What is Microsoft family sharing?

You can send an invitation or add people to your Microsoft family to share your benefits. Once they accept the invitation, they can install Microsoft 365 apps on their devices and access their own 1 TB of OneDrive storage by signing in to www.microsoft365.com with their personal Microsoft account.
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How does Microsoft family sharing work?

You can share your Microsoft 365 Family subscription with up to five people in your family. Everyone gets their own Office apps to install on all their devices, plus 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage each, and other services.
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What is Microsoft family and do I need it?

With Microsoft 365 Family, you can install Microsoft 365 on all your devices and sign in to five at the same time―that means you can use Office no matter where you are or what device you're on. This includes PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones. You can also share you subscription with up to five other people.
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Does Microsoft family show what you are doing?

This feature allows family organizers to view certain web, search, app and game activity of another family member. This information is accessible through a web browser or the Family Safety app. Notes: Web activity is only shown if the child uses Microsoft Edge.
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Can Microsoft family see photos?

Note: Family and group sharing is included in all free and paid OneDrive for home (personal and family) plans on OneDrive for the web. This feature is not available for OneDrive for work or school accounts.
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What does Microsoft family let you see?

Let organizers see your activity: Organizers can view a family member's activity reporting, adjust their account limits and add spending money to their account. Organizers can also view websites they visited, apps and games they used and terms they searched in Bing search engine.
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Can my family see my files when I use the family plan Microsoft?

When you share your family subscription with people, it is like buying them their own subscription. They cannot see your files, your history, or anything you do.
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Can Microsoft family see incognito history?

Yes, Windows Live Family Safety can track sites visited using Google Chrome's incognito mode. Browsing in incognito mode only keeps Google Chrome from storing information about the websites you've visited. Windows Live Family Safety will still keep the browsing history in this mode.
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Does Microsoft family track incognito history?

That would be the same whether you use Guest or InPrivate browsing. In such mode , the browser won't collect data but data still are being collected by Family Safety program regardless of what browser and what mode are you using.
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Can your Microsoft account see your search history?

Your browsing history may be collected and appear in the privacy dashboard if you've signed in to Windows with your Microsoft account and your Windows diagnostic data setting is set to Full. If you've turned on browsing history in Cortana, your data can be used to offer personalized suggestions on Microsoft websites.
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Can you remove yourself from Microsoft family?

Look for the option to manage or modify family settings. Within the settings, there should be an option to remove yourself. Select it to begin the process. Confirm your decision when prompted.
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How do I separate my Microsoft account from my family?

To remove yourself from a family group
  1. Using a web browser, sign in to family.microsoft.com.
  2. Click next to your name and select Leave family group.
  3. Select Remove to confirm.
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How do I turn off Microsoft family?

How do I switch off microsoft family safety
  1. To turn off family settings for a child in your family, sign in at.
  2. account.microsoft.com/family. Then choose one of these options. Remove them from family settings by choosing Remove, then selecting. their account, then selecting Remove again. They'll still be able to sign.
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What can Microsoft family do?

Parents can set an age rating for content that a child can acquire in the Windows Store. This applies to apps, games, music, and movie content that a child can browse or acquire in the Windows Store. Parents can explicitly block Store apps or games but only after they have been used by the child.
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How do I manage Family Sharing on Windows?

In Windows 10 or 11, go to Settings > Accounts > Family & other users. In Windows 10, click the button for Add a family member. In Windows 11, click the button for Add account next to the option for Add a family member. Type the person's email address.
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Can my wife see incognito searches?

Yes. An incognito browser only hides searches from the local device it is installed on. The WiFi owner has access to the admin panel from the WiFi router, meaning they can see the browsing information performed on their WiFi network. Additionally, your ISP can also see all traffic, regardless of the browser being used.
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Can my spouse see my incognito history?

Although incognito mode will prevent the browser from recording your activity, the router will still have this record. Anyone who can access these router logs will be able to see your search history.
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Can family sharing see private tabs?

No, the family sharing manager of an Apple ID cannot see your deleted or private search history. The family sharing feature only allows members to share certain information such as purchased apps, music, books, and other media, and it does not grant access to personal browsing history.
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Can Microsoft family see other browsers?

Microsoft Family Safety's web and search filters only work with the Microsoft Edge browser. To block other browsers, turn on Filter inappropriate websites.
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Can Microsoft family see your Chrome history?

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Unfortunately, the Familly App can only see the browsing history on the Microsoft Edge browser.
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Can my parents see my search history remotely?

Parents can see the websites their children have visited while on the family's wifi network. However, they cannot see the individual web pages that were visited. This is because websites are stored in a person's browser history as a series of numbers and letters known as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).
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Why do I have a Microsoft family account?

A family group is a set of individuals connected through the Microsoft Family Safety app on their Windows, Xbox, or mobile devices. Establishing a family group is an easy, effective way to encourage healthy online habits and manage busy schedules.
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Can my family see my OneDrive?

You can send an invitation or add people to your Microsoft family to share your benefits. Once they accept the invitation, they can install Microsoft 365 apps on their devices and access their own 1 TB of OneDrive storage by signing in to www.microsoft365.com with their personal Microsoft account.
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How do I change my Microsoft family settings?

Sign in to the Microsoft Family Safety website, you will see your family group. Find your family member you want to manage, click the [More options] icon at the upper-right corner④ and then select [Go to overview]⑤. After entering member's overview, you can adjust your family settings⑥.
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What happens if you leave a Microsoft family?

If you leave a shared Family subscription, your Office apps and OneDrive will be in read only mode and when you join the Family subscription back the apps will be back to full functionality. Please note that OneDrive retention period is specified for Microsoft 365 Home subscription. Hope this helps!
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