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Parental controls

Parental controls allow you to view and manage your child’s experience on Roblox. These controls are available for parents of children in Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts.
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How to set-up your parental account

Create account

Step 1:

Help your child navigate to the Parental controls tab in their Roblox account Settings.

Step 2:

Click Add parent. Type in your email address where prompted. This will trigger an email with instructions for creating and linking your account.

Step 3:

Follow the instructions in the email that was sent to your inbox. If you’re new to Roblox, create an account. Be sure to have a government-issued ID ready to verify your identity.

Step 4:

Once your account is created, you’ll see a prompt asking if you want to link your account to your child’s. Click Agree. This will give you access to parental controls for their account.

Once you’ve created an account, make sure you have the email associated with that account open. 

First, you’ll need your child to send you an account linking request

  1. Have your child log into their account 
  2. Go to settings and navigate to Parental Controls 
  3. Click the Add parent button
  4. Have them enter the email address associated with your account

Now you’re ready to link your accounts!

  1. Open the email you received from your child’s Roblox account
  2. Select use existing account to log in
  3. Follow the onscreen steps to verify your age using a government-issued ID or credit card. Learn more about Age ID verification. 

After verifying your age, the page will automatically refresh. Select Agree to link to your child’s account, and you’ll be able to approve certain actions for your child.

You can also link your Roblox account on your child’s Roblox account settings.

  1. Go to Settings
    1. On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right
    2. On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon)
  2. Go to Parental Controls, and select Add parent
  3. Follow the onscreen steps to verify your age using a government-issued ID or credit card. After verifying your age, the page will automatically refresh.
  4. Select Agree to link to your child’s account. Learn more about ID verification.
To unlink a child’s account from your account, go to Settings > Parental Controls, and select the child you want to unlink from. Select the pencil icon in the top right corner, and then select Unlink accounts. Note that if you unlink your account from your child’s, you will no longer be able to provide permission for actions on Roblox, control their privacy settings, and set screen time or spending limits.

What can parents manage on Roblox?

In most regions, parents can manage all settings through the age of 12. Certain controls (i.e., game management and Direct Chat) can be managed through the age of 15.

Content

Choose the content maturity level for your child’s account.

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Chat & connections

Manage how your child communicates on our platform and review who they’re connecting with. 

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Screen time

Monitor and manage how much time your child spends on our platform.

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Spending

Set monthly spending limits and enable notifications to monitor your child’s spending. 

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More for parents

We know how complex the online world can be, especially for parents of younger children. On top of our Roblox Kids and Select accounts, we’ve created online resources, in partnership with safety experts, to help you navigate digital safety with your children.

Learn more

How to set up parental controls

Access the following controls by navigating to Settings > Parental Controls in your account. See below for detailed instructions.

You can use the content maturity settings to adjust our default maturity restrictions in Roblox Kids and for users under 13 in Roblox Select accounts. This allows you to customize your child’s experience based on their personal sensitivity levels. 

  • Go to Settings
  • Go to Parental controls and select your child's account
  • Go to Settings you manage
  • Scroll down to Settings you manage and select Content restrictions
  • Select Content maturity
  • Adjust the slider bar to the right or left to select the content maturity level that you are comfortable with. 
A brief description of the type of content will appear below the selected setting. Note that Restricted experiences are only available to 18+ verified users.

You can block a game from your child’s Roblox Kids or Roblox Select account to prevent them from playing it, regardless of its content maturity rating. 

Block an experience to prevent your child from accessing it, regardless of its content maturity level. Blocked experiences will still appear in search results. To block an experience:

  1. Go to Settings
    • On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right
    • On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon)
  2. Go to Parental controls and select your child's account
  3. Scroll down to Settings you manage and select Content restrictions
  4. Select Blocked games
  5. Select the + icon. In the search bar, type the experience name you want to block.
  6. Select Block and confirm. 
  7. To unblock an experience, click Unblock and confirm.

