Block Games on Your Computer with Microsoft Family Group

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Microsoft Family Group is a new feature in Windows 10 that lets you create a group with your family members. People in a Microsoft Family Group are subject to the group owner’s control over the rules for using Windows features. You can easily block games or any specific software on any computer running Windows 10.

You can specify which software can be opened, game time… to manage your children when they use your computer. Now you can confidently hand your computer to your kids or younger siblings while still managing the software they’re allowed to access, including installed games.

This management applies to devices that use Microsoft services, including Xbox One and Android devices with Microsoft Launcher installed. You’ll need to create a Family Group called Microsoft Family Group. You need a Microsoft account to create your Family Group.

In Microsoft Family Group, you’ll create an additional Child account (child account), which is the account used to sign in on the computer where you want to manage software access and limit game time.

After you’ve set up the child account, go to the Windows 10 computer you want to restrict access on and sign in with the Child account. After you finish watching the Windows 10 intro, sign out of the Child account and sign in to your Admin (group owner) account. Next, open the Start menu and choose Settings.

Choose Accounts to access the Family feature, where you can add or remove software to restrict access.

In the Accounts menu, select the Family & other users tab on the left. Then select the Child account you want to manage on this computer and choose Allow.

Next, use a web browser and go to the Microsoft Family Group management page. Then scroll down, select the Child account you want to manage, and click App and game limits.

In the “App and game limits” tab, you can see the different devices the Child account is connected to, as well as a list of all the software installed on the connected devices. If you want to manage how long software or games can be used on the computer, turn on Time limits.

Scroll down the list of software and games, and click the name of a program to expand it. Here, you can drag the slider to set a time limit for the software or game. If you want to block the software or game entirely, click the Block app button and confirm your choice.

If you want to block access to the app’s website through web browsers on the Windows 10 device as well as on the device itself, check Website blocking.

So with the Microsoft Family Group feature in Windows 10, you can fully set time limits on software, games and websites to manage your kids, making sure they don’t spend too much time on the computer on useless things. You should also combine it with social media time management tools to make it easier to focus on work.