What are Family Options in Windows 10 and How to Hide This?

In the new version of Windows 10, there is an addition to the Windows Defender Security Center. The latest update is helping you to protect your device as well as letting you decide how you want your device to use in seven different areas. The seven regions are Virus & threat protection, Account protection, Firewall & network protection, App & browser control, Device security, Device performance & health, and Family options.

Now, if you have children, you know how easy and exciting it has been for them to access computers and new gadgets. You are concerned about what they have been doing all the time on their computer. Also, is it safe for them? To lessen your worries, the Family options feature of Windows 10 has come. Moreover, Windows 10 version 1709 is giving you the opportunity to hide the Family options from other users of your computer.

Perks of Family options in Windows 10:

You can access these two main features via Family options-

1. View Parental control settings
2. See your family’s devices at a glance.

Select View family settings, to adjust and control your family settings. You are taken to the website account.microsoft.com, and there you have to sign in with your Microsoft account.

As a parent, you can now protect your children from unknown harms on the internet. You can choose what websites they can watch or what games they can play. And as an admin, you can hide the Family Options feature so that no one can interfere with it.

There are two ways by which you can hide or show Family options on the Windows Security-

1. Using the Group Policy Editor

(for those who have access to the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions)

1. Using a REG file