Netflix password sharing is, tragically, a thing of the past. After hemming, hawing and testing out its new policy in foreign countries, Netflix finally cracked down on password sharing in the US in early summer 2023.
Even though the streaming giant has put an end to unofficial password sharing, you can still share a password with someone outside your household, for a price. This will cost the owner of the account $8 per extra person on top of what they would already pay for their Netflix plan. If you’re on the standard Netflix plan you can add one person outside your household, and premium users can add up to two.
For those who were borrowing someone else’s login credentials to access Netflix, the abrupt loss of the service may have come as a shock (and a major interruption to your streaming), but the good news is that not all is lost. Even if you get booted off a shared Netflix account, you can transfer your profile over to a new account or another existing account to keep your recommendations, save lists and other settings.
We’ll show you how to find and enable Netflix’s Transfer Profile feature on your profile, and how to transfer your existing profile to a different account.
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Details
First, enable the Profile Transfer feature on Netflix
Before you can transfer your Netflix profile to a different account, you must enable the feature. You can do this on both the web and your mobile device (phone or tablet).
If you’re on a computer, go to the web browser of your choice, access the Netflix website and go into the profile that you want…
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