jek777 Nov 29, 2024 @ 5:35am
how do I exit new family mode
I recently configured the new family-mode, as I was prompted that the old one was soon to be obsoleted. But now I can't find a way to exit family view, how is it done now?

I share the gaming-computer with a child, and usually her account is logged in. It has child/family mode enabled, so that she can not see all my potentially scary or violent games or community-content that I don't know what it might contain, etc.
But sometimes we want to e.g. access community content to subscribe to customer-made Humans-fall-flat levels, and before I would click the family-icon in the top right corner and enter the pin-code, and family-mode was temporarilly disabled.

But now if I click that icon it just takes me to some dialog screen showing me that "I" am logged in as a child, there is nolonger any way that I can find to turn off family mode. (And the only documentation I've found refers to clicking that icon, but that was in the old version.)

So how should I add custom levels to her account now?
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rawWwRrr Nov 29, 2024 @ 5:47am 
While logged in with your account....

Settings > Family >> Manage your Steam Family

This takes you to:
https://store.steampowered.com/account/familymanagement/

Here you can enable/disable parental controls on the Child accounts and from there enable/disable all the different community options.
jek777 Dec 2, 2024 @ 5:03am 
Thank for the reply, but can't I temporarilly disable child-mode when logged in as the child, as I could before with a pin?

Having to go into my account makes it extremely tedious.

If we are co-op playing a game (on the childs account) and want to download a level;

Before:
1.Shift-tab to steam
2.Click family-icon and enter pin
3.Click community-content, and enter pin again (I thought THIS was tedious)
4.Subscribe to a level
5.Shift-tab back to the game
6.Play the new level
No need to re-active child-mode since it did that automatically next start.

Suggested now, as far as I understand:
1.Exit game
2.Logout from childs account and login on my adult account
3.Open mail on my phone, enter pwd and fetch mails
4.Read the 2FA-code and enter on pc to log in
5.Go to the family-page in settings
6.Enable community-content for child
7.Logout from my account and back into the child
8.Again fetch mails on the phone for her account
9.Enter the 2FA code (that annoyingly can not be turned off)
10.Go to the game page, and community content
11.Subscribe to a level
Since I granted access permanently, I will need to revoke that, which I better do directly or I will forget it. So repeat steps 2-9 once more (but disable access)
20.Start the game
21.Don't play the new level because the child lost interest ten minutes ago and is watching TV in the other room.

I guess it can be shortened a bit if I login to my account via a browser instead of the steam client, but still.
kremnari Dec 15, 2024 @ 2:40pm 
Yeah, I'm finding this too be a major issue too. Please, just bring back the exit family view button and pin.
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Date Posted: Nov 29, 2024 @ 5:35am
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