Microsoft Family Safety

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Microsoft Family Safety screenshot
Microsoft Family Safety screenshot
Microsoft Family Safety screenshot
Microsoft Family Safety screenshot
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.

Frequently asked questions

If you're an Android user and don't download the app from the official Google Play Store, you may find the installation process more complicated than usual.

But we are delighted to inform you that you don't need to worry. To ensure you could install this app smoothly, we have written and uploaded a detailed tutorial. It would guide you on installing an app after downloading it from our website step by step, with the help of pictures.

You may find this helpful article on the downloading site, or visit How to install APK/XAPK files on Android.

If you need further help, please do not hesitate to contact us via email [email protected].

We fully understand your concern about safety. We agree that one person wouldn't be too careful in the cyber world. Meanwhile, we are happy to tell you that one of our priorities is to provide our users with safe app files that they can use without any worries.

We guarantee that all the app files we provided originate from official and reliable sources. We promise that they do not contain any malware that will harm your hardware or the safety of your privacy.

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Rest assured, whether an app is free or paid, every download link on our site is verified and completely safe. You can download with confidence, and no account registration is needed—just click the download button and you're all set!

Recently we received a lot of emails from our users, which said they couldn't log in for different reasons, such as "forgot the user name or password" or "had a new phone." We are willing to help you out. Please read the notes below to see what we can do.

To answer this question, please first let us know which account you're referring to.

If you're referring to your account of some app, like your Facebook account or your Youtube account. Unfortunately, we would not be able to help in this case. We would suggest you turn to the customer service of this application.

If you're referring to your Appurse account, we should apologize for your confusion since there is no Appurse account. We never require registration for our service, and you will not find any procedure related to creating an account or registering on our website.

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