How can I get out of a family if I am not able to access the Family Organizer account

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I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

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I don’t like to give bad news but without the family organizer that’s not possible .
They need to remove you from the group.

The other option (if you’re not able to recover or access this account) is wait until your account reach the adulthood, in that way the system is going to promote your account to an adult account and you can leave the group

Thanks for the reply.

I am using the Microsoft Family Website and I am logged in on my account as the family organzier, the only family organizer our family account has ever had.

Unless they are hidden somewhere very obscure, I cannot find where I can give my son administrator access to his own computer for school. It feels as if there are a layer of controls that are being hidden from me, the parent, for my own family account.

When I try to just remove him from the family account, I get the following message:

You can't remove [Son] from the family group

Family members under statutory age need an adult's consent to join a family group. Only the adult that granted consent for [son] can remove this family member. Ask the family organizer who granted [son] consent to remove [son] from the family group.

This is pretty infuriating and starting to make me really wish I never started the family account in the first place.

Hello Leafybuzzard,

I understand how difficult this situation can be. I'd like to help you in any way that I can!

The family organizer's account access is required to manage family safety settings, including child lock features, because the organizer is the designated person responsible for configuring and controlling the settings for other accounts within the family group. Without the organizer's account, there is no way to verify or authorize changes to these settings, as they are centrally managed through that account for safety and privacy reasons.

If you no longer have access to the family organizer’s account, recovery email, or phone number, you can try the Microsoft account recovery process. You can start by visiting the Microsoft account recovery page here:

https://account.live.com/acsr

Follow the steps to recover your account using your username and any other information you can provide. Once you regain access to your account, you should be able to remove the child lock.

Let me know if you need further assistance or have any other questions!

Note: Just a friendly reminder that this is a public forum, I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Hi AngeloLamouroux, I hope you're doing great out there despite the issue that you're experiencing. I am an Independent advisor and I am here to help you in regard to your concern.

If you're a member on a family group you will not be able to manage the family settings, you will be able to if you're the organizer so please sign in to https://account.microsoft.com/family and check if you're an organizer or not.

Hey there!

Nice to meet you! I'm Darhyl, a fellow gamer. I'm sorry you are experiencing this. I am here to help.

If I may ask, are you able to access the parent account/Organizer for the Microsoft Family?

If so, kindly confirm by signing the parent account on account.microsoft.com > then go to family > from there, check if you can remove the child account using your parent account.