How to Share Netflix Account (Safely)

Netflix is a well-known American production company as well as a media service provider. It’s one of the major streaming options for Home Television audiences.

We can’t deny that Netflix is also quite expensive, so the question arises ‘How to share Netflix Account.’

Sharing one Netflix account between multiple users is legal. Although Netflix is not very happy about various people using the same account due to the losses that they would incur, they cannot and will not sue you for sharing your account with others.

Once you buy a Netflix account, anyone who has access to the username and password for that account can use it.

In this article, we are going to look at if you can share a Netflix Account, How to share Netflix Account with family or friends and what are the drawbacks and benefits of this.

Let’s Begin!!

Can you share a Netflix Account

The answer to this question is straightforward, “Yes, you can share your Netflix account.” Although not officially, sharing is allowed provided the owner is aware that others are using his account.

Using someone else’s Netflix account without their permission is illegal. 

Officially Netflix does not promote or encourage sharing the same account among multiple people.

Netflix is one of the most expensive streaming services when compared to its competitors, like Amazon Prime Video or Hotstar, but also one of the best. You wouldn’t mind paying the price as you get a variety of content to stream.

Netflix fees vary mainly based on how many screens you can stream on at a given time. For example, If you have taken the plan that says two screens and you start playing a movie on a third screen, you get a “Too many people are using your account right now ” warning.

The Netflix price structure is as below:

As the plans are expensive, people usually prefer sharing one account. This way you can save a lot of money.

What you need to do is form a group of friends whom you want to share your account with, preferably share it with people whom you know rather than giving out account information to unknown strangers.

Only one person is the true owner of the main Netflix account, and this is the person who gave his billing information and bought the account. The sole owner of the account can choose to share his password with others, and by doing this, he will be providing other people with access.

Netflix allows the creation of about five profiles within one central account. Each profile behaves like an independent account. Different people can use these separate profiles.

Note: Although profiles are different, the login credentials to all profiles will be the same. Everyone will have to use the same username and password. You don’t get separate usernames and passwords.

Pros of sharing Netflix Account:

• The most significant advantage of sharing an account is saving cash.
• Well, I am not sure if this is an advantage, but you get to keep a shared wish list of movies with your friends and family members.

Downsides of sharing Netflix Account:

• Sharing your account means sharing your username and password info. Since your Netflix account is going to hold sensitive information like your bank account details under the payments option, sharing usernames and password becomes a privacy issue.
• With multiple people using your account, your movie wish-list will get filled up with things other people have added, which you may not even want to watch.
• Netflix movie suggestions will be influenced by the movie tastes of others as well. You will not get recommendations unique to your movie taste.
• Your username and password could be shared by your friends with their friends and family, resulting in a whole bunch of people you don’t even know, using your account.
• The Basic and Standard Netflix plan supports only 1/2 screens at a time. Others may always occupy screens. You will not get the luxury to watch when you want to. You may have to wait for others to finish watching, so the screens get free.
• Netflix will hold you responsible for any illegal activity done using your account.

With so many downsides to sharing an account, if you are planning to share your account, I would recommend sharing it with a group of people whom you trust “Netflix sharing group” like your close friends or family members. Sharing it with unknown people invites unwanted trouble.

Let’s the different ways on How to share Netflix account with friends/family and also How to share Netflix account without giving your password away.

How to share Netflix account with Family

As mentioned above, Netflix allows the creation of four additional profiles within the main profile. You can create profiles for your family members to use. Up to five family members can share one Netflix account

Steps to create an additional account

• Log in to Netflix using your email/phone number and password.

• In the upper right corner, click on your Account image and select Manage Profiles.

• Now click on Add Profile.

• Provide a name for the profile. If the profile is for a kid below age 16, mark the kid’s checkbox.

• Click on Continue.
• A new profile is created under your account

Once you created a profile, your family member can start using it. Remember that Netflix allows a max of five profile creations.

How to share Netflix Account with Friends

Some friends are like family, and we trust them to bits. With friends like these, we can share our passwords and username without much hesitation.

Create a profile on Netflix for your friend and share your username and password so that they can log in and use that profile. Follow the below steps to create a profile :

• Log in to Netflix using your email/phone number and password.
• In the upper right corner, click on your Account image and select Manage Profiles.
• Now click on Add Profile.
• Give in the name of your friend in the text box provided.
• Click on Continue.
• A new profile will is created under your account

If you are planning on sharing the amount for the icon, consider using Apps like Splitwise to split the amount among yourselves equally.

How to share Netflix account without giving password (safe method)

You can consider this method if you are protective of your passwords and are not comfortable, giving them out even to family or friends.

To be able to share Netflix account without a password, both owner of the Netflix account and the receiver will have to install the Share Account extension to Chrome. I have mentioned the detailed steps below.

Follow the below steps to know How to share Netflix account without giving password:

Below are the steps the Recipient has to follow ( Person using the shared account )

• Go to the Chrome store and install the “ShareAccount” extension.
• Click on the Share Account icon on your Chrome toolbar.
• Select Receiver Account from the dropdown.
• A code will appear on the screen, make a copy of the code.
• Send this code to the owner, who will give you access to Netflix.
• Once you have sent the code, the owner will send back an encrypted text, pasted this encrypted in the textbox Share Result.
• Click on Receive.
• As soon as you click on receive, you will be able to access the Netflix account shared with you.

Below are the steps that the account owner has to follow ( Main owner of the account ):

• Go to the Chrome store and install the “ShareAccount” extension.
• Navigate to the Netflix page.
• Click on the Share Account icon on your Chrome toolbar.
• Click on Share Account in the dropdown menu.
• Paste the code that the receiver sent.
• Additionally, you can also select a Timeout period i.e., when you want the sharing to stop.
• Click on Share.
• There will be some kind of encrypted text displayed. Copy this encrypted text and send it to the Recipient.

If you follow the process as mentioned above, your password and account will be protected and will still be entirely under your control.

FAQ’s

Conclusion

I hope you got your answers on How to Share Netflix Account. I have tried to cover most of the ways you can share a Netflix account.

I can’t stress enough this point to avoid sharing an account with unknown people. When it comes to safety, please be safe and cautious at all times.

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