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Don't Join Deezer Family as a Profile (Keep Your Playlists)
Your playlists survive Deezer Family only if you join the right way. Here's the independent-account path, the rules, and the trap to skip.
Prices last read 2026-11-03
Short answer
Join as an independent account using the admin's invite link. Don't let them create a profile for you.Deezer says that if you won't be the Family admin, you must join as an independent account to keep your existing library. An independent account keeps your own login and password. A profile uses the admin's login details. You need an invitation, and you have to be on Deezer Free when you accept it. If you're on Premium, cancel first and wait for your current period to end.Source: Deezer Family (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03; Join And Use Deezer Family With An Independent Account (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03
The usual way this goes wrong: the admin opens the Family menu and sees two options next to each other. One is "Send an invite" and the other is "Create a profile". Deezer's own help pages say profiles share the admin account's login details. So if you already have years of playlists on your own Deezer account, the profile option is the wrong choice. The invite link is the one that connects your existing account.
Source: Add Someone As A Member To A Deezer Family Account (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03; Deezer Family (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03
Step by step: joining with your library intact
- 1. Get onto Deezer Free firstDeezer requires a Free account to join a Family. If you pay for Premium, cancel it and wait until the current billing period ends. You can't merge two subscriptions, so the Family plan won't absorb your remaining Premium time. If you're already on Free, you don't need to cancel anything.
- 2. Check the country and the free seatsYour account and the admin's account must be in the same country, or Deezer says the process can't be completed. A Family plan holds the admin plus up to five other members. If it's full, the admin has to remove someone before inviting you.
- 3. Ask the admin to send an invite, not a profileThe admin goes to Plan management > Manage my accounts > Add a member > Send an invite. Some app versions label this Members > Add a member > Send an invite. They then share the link with you.
- 4. Accept the invite quicklyOpen the link, select ACCEPT INVITE, log in with your existing Deezer credentials, and confirm with YES IT'S MY ACCOUNT. If the wrong account shows up, choose CHANGE ACCOUNT. Deezer's help pages give different expiry times: one says 30 days, another says invite links expire after 1 day. Accept it the same day and you're covered either way.
Source: Join And Use Deezer Family With An Independent Account (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03; Add Someone As A Member To A Deezer Family Account (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03; Deezer Family (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03
Plan missing in the app?
If the app doesn't show the option to subscribe or switch to Family, Deezer suggests opening your account in a web browser on your phone or computer, where all the available plans should appear.
Source: Deezer Family (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03
The rules you're signing up to
Before you accept
- Everyone in the Family must live in the same household.
- Maximum of six people: the admin plus five others.
- Up to 13 linked devices in total: three for the admin and two for each other member.
- Subscription plans can't be combined, so cancel Premium before joining.
- The admin's account is responsible if any linked user breaks the rules.
Source: Deezer Family (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03; Offer Terms and Conditions of Use (Deezer) · 2026-11-03
restricted to members of the same family residing at the same address
Deezer, Offer Terms and Conditions of Use (no version date shown), read 2026-11-03Source: Offer Terms and Conditions of Use (Deezer) · 2026-11-03
Why this matters for you: the household rule is in Deezer's terms, not just a guideline on a help page, and the terms hold the account owner liable when linked users don't follow them. Family is for people who actually live together. It isn't a cheaper way to split Premium with friends in other places.
Source: Offer Terms and Conditions of Use (Deezer) · 2026-11-03
Already on a profile? You can still fix it
If someone already made you a profile, it can be converted. As the member, go to your settings, then Account (or Account management), and select "Add my credentials". The admin can do it instead from Manage my accounts: open the three-dot menu next to the profile and choose "Convert this profile into an independent account". If the admin does the conversion, you're logged out and have to sign back in with the email and password they entered.
Source: Join And Use Deezer Family With An Independent Account (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03
My take: independent accounts are the real reason Deezer Family is worth having, and Deezer hides them poorly. Putting "Create a profile" right next to "Send an invite" invites mistakes. Profiles are fine for a kid or someone starting from nothing. For anyone with a history on Deezer, a profile is a downgrade dressed up as convenience. The part that annoys me most is the cancel-and-wait step. Being told to drop Premium and sit out the rest of your billing period before you can join a plan your household already pays for feels like an old billing system nobody has fixed.
The payoff comes later. If the Family plan ends, independent accounts go back to Deezer Free and keep their favourites, playlists and recommendations. Downloaded content isn't kept. Profiles are suspended.
Source: Deezer Family (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03; Join And Use Deezer Family With An Independent Account (Deezer Support) · 2026-11-03
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Sources (all read 2026-11-03)