowance using recurring payments or send money directly to children. They can also see their child's transaction history and limit their spending.
To send and receive money with an Apple Cash account, you must be 18 and a U.S. resident. If you're under 18, your family organizer can set up Apple Cash for you as part of their Apple Cash Family account, but you may not be able to access features that require a supported payment card.
If someone else has access to your Apple Account, they can view information that is synced across devices, which may include such things as Messages and location. Learn here how to secure your Apple Account on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
When you use Apple Pay in apps and on the web, information necessary to process the payment is shared with the app or website. Your actual card number isn't shared with the merchant. Apple Pay data that can no longer be tied to you may be used by Apple to improve Apple Pay and other Apple products and services.
Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing. Tap Purchase Sharing, then turn off Share Purchases with Family. If the organizer wants to turn off purchase sharing entirely, they can tap Stop Purchase Sharing.
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Yes, with Apple Family Sharing and Purchase Sharing enabled, the family organizer can see a list of your purchases (apps, music, movies, books) and they are billed to the organizer's payment method, but members can hide specific purchases to keep them private from the organizer, though the organizer still gets receipts for all transactions. Family members can download shared content from the "Purchased" section in the App Store, but in-app purchases (like game currency) aren't visible there and can't be shared, notes Apple Support and r/applehelp.
No, Apple Family Sharing does not automatically share text messages; each family member uses their own Apple ID, keeping personal data like messages, photos, and files private, though you can share location, purchases, subscriptions, and use parental controls like Ask to Buy. The only way messages are shared is if family members mistakenly use the same Apple ID, which is not recommended, or if they manually enable iCloud sync for messages on the shared account.
No, card skimmers can't read Apple Pay, because Apple Pay does not send your card number to merchants during transactions. It sends a unique, one-time code that's verified by your bank. Each code is tied to a single transaction, so even if it's skimmed, it's useless to scammers.
You can't completely hide credit card purchases, but statements only show vendor name and amount. Cash, gift cards, and online payment services can help mask specific purchase details.
You can't delete items from your purchase history but you can hide them.