Microsoft Family Safety

3.3
36.8K reviews
5M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image

About this app

The Microsoft Family Safety app helps empower you and your family to create healthy habits and protect the ones you love. Get peace of mind that your family is staying safer while giving your kids independence to learn and grow.
This app is designed for both parents and kids.


For parents, it helps to create a safe space for their children to explore online. Set parental controls to filter inappropriate apps and games and set browsing to kid-friendly websites on Microsoft Edge.

Help your kids balance their screen time activity. Set limits for specific apps and games on Android, Xbox, or Windows. Or use device management to set screen time limits across devices on Xbox and Windows.

Use activity reporting to better understand your family's digital activity. View your kids’ activity in a weekly email to help start a conversation about online activity.

For kids, it ensures their safety in the digital world by adhering to parental controls and accessing age-appropriate content.


Microsoft Family Safety features:

Activity reports – Develop healthy digital habits
• Activity log of screen time and online usage
• Weekly email summary report of activity

Screen time – Find a balance
• Screen time app and game limits on Xbox, Windows, Android
• Screen time device limits on Xbox and Windows
• Get notified if your child requests more time

Content filters – Explore safely
• Web filters for kid-friendly browsing on Microsoft Edge
• Block inappropriate apps and games



Privacy & Permissions

Your privacy is important to us. We work around the clock to protect your data and information to help you keep your family safe. For example, we do not sell or share your location data with insurance companies or data brokers. We provide you with meaningful choices about how and why data is collected and used and give you the information you need to make the choices that are right for you and your family.

With your child’s consent, Microsoft Family Safety may collect interaction data using accessibility, app usage, and device admin service permissions. This allows us to: know when they are using an app, exit an app on their behalf, or block apps that are not allowed.

Disclaimers

This app is provided by either Microsoft or a third-party app publisher and is subject to a separate privacy statement and terms and conditions. Data provided through the use of this store and this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the third-party app publisher, as applicable, and transferred to, stored and processed in the United States or any other country where Microsoft or the app publisher and their affiliates or service providers maintain facilities.
Updated on
Dec 5, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.3
36.3K reviews
Peter de Wolff
February 24, 2024
Requests for more time arrive >5 minutes. Response also takes minutes to be usefull on the screen. Just using the app and checking one of the kids> 30 secs to just get a screen. Updating location: minutes. First i said broken by design but now i am sure it is broken on purpose rendering it almost useless. A must have for marketing but without budget to create something good. Recent updates have removed usefull functions like disabling a device.
26 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
Microsoft Corporation
February 26, 2024
Thank you for using Family Safety! Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue. If you could send us more details and logs from the app by tapping on the App Menu/Home > Help and Feedback > Send feedback > I Don’t Like Something > Attach/Include Logs/Diagnostics, we’ll take a look. Thank you!
kira charlott
January 7, 2025
Blocked and allowed website doesn't work. Can't press to lock the device. Have to set device limit to the nearest 30min interval. The whole layout is not user friendly. This is a poor release from Microsoft. With safeguarding on the internet a huge issue in society, Microsoft should really step up their game. Take a look at the Google version, you can learn a lot from them.
Did you find this helpful?
Microsoft Corporation
January 8, 2025
Thank you for using Family Safety! Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue. If you could send us more details and logs from the app by tapping on the App Menu/Home > Help and Feedback > Send feedback > I Don’t Like Something > Attach/Include Logs/Diagnostics, we’ll take a look. Thank you!
Shadow Swept
December 11, 2024
Great potential, could benefit from a 'Bonus Time' option like Google's Family Link. Awesome that it extends into individual Xbox games. Unfortunately it's unstable, sometimes doesn't send notifications, and recently my kid's whole account disappeared with no more than a vague notification of suspension without explanation, leaving them with a completely unlocked computer. For a company as large as Microsoft, there's really no excuse for that.
7 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
Microsoft Corporation
December 13, 2024
Thank you for using Family Safety! Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue. If you could send us more details and logs from the app by tapping on the App Menu/Home > Help and Feedback > Send feedback > I Don’t Like Something > Attach/Include Logs/Diagnostics, we’ll take a look. Thank you!

What’s new

- As previously announced, Drive Safety and Location Tracking features have been removed.
- Several stability improvements and bug fixes.