Windows 10: Disabling family settings and monitoring without the parental email

Howdy! I know this is a cliché line and all, but I am asking this for a friend she's got anxiety and doesn't want to post something like this herself, in the event her mother finds it.So, my friend turned 18 awhile ago. She has her own computer - and she's moving out. However, her computer has an activity tracker and everything on it. We believe its some setting with Microsoft family stuff, as her very controlling and overbearing mother hasn't actually been on her computer, at least as far as she's aware. From what she's told me, it logs her activity and her search history, and sends her m

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How to delete an adult account in the Family Settings.

Hi,

To resolve your issue, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

• As an adult in the family account, sign in with your Microsoft account.
• Under Your family, click
  Remove.
  
• Click the child account you want to remove, and click Remove.
• You will get an email confirmation once the child has been removed from the family.

Note: If you removed a Child account, it will be tagged as an "Orphaned account" and you will need to attach another "Parent account".

Regards.

 

Windows 10 Family Safety is blocking my browser!!!

Can you confirm if you are out of the Family Safety feature on your parent's account on this
link? If you've confirmed that you're no longer on the list of monitored child accounts, we suggest deleting the Family Safety folder. Here are the steps:

• Press Windows key + E on your keyboard.
• On the address bar, type this address C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Parental Controls and press
  Enter.
• Delete all contents of the Parental Controls folder.
• Restart and see if the issue is resolved.

Let us know how it went for you.

 

Family settings was not working properly I removed a child from the family settings. now I cannot access that account

Hi Nick,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.

Kindly try the below methods and check if this helps.

Method 1:

Run the Family Safety Troubleshooter and check if it helps.

Family Safety Troubleshooter

Method 2:

I suggest you to delete the corrupted files yourself and see if it helps to resolve the issue, please follow these steps:

1) Make sure your children are signed out of any monitored accounts.

2) Sign in with an administrator account and find the folder that contains the corrupted files.

There are two ways to do this. The easiest way is to enter the complete file path:

• 
  On the Start screen, type C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Parental Controls and press Enter.
  

• 
  If you’d rather open each folder individually, follow these steps:
  

a. Go to This PC

b. Open C:, open the
ProgramData folder, open the Microsoft folder, open the
Windows folder, and open the Parental Controls folder.

3) Delete all contents of the Parental Controls folder.

This will delete any corrupt files. Your settings will be downloaded again from familysafety.microsoft.com the next time you sign in.

I also suggest you to refer the below Microsoft article and check if this helps.

Set up your family

Getting started with Microsoft Family Safety

Hope it helps. Reply with the result and I'll be happy to help you further.

Thank you