Note: If you block a game while your child is playing, the block will only take effect the next time they enter the game.

To allow a game your child has requested

  1. Navigate to your Settings and click the Parental controls tab
  2. Choose the linked child’s account that you’d like manage
  3. View pending requests in that child’s dashboard 
  4. Click Allow or Don’t Allow

The sensitive issues content label is applied to experiences that are primarily themed on current sensitive social, political, or religious issues. This descriptor is not intended to take a stance on any of these issues. By default, users under 13 cannot access experiences that are primarily themed on sensitive issues. To enable access for your child:

  1. Go to Settings.
    • On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right.
    • On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon).
  2. Go to Parental Controls and select your child’s account.
  3. Go to Settings you manage and select Content restrictions.
  4. Select Sensitive issues.
  5. Toggle the Allow sensitive issues selector ON to allow your child to access experiences that are primarily themed on sensitive issues.

Note: You can toggle the selector OFF at any time to disable their access.

Communication controls allow you to determine who your child can chat with on Roblox. To access chat features, every user must complete an age check. 

This will unlock default age group settings. You can adjust these settings by following the instructions below. Parents can choose to turn chat off for users under 13. 

Note: If you decide to allow your child under 9 to chat, they will only be able to communicate with users under 13 years old or trusted friends. 

Experience Chat. Experience Chat is our in-game messaging feature that allows users to communicate while playing.

  1. Go to Settings
    1. On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right
    2. On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon)
  2. Go to Parental Controls
  3. Scroll down to Settings you manage and select Communication
  4. Select Experience chat (in-game chat). 
  5. Choose if your child can use Experience chat with everyone in the game or no one by following these steps.
    1. Experience chat - This is the setting for Roblox’s real-time, in-game chat feature that is publicly visible for everyone in the game. It does not apply to chat features created independently by creators for their games. Choose to turn Experience Chat on or off. 
  6. Direct chat - This is the setting that determines who your child can chat with one-on-one in games (not publicly visible to everyone). This setting does not apply to chat features that were independently developed by creators. Choose to turn Direct Experience Chat on or off. 

Chat with Friends. Roblox's Chat Tab allows users to start conversations with friends and trusted friends at any time. This way, users can decide what game they want to play together, jump in and play, and then talk about the game when they’re done, all in the same place.

The Chat Tab is only available for users 9+. Parents can enable this Chat Tab for their children ages 9-15 who have a Roblox Select account. For users ages 9-12, it is only available with trusted friends. For users 13-15, parents can turn on the Chat tab with trusted friends and friends who are age-appropriate (see Roblox age groups here).

How to turn on Chat with Friends.

  1. Return to Communication in your Parental Controls. 
  2. Select Chat and party with friends. If your child is age 9-12, you can choose allow them to start chats with trusted friends. If your child is age 13-15 you can choose between only trusted friends or all friends.
    1. From Chat and party with friends, you can update the setting to all friends, trusted friends, or no one.

Voice Chat with friends. This setting is only available in some regions. It is only available with trusted friends for users under 18 years old.

Voice Chat with friends allows users to call friends anytime on the platform. This allows users to discuss games hands-free with friends and trusted friends.

Voice chat with friends is OFF for all users under 13. Parents can choose enable voice chat with trusted friends for users 9-12. Voice chat is ON for users ages 13-15 with trusted friends. Parents can choose to turn this off.

How to enable or disable Voice chat with friends:

  1. Return to Communication in your Parental Controls. 
  2. Select Chat and party with friends
  3. Scroll to the Voice Chat with friends section
  4. Choose Trusted friends or No one

A private server is a Roblox experience with limits on who can join. To limit who can join your child’s private servers, and whose servers they can join:

  1. Go to Settings.
    • On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right.
    • On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon).
  2. Go to Parental Controls.
  3. Go to Settings you manage and select Visibility & private servers.
  4. Go to Private servers.

