Microsoft Family Safety

3.9
49.3K reviews
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Everyone
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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
Apr 14, 2026

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

3.9
48.8K reviews
Eric Shaffer
May 20, 2025
This App is far inferior to Xbox family, which makes it that much more frustrating. The UI is counterintuitive, it pulls in XBox but not in a useful manner, and it's lacking control features. I cannot add bonus time without a request, and once my child is out of time the request won't process as the Internet connection is blocked. Just copy XBox Family for Windows devices and we'll all be better off.
52 people found this review helpful
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Microsoft Corporation
May 22, 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!
Mike Manning
April 26, 2026
Uninstalling, doesn't work most of the time over last two years. Not reliable. Sometimes works, but many times app just won't unlock my child's PC when I change settings in the app or when the request more time. I tried to send a log through the app, but when I get to the screen to write comments and attach my logs, there is no button to send it!!!! There is an x in the upper left and a checkmark in the upper right but they do nothing.
3 people found this review helpful
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Microsoft Corporation
April 30, 2026
Thank you for using Family Safety! We're 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 or send your response to familysafetyfeedback@microsoft.com, we’ll take a look.
Henrique Barbosa
April 24, 2026
How can Microsoft make such an awful app? the "lock device" button doesn't work. there's no button for giving additional time, so the only way is if the kid asks for it on their device. And if you give more time then you want, there is no way to change it back or cancel. Developers replied suggesting I send a feedback through the app. However, the "send" button in the feedback form is so close to the edge of the phone screen that it's impossible to clock on it
5 people found this review helpful
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Microsoft Corporation
April 23, 2026
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

- General bug fixes.