A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
If the account is an adult account and Family Safety is being enforced on Windows 11, use this reset on the affected laptop:
- Press Windows + R.
- Type cmd and select OK.
- Run:
schtasks /run /tn "Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyRefreshTask"
- Restart the laptop.
If the account is still part of a Microsoft family group, check that first:
- Sign in at account.microsoft.com/family.
- If a family group appears, an organizer must remove the account from the group.
- If Remove from family group is not available, the organizer must first select Remove consent for this child’s account, then complete Remove from family group.
Important effects of leaving or being removed from a family group:
- Family Safety settings can no longer be managed for that account.
- Access to shared products and services from the family can be lost, such as Microsoft 365 Family and shared digital purchases.
If the account remains in the family group but only activity tracking needs to stop, a family organizer can:
- Sign in at https://account.microsoft.com/family/home/settings.
- Select the member name.
- Turn off Activity reporting on each device platform tab.
If restrictions are still applied after removal, run the FamilySafetyRefreshTask command again on each impacted device and restart.
References: