Windows 10: How to disband my Family group, and what's the impact?

As my two children grow older, I'm growing less comfortable with having Family Safety features available. My wife and I have moved away from technological control and towards a situation of mutual trust and informed independence.As the next step, I want to remove both my children from Family Safety. But while I can see how I can do this, I can't find information on what the consequences will be. What will be the impact on my childrens' user experience next time they sign in? Will their accounts turn into normal, independent Microsoft accounts? Do they need to do anything to complete the transi

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Delete family group:

Dear Jason Mock1

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft community.

In all honesty, we would suggest that the fastest solution for you would be to re-register for a Microsoft account and then join your daughter's family group. That way you can get up and running with MICROSOFT365 as soon as possible.

Back to the family group issue, if you are the organizer of another family group, it would be a good idea to notify the other members of the group that the group needs to be disbanded, and then delete the other members in turn from the main family account screen. Finally, dissolve the family group.

If you are a member of a family, but not the organizer, you can leave the family group if you are an adult account, or if you are a minor, you will need to be removed from the family group by your organizer.

So, frankly speaking the family group feature is not perfect at the moment and sometimes the above steps may not be possible due to server logic. You may want to sign up for a new Microsoft account and wait until the family group feature is stabilized before joining your daughter's family group with your original account.

We hope the above information helps you

Best Wish

Shawn Z | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

Family Organizer Leaving Family Group

Hello Lee Wilfert,

Glad to see you in Microsoft Community.

• If Mother was the administrator of the Family Group, you can exit the Family Group directly, and Mother will automatically become the Family Group organizer.
  
  If you want to stay in the Family Group, you need to rejoin, either as an administrator or as a regular Family Group member.
  
  Visit Getting started with Microsoft Family Safety for more details.
  

• If Mother was already a member of the Family Group, you need to remove her from the Family Group, then add it again, and need to select "Administrator" when selecting the role.
  

Meanwhile, you can dissolve the Family Group, and then let the new organizer send an invitation to re-establish the Family Group. Visit Leave family group or remove members (microsoft.com) for more details.

If anything is unclear, please do not hesitate to let me know.



Best Regards,

| Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

Microsoft Family

Sign in to https://account.microsoft.com using the family organizer account. Using the organizer account, you can remove your account as well as disband the family group.