Voting Phase - Family Settings & Child Accounts
Vote and comment on ideas for improving Family Settings. Team Xbox is constantly improving our options for managing family settings. We would like your input on what settings or features would help you keep members of your family protected while everyone still has fun playing games!
- Time management – what are the different ways you would like to be able to set screen time limits and report activity?
- Permissions – how would you manage access for a member of your household to specific apps or games?
- Settings – what additional settings would you like to see?
If you have a new idea that is not yet visible in the list below, please use the search box to double-check before submitting a new idea. Submitted ideas go into a queue and reviewed for clarity, language, and impact.
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Let Parents Have the Option to Set Specific Game and App Screen Time Limits
Let me have the option to set specific screen time limits by game or app. Also, give parents the option to exclude games or apps from screen time limits entirely. There should also be notifications for when a specific amount of time has been spent in a game or app as well.
337 votes -
Allow Users To Promote from Child to Adult Accounts and Vice Versa
We should be able to promote a child account to an adult account and vice/versa for accounts in the family.
317 votes -
Allow Gold privileges to roam with child accounts
So in our household we have two xboxes, with three kids. Two from my first marriage and one from my current marriage.
When my steps-son goes and visits his dad, he loses all the gold access that is granted by the "home" xbox.
This idea is to simply allow gold privileges to "follow" child accounts regardless of whether they are on the "home" xbox or not. This would benefit houses that have more than two xboxes in the household as only one gold subscription would need to be purchased, or in situations like mine where a child might be on…
269 votes -
Allow Child Accounts to Have Custom Gamerpics With Parental Permission
Let parent accounts be able to allow the child accounts access to custom gamerpics on their profile with permission.
305 votes -
Require parent account passcode to reset Xbox console
Savvy teens can reset console and create new account, thus bypassing all parental controls. THIS RENDERS PARENTAL CONTROLS USELESS.
177 votes -
Allow Parents to Approve Friend Requests for Child Accounts From Their Accounts
I have disabled Friend Request (Sending/Receiving) on my Childs Account.
Would be great if I could log into my Account either on Xbox One/Windows 10/Xbox App and Add a Friend to their Accounts.
The only way of doing this at the moment is to go into the Settings and Allow Friend Request Add the Friend then Disable it again, which is a lot off messing about.
136 votes -
Add ability to block ALL apps, including Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge cannot be blocked like other apps can. This allows access to the internet and blocking options within the app are insufficient and do not adequately protect kids from inappropriate material.
150 votes -
Approve items for kids using parent's phone app
I don't like that I have to enter my password on the Xbox ever time I need to approve something for my kids. The kids and their guests started to memorize my password so now I make everyone in the room turn around. It would be much easier if I could just approve using the Xbox app already on my phone.
132 votes -
Implement Offline Screen Time Restrictions
Setting a screen time schedule for a child only works if the console is online. If you take it offline and restart it, the restriction no longer works.
Have the schedule be saved and enforced offline on the console, or implement local setting restricting usage based on a schedule.84 votes -
Allow Parent Accounts to Track Logins of Child Accounts
Let parental accounts track when a child account logs into a console and provide the date/time of the activity.
129 votes -
Allow Parents to Access a Child Account's Screen on Xbox
Allow the ability to see what is happening on a child's xbox anytime by allowing screen share to PC. This would not affect gameplay on the Xbox but just allow their screen to be seen from another device. This would be similar to streaming games to PC to play but only watching.
117 votes -
Allow child accounts to be members of more than one family
Accounts can only be part of one family. Parents may have more than one child, and sometimes parents get divorced. It would be beneficial to the child to be able to have membership in more than one family.
I don't want my ex wife to have access to any of my data/usage/information/activities, or my daughter's. She only requires access to my son's info. Would it be reasonable to suggest that my son should be able to have two adults associated with his account under separate families?
111 votes -
Allow Parents to Prevent All Downloads on Child Accounts
In family settings we need an option to disable downloads due to isp data caps. Kids now days are notorious for having the attention span of a gnat. Constantly deleting and downloading games puts a heavy strain on the data usage.
104 votes -
Allow Parents to Set Console Restrictions on Downloading and Managing Content
Like how Windows 10 prevents other users from installing apps, changing system settings, and the like via UAC prompts, it would be nice to have the same options available on the XBOX One. A personal example of mine would be prevent younger family members from deleting games and saved data. Basically, an admin account for the console.
71 votes -
Allow Adult Accounts to Identify Where Content is Purchased
Kids sometimes share account information or log into each others xbox. Sometimes - they forget to log out and this may be the source of unrecognized charges on your account. It would be great to be able to identify what console each purchase was made from in the order history on the account
51 votes -
Allow Parents to Prevent Specific Purchase Restrictions such as Backwards Compatible Titles
Children’s and teens accounts should be able to purchase Xbox 360 games on Xbox one. They can buy 18 certificate games but not pegi 3 games in the 360 market place.
90 votes -
Allow Parental control over Club access
I have discovered that there are several public groups that contain graphic content. For example, a quick search of "trending groups" includes several anime groups with very ****** pictures on their feeds, and a couple of "**** women" groups with similar content. Whether or not a family member is allowed to join a group, he can still easily access this content.
I changed my son's privacy settings to see created content from friends only, which solved the access problem. These clubs can still be viewed, but their feeds now say that no one has posted anything. Unfortunately it also prevents…
59 votes -
My Games & Apps Should Only Show Approved Games for Child Accounts
Can an option be added to hide all age restricted games on the Xbox when a child logs in.
If a parent logs in as well, then they could allow/unhide a game if it is not showing up.
33 votes -
Allow Primary User of Family Account to Quickly Add Child Accounts to Console
I’d like for Xbox to recognize my family during setup (and maybe after too) and give me the option to add other members at the same time, similar to how Windows 10 does it.
74 votes -
Allow Adult Accounts to Approve Child Account Requests Remotely
Having multiple xbox one's in our household makes using parental controls frustrating. If I am using my xbox one and my child needs my approval to use netflix for example, i am required to sign in on his xbox temporarily to approve such activities which then signs me out of my xbox and kicks me off whatever I was doing. Allowing an adult account to sign in to their childs xbox without kicking the adult off their own console would be greatly beneficial.
34 votes
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