How to remove account time restrictions from accounts

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How to remove account time restrictions from accounts

Mel Hoskins 0

I set the account restriction on an account when I purchased this laptop for my granddaughter to use while visiting over the summer. I must have set the restriction up on my account as well and need to remove the restriction.

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Answer 1

Hello,

Are you referring to the Microsoft Family Safety restrictions, such as screen time limits, app restrictions, or content filters, that you would like to remove from your daughter's account?

Go to the Microsoft Family Safety Settings page here - https://account.microsoft.com/family/home
Sign in with the Organizer account of the family safety group.
Select your daughter's account.
Remove the screen time limits and app restrictions for her account.

If you’re experiencing the same restrictions on your account, Microsoft may still identify it as a child account. Check your date of birth on your Microsoft account profile page to make sure it’s correct.

https://account.microsoft.com/profile/

Alternatively, if you’re an adult and notice that Family Safety settings are wrongly applied to your account, here’s how you can fix it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/family-safety/family-safety-settings-enforced-on-adults

Answer 2

The removal method depends on whether your Microsoft account is an Organizer or Member in the family group.

If your account is an Organizer

An organizer normally manages restrictions for other members rather than having restrictions applied to their own account. If Windows 11 is still enforcing a time limit on your organizer account, refresh the Family Safety configuration on the laptop:

Press Windows key + R.
Type cmd, then select OK.
Run:

schtasks /run /tn "Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyRefreshTask"

Wait for confirmation that the scheduled task started.
Sign out and restart the laptop, then sign back into your account.

Run this command on every affected Windows device. It refreshes locally cached Family Safety settings without removing your granddaughter or changing the restrictions on her account.^1^

If your account is an adult Member

An adult member can opt out of Family Safety controls:

Open the Microsoft Family page and sign in with the restricted account.
Select your own member card.
Open Control your safety settings access.
Select Disable all settings.
Restart the affected laptop.

After this is disabled, the family organizer can no longer apply screen-time or other Family Safety settings to that adult account.^1^

If the restriction remains

Check the family page while signed in with the affected account:

A family group is displayed: confirm whether the account is shown as Organizer or Member, then use the corresponding procedure above.
No family group is displayed: the laptop may still have old Family Safety settings stored locally. Run the scheduled-task command above and restart Windows.^1^
Microsoft treats your adult account as a child: check and correct the birth date on the Microsoft account. Microsoft identifies an incorrect birth date as a reason an adult account can remain subject to child controls.^2^

Removing or disabling controls on your account does not require removing your granddaughter from the family group. Organizers can continue managing screen time and permissions for child accounts.^3^

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