Roles, permissions and data sharing in Family Safety

Family organizers

Family organizers are the administrators of a family group. They can add and remove members, manage limits and permissions, and view activity for members that have reporting enabled.

Organizers can manage

• Screen time: set limits and review activity.

• Website and search filters: block sites and see searches made in Edge.

• App and game filters: control app access and see app activity.

• Purchases: add money, set permissions, and see spending.

• Consent: giving and removing consent to confirm responsibility for a minor.

Family members

Family members can be people of any age. Members need to add a device to enable screen time and app & web filters. They can also request purchase approvals or ask for more time on their devices easily through their Family Safety app.

How to remove activity reporting in a family group

When a child becomes an adult, they may wish to have earlier restrictions lifted.

1. To manage activity reporting, a family organizer will need to sign in to account.microsoft.com/family/home/settings to see all the family group participants.
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2. Select the relevant member's name.

3. Turn off the Activity reporting toggles on each of the four device platform tabs.

See also

• Setting screen time limits

• Establishing website and search filters

• Establishing app and game filters

• Viewing activity reports

• Managing purchase permissions 

• Distributing Microsoft Store allowances

• Giving and removing consent

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