Microsoft Family Safety

Create a safe and healthy environment for your family with digital content filtering, screen time limits, and location sharing.

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Develop healthy digital habits

Apply screen time limits to devices, apps, and games. When screen time runs out, choose whether to add more time based on what’s right for you and your family.

  • App and game screen time limits (Windows, Xbox, Android)
  • Device screen time limits (Windows, Xbox)
  • Screen time requests 
  • Activity summaries
Speed Time Limits

Explore safely with content filters

Create a safe space for your kids to explore online. Use the app's content filters to set healthy boundaries, block inappropriate apps and games, and limit browsing to kid-friendly websites using Microsoft Edge on Xbox, Windows, and Android.

  • Apps and game content filters
  • Web and search content filters
  • Content filter requests
Content Filters

Use location sharing with family members

Stay connected even when you’re apart with family location sharing and tracking. Share your location with loved ones, spot them on a map, and save places they visit the most.

  • Location sharing for families
  • Saved places
  • Location alerts1
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Various items strewn across a white surface including a map, a location marker, and a child’s name and profile photo.

Build better driving habits

Get insights on how your family is doing on the road, including how many times the driver uses their phone, their top speed, and even the number of times they brake hard.

  • Drive safety reports2
  • Drive history2
Driving Habits

Get premium Microsoft Family Safety features with Microsoft 365 Family

Microsoft Family Safety

Microsoft Family Safety Free
  • Screen time limits
  • App and game limits (Windows, Xbox, Android)
  • Device limits (Windows and Xbox)
  • Screen time requests
  • Activity summaries
  • App and game filters
  • Web and search filters
  • Content requests
  • Location sharing
  • Saved places
  • Web versions of apps

Free apps and services included

  • MicrosoftWord
  • MicrosoftExcel
  • MicrosoftPowerPoint
  • MicrosoftDefender
  • MicrosoftOneDrive
  • MicrosoftTeams

Microsoft 365 Family

Microsoft 365 Family $9.99

/ month

(Annual subscription – auto renews)3

Everything in Microsoft Family Safety plus:

  • For up to six people
  • Advanced features in the Microsoft Family Safety mobile app, including location alerts, drive safety reports, and drive history
  • Up to 6 TB of cloud storage (1 TB/person)
  • Word, Excel, PowerPoint with premium features
  • Microsoft Defender security for data and devices
  • OneDrive ransomware protection for files/photos
  • Outlook ad-free email
  • Microsoft Editor advanced spelling and grammar
  • Microsoft Teams all-day video calling
  • Desktop and web versions of apps

Premium apps and services included

  • MicrosoftWord
  • MicrosoftExcel
  • MicrosoftPowerPoint
  • MicrosoftDefender
  • MicrosoftOneDrive
  • MicrosoftTeams
  • MicrosoftFamily Safety

Your privacy is important to us

We work to help protect your data and information, and we don’t sell or share your location or driving data with insurance companies.

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Ideas and resources for your family

Premium features with Microsoft 365

Get the most out of Microsoft Family Safety with premium features.​

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Frequently asked questions

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Screen time limits work on Windows (Windows 10 and Windows 11), Xbox (Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S), and Android apps and games. They can be managed using the Microsoft Family Safety app on Android and iOS.

Turn web and search filters on to filter out sites and search results that are too mature when using Microsoft Edge on Windows (Windows 10 and Windows 11), Xbox (Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S), and Android devices. Other commonly used browsers will be blocked for this to work.

Yes, you or anyone in your family can pause or turn off location sharing. To keep everyone safe and up to date on each other’s location, we recommend turning your location setting to “Always allow.”

Drive safety is only available in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, Belgium.

A Microsoft 365 Family subscription is required for location alerts and drive safety features.

  1. A Microsoft 365 Family subscription is required. Location permissions must be active.
  2. A Microsoft 365 Family subscription is required. Location permissions must be active; drive safety features only available in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil and Belgium.
  3. To cancel your Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription online go to the Microsoft Account site. Sign in with the Microsoft account you used to buy your subscription, then turn off recurring billing. Your subscription will automatically expire when your remaining subscription time ends. Go to “How to cancel your Microsoft subscription” on the Microsoft Support site for details.