How To Set Up Roblox Parental Controls

Learn how to set up Roblox parental controls and keep your kids safer while gaming.

Roblox calls itself the “world’s largest entertainment platform.” Players build games for other community members using the Roblox Studio. Roblox is available for download as an app on various platforms, including smartphones, computers, tablets, and some consoles, such as the XBox One, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift.

Roblox chat is filtered to prevent any personally identifiable information or inappropriate content from being shared with other users. Players have default settings based on the date of birth set on their account.

What Safeguards Are Already in Place?

Players 12 years or younger have posts and chats filtered for inappropriate content and behavior, as well as personal information. Those 13 years or older can say more words and phrases than younger players, but personal information or inappropriate content remains restricted regardless of age. This system is applied to most areas of Roblox, whether public or private.

Roblox accounts list the age bracket of the account in the upper right corner as either 13+ or <13 depending on the date of birth to help parents determine the player’s experience while in the game. This information is also displayed during game play, but it is not displayed to other players and can only be seen by the account user while they are logged in.

How to Set Up Parental Controls

Accounts, regardless of player age, can have parental controls in place to limit or disable various chat features, including who can chat with them in a game or on the site, who can send messages, who can follow them into games, and who can invite them to VIP servers. Continue reading to learn how to set up parental controls for Roblox.

Start here: Add your parent email to link yourself to your kid's Roblox account

1. Log in to the account.
2. Tap the three dots in the bottom-right corner.
3. Scroll down and tap the gear icon — it says Settings.
4. Tap Parental Controls.
5. From the drop-down menu under My Settings, tap Account Info.
6. You'll see in red text "Add Parent's Email." Tap the black text link next to it that says Add Parent's Email and add yours.
7. Open up your personal email and verify the link that Roblox sent. You may have to close out the Roblox app and reopen it to reflect the changes.

Setting up Roblox parental controls

1. Log in to the account.
2. Tap the three dots in the bottom-right corner.
3. Scroll down and tap the gear icon — it says Settings.
4. Tap Parental Controls. Here, you'll be able to customize protections including: Account Info, Security, Privacy, Billing, Parental Controls, and App Permissions. You can access these from the dropdown menu at the top of the screen.

How to lock parental controls with a parent PIN-code

Parents can enable a 4-digit PIN which is required to make changes to the account. Note: You must have your parent email linked before you can set up a PIN code.

1. Log in to the account.
2. Tap the three dots in the bottom-right corner.
3. Scroll down and tap the gear icon — it says Settings.
4. Tap Parental Controls 
5. Toggle on "Parent PIN."
6. If you haven't linked your parent email yet, you'll be prompted to do so — see the above steps. If you have linked it, you'll be able to enter in your PIN code here.
7. Now, any changes to parental controls will need your passcode.

How to manage who can contact your child

You can get to this via the parental controls tab but also through the security section in Settings.

1. Log in to the account.
2. Tap the three dots in the bottom-right corner.
3. Scroll down and tap the gear icon — it says Settings.
4. Tap Privacy.
5. Scroll down and choose the appropriate settings for who can message your child, who can chat with them, and who can add them to private servers. The choices are friends and no one.

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