Households, members and roles

A household is the shared space where everything lives: the calendar, recipes, grocery list, tasks, and rewards. Everyone you invite to a household can see and contribute to the same data in real time. Everyone in a household can see what is in it, including members' allergies and food preferences, the list of members and Family Inbox items.

Roles

• Admin: Full control of the household, including its settings, its members and their roles, and deleting or erasing the household. A household can have more than one admin.
• Member: Can see everything in the household and add to it. This is the default role when someone accepts an invite.
• Member without a login: A person an adult adds by name, such as a young child or a guest, who has no account of their own.
• Child account: A sign-in that a guardian creates in the mobile app. A child account has simplified screens and can read household information, including allergies, the list of members and Family Inbox items, but cannot add or change anything.

Inviting members

Go to Settings, then Household, then Invite member and enter an email address or copy the invite link. The person you invite receives an email with a link to join. Until they accept, you will see them listed as Pending in the members list.

You can re-send or revoke a pending invite at any time from the same settings screen.

Changing a member's role

A household admin can change another member's role from the members list. Role changes take effect immediately.

Switching between households

If you belong to more than one household (for example, a family home and a co-parenting setup), use the household switcher in the top-left of the app to move between them. Each household has entirely separate data; nothing is shared between them.

Creating a second household

Tap the household switcher, then Create new household. You become an admin of the new household. Use this for a genuinely separate living situation, such as a parents' place, a co-parenting arrangement, or a separate shared house.

Removing a member

A household admin can remove a member from the members list. Removed members immediately lose access to all household data. Their past contributions (recipes, events, completed tasks) remain in the household.

Deleting your account when you belong to a household

There is no separate leave-household control. Deleting your account removes your membership. Households where you are the only account holder are deleted with it, and if you are an admin of a household with other account holders you must give up your admin role first. The privacy policy says what stays after deletion.

Deleting a household

Only a household admin can delete a household, in the web app under Settings, then Account, then Danger zone. The other registered members must approve by email, and an approval request expires after 24 hours. Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone. Deleting a household on its own may currently fail; if it does, email privacy@orbrey.com and we will delete it for you. When it works it removes the household's database records, but not its stored Family Inbox files, profile photos, recipe photos or event attachments, and it does not cancel a web subscription, so cancel that in the billing portal first. Email privacy@orbrey.com to have the stored files removed. Export any data you need before proceeding.