Choose between Connections or No one.

Set Up Monthly Spending Limits

You can set a monthly limit on how much money your child can spend on Roblox, including Robux or subscriptions to individual experiences. This limit does not impact gift card redemption. You can also choose to enable or disable notifications about your child's spending. 

To set spending controls:

  1. Go to Settings.
    1. On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right.
    2. On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon).
  2. Go to Parental Controls.
  3. Go to Settings You Manage and select Spending restrictions.
  4. Set a Monthly spending limit. Regardless of whether the allowed monthly limit is reached, it will reset at the end of the calendar month and not roll over.
  5. You can also determine if you want to receive spending notifications. You can choose if you want to be notified for all transactions, high spend alerts, or none. High spend notifications are on by default for all linked parents. This means that you should receive purchase notifications after $100, $250, and $500 of spend in a given month (or the equivalent in local currency). After reaching $500, you should receive purchase notifications for every ten transactions.

Learn more in the Monthly Spending Limits help article.

Inventory visibility

You can control who can see your child's inventory, which includes items purchased or traded with other users.

To set inventory visibility:

  1. Go to Settings.
    1. On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right.
    2. On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon).
  2. Go to Parental Controls.
  3. Go to Settings You Manage.
  4. Go to Trading & inventory.
  5. Select between Everyone, Connections, or No one.

Trading (Premium & Plus only)

Users with a Roblox Plus or Premium subscription can trade Limited items with other members. 

To disable trading and set limits on who your child can trade with:

  1. Go to Settings.
    1. On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right.
    2. On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon).
  2. Go to Parental Controls.
  3. Go to Settings you manage.
  4. Go to Trading & inventory.
  5. Select between Friends or No one.

Send and Get Robux

Roblox Plus subscribers can transfer Robux to others. To help keep transfers secure, parent or caregiver approval is required every time younger users send or receive Robux. Users must be age-checked and 18+ before they can send or receive without parental approval. Transfers are also subject to:

  • A daily limit of 500 Robux max
  • A monthly limit of 1000 Robux max
  • Fraud checks - transfers will only proceed if all eligibility, safety, and limit requirements are met. These safety requirements may continue to evolve over time, including to reflect regional requirements.

You can view, block, and report your child’s Roblox Connections from within parental controls. 

To manage your child’s Connections list:

  1. Go to Settings.
    • On desktop: Select the gear icon located at the top right.
    • On mobile: Select More located at the bottom right, and select Settings (gear icon).
  2. Go to Parental Controls.
  3. Scroll down to Connections and select Manage.
  4. Your child's Connections will be displayed as usernames alongside their avatar. You can click on an avatar to see the user's profile.
  5. You can block and report a Connection by selecting the three dot menu next to the username. Select Block and confirm to remove the user from your child’s connections.

Blocked users will not be able to chat directly with your child or add them as a Connection again without your permission. Select Report to file a complaint against the user.

Screen time limits allow you to restrict the amount of time that your child is permitted to spend on Roblox each day. This is available for all users in Roblox Kids accounts and users ages 9-12 in Roblox Select accounts. For 13+ Roblox Select and Roblox users we suggest parents have conversations about the effects of too much screentime and setting limits for themselves. 

Once they reach their limit, your child will see a message explaining that they have hit their limit, and they will no longer be able to use Roblox for the rest of the day.

To unlink a child’s account from your account, go to Settings > Parental Controls, and select the child you want to unlink from. Select the pencil icon in the top right corner, and then select Unlink accounts. Note that if you unlink your account from your child’s, you will no longer be able to provide permission for actions on Roblox, control their privacy settings, and set screen time or spending limits.

If your child is under 13 years old, trusted friends can only be added with your permission. 

You will receive a request from us via email or as a pending request in your Parental Controls. 

You have 24 hours to select ‘Approve’ from either. If you miss the 24 hour window, your child can resend the request.