group.com.facebook.family
group.com.facebook.family is a shared container folder used by Meta Family Center features to store local data for supervised family safety tools on macOS.
What is group.com.facebook.family?
group.com.facebook.family is a group container in your Mac user Library that stores shared local data for Family Center features associated with Facebook and related Meta family supervision tools. Family Center helps parents and guardians supervise teen accounts, review safety-related settings, and manage time controls across supported Meta services. On macOS, a Group Containers folder lets related app components and account features access the same local data when needed. You may encounter this folder even if Family Center is used through Facebook or Messenger rather than as a separate standalone Mac app. The contents can include shared settings, downloaded data, and other support files that help supervision features work consistently across sessions.
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This folder is associated with family supervision features, so it can contain account-related settings and other local data tied to supervised use. That kind of data is consistent with Family Center’s purpose. Removing it is not dangerous to macOS itself, but it may sign you out, clear local settings, or interrupt Family Center and related Facebook or Messenger supervision features until the data is recreated.
Recommendation: Keep this folder if you actively use Facebook, Messenger, or Meta family supervision features on this Mac. If you no longer use those services, you can remove it, but expect local Family Center data to reset and related features to rebuild the folder if you sign in again.
File path
~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.facebook.family
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