Microsoft Family - Child can remove themselves from the family

Anonymous
2020-01-05T10:56:06+00:00

I have setup Microsoft Family with my children added as child accounts.

My children can login to their accounts at family.microsoft.com and simply click the link "Leave family group" and they are removed from the group and from any screen time limits etc.

This seems like a serious issue as it negates the point of setting any restrictions if it is this easy to circumvent them.

Please advise if there are additional settings required to prevent children from removing themselves from the family group.

I've checked the DOB for each child and that is correct.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Family and online safety

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-15T03:25:39+00:00

    This is not a glitch. This is a purposeful design by Microsoft to give people a false sense of security and control. Microsoft’s Family center is without question the WORST family safety/monitoring tool out there. Google being the second worst. By design MS and Google believe that parents don’t have the right to monitor their minor kids or restrict the content that their minor children see.

    None of these child safety/monitoring tools are perfect, but the best I’ve seen in a platform is Apple’s as it’s pretty easy to configure and just works.

    As for Microsoft, my advice is... choose another platform as anything is better. The Microsoft one is nothing short of useless.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-07T21:31:18+00:00

    Man I totally agree with you.  This is not protection at all.  My teen son just said, "Dad it's like they have 7 locks on the front door but the back door is wide open."

    Exactly.

    The 13yo restriction isn't up to Microsoft to decide.  Default should be 18 and a parent can change it if they want.  You (Microsoft) build the great tools and let the parents decide what "adult" and "privacy" means in their house.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-06T09:06:23+00:00

    LOL :) thx microsoft for this glitch/present/gift whatever! Thx so nice dont block it!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-06T10:07:08+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

    I understand that you are facing issues with Microsoft Family group.

    Usually, when you add a Child account to Family group, the child account will not be able to remove themselves from the Family. Only the Adult account can remove the Child account from the family.

    One of the possibilities that I can think of is that the Child account was added as an Adult account by mistake and that could be the reason your Child was able to remove him/her from the Family.

    I would suggest you to try adding the Child account once again to the Family Group and see if the Child has an option to quit the Family group. Refer the article Add members to your family group

    Let us know how it goes.

    Regards,

    Prakhar Khare

    Microsoft Community – Moderator

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-04-30T18:37:09+00:00

    I have the same problem. Is there any response or fix for this?

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