# How to Share Verification Codes With Your Family > Streaming, shopping or school logins texting codes to one person in the house? Forward only those code texts to your family’s chat or another phone. Last updated: 2026-10-25 Canonical HTML page: https://www.fwrdsms.com/blog/share-verification-codes-with-family Published: 2026-10-25 To share verification codes with your family, first move any account that offers an authenticator code into a shared password manager, so nobody waits for a text. For the logins that still text a code to one person’s number, Fwrd can forward only those code texts from that iPhone to a family Telegram group, a family member’s phone, email or WhatsApp. **What you need:** the iPhone whose number gets the codes, on iOS 26 or later, with [Fwrd](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6759069713?pt=128544281&ct=blog-family-codes&mt=8); and the family chat or phone the codes should go to. ## How do I share verification codes with my family? Use per-person logins or authenticator codes where a service offers them, and forward code texts for the rest. Here are the usual ways a household handles it. | Way | Who waits | What to know | |---|---|---| | Asking the number’s owner each time | Everyone | Fine until they’re at work or asleep | | A shared password manager | Nobody, for passwords | Works only where a service allows it | | Forwarding code texts | Nobody | Only the texts you choose leave the phone | ## Which family accounts need shared codes? Mostly the ones tied to one phone number in the house, where a separate login for each person isn’t offered. - **Streaming and shopping accounts** that send a sign-in code when someone logs in on a new TV, laptop or phone. - **Utility, mobile and broadband accounts** in one parent’s name. - **School and club portals** that text a code to the parent who signed up. - **Not banking.** Bank codes belong to the account holder, and many banks forbid sharing them. Where a service lets each family member have their own profile or login, use that. Nobody needs a forwarded code then. ## Put what you can in a shared password manager Apple’s Passwords app can set up a Shared Group to share passwords, passkeys and Sign in with Apple credentials with family and other trusted contacts, and it can also set up and store automatic verification codes for sites that support them ([Apple](https://support.apple.com/en-us/120758), read October 25, 2026). Apple’s page lists passwords, passkeys and Sign in with Apple credentials as what a Shared Group shares. So a shared password removes one problem, but a service that only texts a code to one number still needs that code passed on. ## How to forward code texts to your family These steps send codes to a family Telegram group, which Fwrd posts to straight from the iPhone. For a family member’s phone, email or WhatsApp, see the note after the steps. 1. **Set up the family group.** Create a Telegram bot with BotFather, add it to your family group, and read the group’s chat ID. [Sending a message to a group chat from Shortcuts](https://www.fwrdsms.com/blog/shortcuts-send-message-to-group-chat) shows how, and the [Telegram guide](https://www.fwrdsms.com/guides/telegram) shows every step on video. 2. **Add it in [Fwrd](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6759069713?pt=128544281&ct=blog-family-codes&mt=8).** On the iPhone that gets the codes, open Fwrd, tap +, choose Telegram, and paste the bot token and chat ID into the Configuration field. Tap Send Test Message, then save with the tick. 3. **Create a Message automation.** On iOS 27, open Shortcuts, tap Library, then Automation, then +. If you see Describe a shortcut, tap Edit. Tap Automation, then Message, change Sender to Message, and type code. On iOS 26, open the Automation tab, tap +, choose Message, and type code under Message Contains. ![The trigger reading “When I receive a message where Message contains Code”](https://www.fwrdsms.com/guides/steps/sc-keyword-7536b90e.jpg) 4. **Let it run without asking.** On iOS 27, tap the arrow beside the trigger and check Confirm Before Run is off, then under ⓘ, then Privacy, check Allow Running When Locked is on. On iOS 26, choose Run Immediately, then tap Next and Create New Shortcut. 5. **Add Fwrd’s action.** Search for Forward, add Forward Message to All Destinations, and set its Message field to Shortcut Input (on iOS 26, Shortcut Input, then Message). Tap back to save (Done on iOS 26). 6. **That’s it.** New code texts now post to the family group on their own, with the iPhone unlocked or locked. Narrow it down in Fwrd: open the Telegram destination, choose Which Texts, and keep only texts that look like a verification code, or that contain a service’s name. A text the filter skips doesn’t use up one of your free forwards. **To a family member’s phone, email or WhatsApp:** add Another Phone, Email or WhatsApp in Fwrd instead, then add Apple’s Send Message, Apple’s Send Email or WhatsApp’s Send Message below Fwrd’s action, set its message to Fwrd’s output, and pick the person. In Fwrd’s [WhatsApp guide](https://www.fwrdsms.com/guides/whatsapp), WhatsApp’s action is set up with one contact or number, so a Telegram group is the way to reach the whole family at once. ## Make the forwards easy to read - **Show who sent each code.** Turn on Include Who Sent It in Fwrd’s Settings, then choose Sender on Fwrd’s action in Shortcuts. Each forward then starts with a From: line, so the family can tell the streaming code from the school one. - **Keep the group small.** Anyone in it can use a code. Leave out anyone who doesn’t need to sign in. - **Say who asked for it.** A quick “that’s me, logging in on the TV” stops people wondering about a code nobody requested. A busy household can pass 15 forwards a month. Fwrd is free for 15 forwards a month as of October 2026, a text counts once however many places it goes, and Fwrd Pro removes the limit for $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US. ## What forwarding codes can’t do - **It can’t make sharing safe for every account.** Anyone who sees a code can use it, so keep bank and email account codes with their owner. - **It can’t work if the phone is off.** The iPhone that gets the codes has to be on and online. After a restart, unlock it once before forwarding starts again. - **It can’t forward voice codes.** If a service phones the number to read out a code, choose a text instead. - **It only goes one way.** Nobody can reply to the service from the family chat. ## Questions about sharing codes with family ### Can I send verification codes to a WhatsApp group? Fwrd’s WhatsApp guide sets up WhatsApp’s Send Message action with one contact or number, so this post doesn’t promise groups. A Telegram group has its own address, and Fwrd posts there straight from the iPhone. ### Will the rest of my texts go to the family? No. Only texts that contain your automation’s word, such as code, are forwarded, and a Telegram destination can narrow that further with Fwrd’s filters. ### Does everyone in the family need Fwrd? No. Only the iPhone whose number gets the codes needs Fwrd and the automation. Everyone else reads the family chat or their own messages as usual. ### Is it safe to share login codes with family? It’s as safe as the people and the chat you share them with. Keep the group to family who need the logins, and keep bank and email codes with their owner. ## Keep reading - [Send a message to a group chat from Shortcuts](https://www.fwrdsms.com/blog/shortcuts-send-message-to-group-chat) - [Forward verification codes from your iPhone](https://www.fwrdsms.com/forward-verification-codes-iphone)