• What is Norton Family?
Norton Family provides parents with visibility of their children’s online activities and establishes house rules accordingly to protect youngsters from unsafe or inappropriate content and to encourage more disciplined online habits.
• How many devices can Norton Family support?
Up to five running on Android, iOS or Windows operating systems.
• How do parents monitor and manage Norton Family house rules?
They can be set in the Norton Family portal. Go to family.norton.com and logon to your Norton account via a mobile network or the web. It’s a good idea to bookmark Norton’s website for easy access. Parents using Android devices can download the Norton Family app to manage house rules: log in > choose “Parents” mode. Parents using iOS devices can download the “Norton Family for Parents” app to manage house rules.
• What can I do if I forget my Norton password?
Simply click on “Forget password” to reset it.
• How long does it take for new house rules to synchronize with my child’s device after changes are madede?
- Every time a parent changes house rule settings, the server sends out notifications to all clients associated with the account. These clients then download the updated house rules.
- Every time a parent changes house rule settings, the server sends out notifications to all clients associated with the account. These clients then download the updated house rules.
- Activity history is normally available five to 10 minutes after a child does something on his/her device.
• How long does it take for a child’s activity history to show up on the parent’s device?
Activity history is normally available five to 10 minutes after a child does something on his/her device.
• Can children check house rules that have been set?
Android:
Select Norton Family app > click the menu’s “children” icon in the top left-hand corner > select “House rules” > select each house rule for details.
iOS
Select Norton Family app > click the menu icon in the top right-hand corner > select “House rules”.
• Is it possible for my child to turn off Norton Family?
No. A parent’s email address and password are required before Norton Family can be turned off. You will get email notification if Norton Family is disabled or has been tampered with.
• What happens if the child resets a monitored device’s operating system to factory settings?
This would cause no activity to be captured in the Norton Family portal. Norton Family sends weekly reports to parents to notify them of a child’s online activity. If no activity is shown in the weekly report, a parent should check the child’s device to ensure Norton Family is still installed and working properly. You will get email notification if Norton Family is disabled or has been tampered with.
• How do I turn Norton Family on/off?
Follow the steps below if you want to temporarily suspend Norton Family supervision: Sign into the Norton Family portal > click the “CHILDREN” tab, select the child, then click the “HOUSE RULES” tab > move the on/off switch to off or on using the supervision tab.
• How do I uninstall Norton Family from my child’s device
Step 1: Log into the Norton Family portal (family.norton.com) > select “DEVICES” > select the trash icon of the device you want to uninstall Norton Family from > select “Yes”.
Step 2: Follow the uninstall app procedure to uninstall Norton Family from a child’s device.

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