How to Use Microsoft Family Safety App – Guide
Most modern parental control programs focus on mobile devices, but desktop monitoring is also important. Microsoft Family Safety is ideal for parents looking for help with web filters, screen time limits, and app monitoring on Windows computers. Microsoft Family Safety is also available for mobile platforms; offers location features that work fine, but web filters and device-level screen time restrictions for supervised Android devices don’t work.
The Microsoft 365 Personal subscription for iOS offers access to all of the Microsoft Office apps, 1 TB of OneDrive storage, and location alerts. The parental control features of this subscription include geofencing and driving safety reports.
If you’re already subscribed to Microsoft 365 Family, these extras are a great bonus, but I wouldn’t recommend paying that cost just for them. The features are worth it, but you need to invite each person you want to monitor to become part of your online family. Use an email address, phone number or create an Outlook account for each member.
Since each family member is invited, you can enable activity reports and web filters for your devices, set screen time limits, track your location and monitor your driving habits. Any restrictions placed on a family member’s activities will appear on their dashboard in the Microsoft Family Safety app or website. This makes the monitoring process more transparent.
How to manage Family Safety app controls
After each family member accepts the invitation and is signed in to the Microsoft Family Safety app on their mobile device, you can start managing their screen time, which apps they can use, and more.
If you are a parent or guardian of a child on Microsoft Family Safety, you can launch the Microsoft Family Safety app to see a list of each family member.
Settings button in the upper right corner of the screen.
On the family member’s profile page, choose which settings you want to enable in the Display and Digital Health section. You can enable activity reporting, app and game limits, web and search filters, and apply an age filter.
Tap the back arrow in the top left corner to return to the previous screen.
How to set screen time limits in Microsoft Family Safety
If you want to manage your family member’s safety on Microsoft Family Safety, open the app and select the person you want to manage.
On the “Set limits” screen, you can set time limits for how much screen time each family member can spend each day. You can also set time limits for how many hours a day each family member can be on their devices. ..
Scroll down to the type of device you want to limit time on and find the day you want to schedule. Choose the “Devices” tab and then find the day you want to schedule.
How to set limits on apps and games with Microsoft Family Safety
If you have enabled app and game limits in your child’s settings, you can specify which apps and games are not allowed.
If you want to manage your family member’s safety on Microsoft Family Safety, open the app and select the person you want to manage.
In the Screen Time section of the family member’s page, tap “Set limits” to set a specific amount of screen time for your family member.
There are a variety of apps and games to choose from on the App Store. Some of the most popular apps include the iPhone game Angry Birds, the iPad game Cut The Rope, and the Android app Subway Surfers. ..
You can manage your apps by tapping on the app you want to use. ..
If you choose to set a time limit, the app will close after a certain amount of time has passed. If you choose to block the app completely, it will not open at all. ..
If you want to set a time limit for an app, you can do so by tapping on the “Set app limits” button. From here, you can choose how long the app can be used before it is automatically closed. ..
If you want to prevent your child from using the entire app, tap “Block App.” To undo this, you can always return to the apps list and tap “Unlock app.” ..
How to to define up content filters in Microsoft Family Safety
If you have enabled web and search filters in the Family Safety app, you can also control these filters in the app.
If you want to manage your family member’s safety on Microsoft Family Safety, open the app and select the person you want to manage.
To filter by apps, go to the “Content Filters” section and select “Apps”. To filter by websites, go to the “Content Filters” section and select “Websites”. ..
On the Apps & Games screen, you can find a variety of apps and games. You can also find information about the app, such as its rating and reviews. ..
On the Apps & Games page, you can change the age-appropriate filtering of Microsoft Edge by tapping “Apps & Games” and selecting the age level you want. You can choose to filter Microsoft Edge content by age, so that only appropriate content is displayed. ..
The Blocked apps section displays all currently blocked apps. You can tap “Edit” and unlock apps.
To block additional apps, follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app and navigate to the “Apps and games” section.
- Scroll down and click on the “Add new app” button.
- Enter a name for the new app and select a category (e.g., music, video, etc.).
- Click on the “add” button and wait for the app to be added to your account.
- If you have multiple devices that you want to limit access to, repeat these steps on each device.
Tap the Back arrow, then tap “Web and Search Filters”.
You can choose to filter web pages by their content, by their age, or by their location. By default, “Filter inappropriate websites” is on – the button must be swiped to the right.
You can choose to allow your children access a select group of websites that you personally approve of, or you can choose to allow most websites and only block a few.
To block most websites, enable “Use only allowed websites” by swiping the button to the right. You can now add sites that you personally approve of. ..
Blocked Sites
- Google.com
- Facebook.com
- Twitter.com
- YouTube.com
Final note
Microsoft Family Safety App is a great way to keep your family safe online. It helps you to keep track of what your children are doing online, and it can help you to prevent them from accessing inappropriate websites. ..
