I am a developer with a free developer account, and my account is under the legal age of majority. I know that, according to the terms in Section 6 of the Apple Developer Agreement, I must be the legal age of majority to use pre-release software, and yet the Software Update section of Settings on my device would allow me to install a beta release of iOS 26. Is there a way for me to hide/remove this option without signing out of my account, and not have it appear again as an option until I reach the age of majority?
Thank you for your post. The question you raised is indeed intriguing and should be directed to the Developer Program team for clarification regarding section 6. However, upon reviewing section 6, I found that it explicitly states that parents or legal guardians of individuals between the ages of 13 and the legal age of majority in the jurisdiction are permitted to override the “If You are the parent or legal guardian of individuals between the ages of 13 and the legal age of majority in the jurisdiction” condition.
Therefore, the option to override this condition is available, and the absence of this option would prevent beta releases. I recommend contacting the Developer Program team for further clarification or documentation on the legal paper.
I would recommend you to contact the developer account support at https://developer.apple.com/support/ to make sure they provide you an official answer.
Albert Pascual Worldwide Developer Relations.
