Windows 10: Add or Remove Adult Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Adult Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove Adult Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10


One of the many benefits of having a Microsoft account is a family group, which gives you access to family features and settings. It's a free service that helps families stay connected and keeps kids safer on Windows 10, Xbox One devices, and Android devices running Microsoft Launcher. Youll find settings like activity reporting, screen time limits, location sharing, and content filters, where you can also track kids spending and add money to their Microsoft accounts.

A Microsoft family group is separate from other Microsoft apps and programs. You can sign up with your email account. If you already use Skype, youll have a family chat set up and waiting for you once you create your family group. If you dont already have Skype, get more information and sign up to create an account for your family.

Once you set up your family group, you can add or remove child and adult members.

Once they accept the invitation, you can do things like schedule events on your family calendar, receive activity reports (child), and set screen time limits (child).

If the person you're adding is already part of another family, they'll first need to be removed from that family.

To remove a member from your Microsoft family, you must have an adult account.

Adults in the family can manage family settings online, and changes will be applied to any Windows 10 PC, Windows 10 Mobile device, and Xbox One devices, and Android devices running Microsoft Launcher the child signs in to with the same Microsoft account.

You must be an adult in the family to be able to add another adult to your family group.

If your PC is joined to a domain, family features might not be available. Check with your system admin.

See also:

• What is a Microsoft family group? | Microsoft Account Support
• Microsoft account | Your family
• Add members to your Microsoft family | Microsoft Account Support
• Remove members from your Microsoft family | Microsoft Account Support

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove an adult member for your Microsoft family group online and in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add an Adult Member to your Family Group in Settings
• Option Two: Add an Adult Member to your Family Group at Microsoft Family Online
• Option Three: Remove an Adult Member from your Family Group at Microsoft Family Online
• Option Four: Remove Yourself as an Adult Member from your Family Group at Microsoft Family Online

OPTION ONE [/i] Add an Adult Member to your Family Group in Settings

*note If the adult you want to add already has a local account on your PC, then you will need to switch the local account to a Microsoft account first.
1. As an adult in the family, open Settings in Windows 10, and click/tap on the Accounts icon.

2. Click/tap on Family & other users on the left side, and click/tap on Add a family member under Your family on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3. Select (dot) Add an adult, type in their Microsoft account email address to send the invite to, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)

*note If the adult doesn't have a Microsoft account, then click/tap on the The person I want to add doesn't have an email address link to create a Microsoft account for them.



4. Click/tap on Confirm. (see screenshot below)



5. The invitation to join your family group has now been sent. Click/tap on Close. (see screenshot below)



6. The added adult will need to click/tap on Accept invitation in the sent email or notification. (see screenshots below)

*note This invitation will expire in 14 days if not accepted by then.





7. Whenever the adult accepts the family invitation, the adult, you (adult), and all other adults in your family group will get a notification in Windows 10 and an email notification. (see screenshots below)








8. Adults in the family can manage family settings for any child in the family group.





OPTION TWO [/i] Add an Adult Member to your Family Group at Microsoft Family Online

*note If the adult you want to add already has a local account on your PC, then you will need to switch the local account to a Microsoft account first.
1. As an adult in the family, go to the Microsoft Family website, and sign in with your Microsoft account if not already.

2. If you haven't already set up your family group, click/tap on the Create a family group button, and go to step 4. (see screenshot below)



3. Click/tap on the Add a family member link. (see screenshot below)



4. Select (dot) Adult, type in their Microsoft account email address to send the invite to, enter the characters, and click/tap on Send invite. (see screenshot below)



5. Click/tap on Done. (see screenshot below)



6. The added adult will need to click/tap on Join in the sent email or notification. (see screenshots below)

*note This invitation will expire in 14 days if not accepted by then.





7. Whenever the adult accepts the family invitation, the adult, you (adult), and all other adults in your family group will get a notification in Windows 10 and an email notification. (see screenshots below)








8. Adults in the family can manage family settings for any child in the family group.





OPTION THREE [/i] Remove an Adult Member from your Family Group at Microsoft Family Online
1. Do step 2 or step 3 below for how you would like to manage your family settings online.

2. As an adult in the family, go to the Microsoft Family website, and sign in with your Microsoft account if not already, and go to step 4 below.

3. Open Settings in Windows 10, click/tap on the Accounts icon, click/tap on Family & other users on the left side, click/tap on the Manage family settings online link, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)



4. Click/tap on the Remove from family link under the adult you want to remove from your family group. (see screenshot below)



5. Click/tap on Remove to confirm. (see screenshot below)



6. The adult you removed, you (adult), and all other adults in your family group will get a notification in Windows 10 and an email notification. (see screenshots below)















OPTION FOUR [/i] Remove Yourself as an Adult Member from your Family Group at Microsoft Family Online
1. As an adult in the family, go to the Microsoft Family website, and sign in with your Microsoft account if not already.

2. Click/tap on the Leave family link under your account. (see screenshot below)



3. Click/tap on Remove to confirm. (see screenshot below)



4. You (adult) and all other adults in the family group will get a notification in Windows 10 and an email notification. (see screenshots below)











That's it,
Shawn


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How We Can Transform a Child account To Adult account?

Hello Leo,

You could remove the child account from your Microsoft Family group, and then afterwards add the account as an adult member of your Microsoft Family group.

The tutorials below can provide step by step details on how to do this.

Add or Remove Child Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10

Add or Remove Adult Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10

 

removing a family member

These should help :

Remove members from your Microsoft family

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/10555/...

More if needed:

Child Account - Add or Remove from Your Family in Windows 10

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/34763-child...

Adult Account - Add or Remove from Your Family in Windows 10

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/34821-adult...

Please let me know the results or if I can help further.

 

When you delete a child a account, does the child account automatically become an adult account?

Hello Luigi,

You could use Option 4 in the tutorial below to remove yourself as a child member of your Microsoft Family group. A child member will never automatically become an adult member.

Add or Remove Child Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10

If you want to be an adult member in an existing Microsoft Family group, then you will need to have an existing adult member add your account as an adult member.

Add or Remove Adult Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10

 

Microsoft Family Screen Time

Hi Laurel,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.

This could happen when the child account fails to sync with the server. I suggest you to try the steps listed below and check if it works:

• Open
  File Explorer and navigate to the following location:
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Parental Controls
  
  
  Note:
  The above mentioned directory is hidden, copy and paste the same location on the search bar in the File Explorer to access it.
  
• Delete the contents in the
  \\settings directory of the Parental Controls folder.
  
• Reboot the machine to see if the issue persists.
  

If the issue persists, you may want to remove the child account from Microsoft family and add it again.

• To know how to remove an account from Microsoft Family, refer:
  
  Remove members from your family group
• To know how to add an account to Microsoft Family, refer:
  
  Add members to your family group
  

Regards,

 

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.