Authenticate microsoft account on Nintenedo Switch's Minecraft Realm

Bethany Durant · Feb 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM

I got this notification on my ninentdo switch when logging into my microsoft account on minecraft.

"You've connected to Minecraft with an Mbox profile, Change your Kbox setings and learn more at http://aka.ms/accountsettings. The Microsoft Services fgreement and Frivacy Statement apply."

Then when trying to join my friends realm that I'm a member of it says, "You need to authenticate to Microsoft Services."

This was not previously an issue when I first joined the realm on my nintentdo switch minecraft account. I was able to join and play on my friend's realm with my microsoft account just fine. Four days later, I joined the realm through the same microsoft account, but on my xbox console. After playing on my xbox console, I tried to log back onto my switch and play the same way that I did in the past and it worked the same day. The next day there was an update for minecraft which was downloaded successfully and that's when I got all the warnings listed above when attempting to join realm again.

I checked that all my settings on my microsoft, xbox, and nintendo account allow for online play. I also made sure as I'm an adult that I'm not some how under a child's safety lock, which I'm not.

I restarted my wifi and undownloaded minecraft while also reseting my switch device and xbox hoping that would reset all systems. I even downloaded the authenticator app for microsoft which send me a notification to approve logging into my microsoft account on my switch, but that didn't resolve my issue.

I'm just confused and would like help understanding why I was able to play on my friend's realm just fine on my switch. But after playing once on my xbox console which ran smoothly, I get the error "You need to authenticate to Microsoft Services." when attempting to play again on my switch.

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XBF Amber M

Hi Alex,

Thanks for reaching out to us in the forums for this issue with Minecraft Realms on the Nintendo Switch. Based on the message you received, it may be possible that your account doesn't have the correct permissions to access online multiplayer across different
devices.

Is your account a child or adult account? Players under 13 years old will have online multiplayer disabled by default with Minecraft and
won’t be able to join Realms or servers unless a parent changes their account settings.
For help with changing these account settings, you will need to change your
Privacy and Online settings of the Xbox Live account.

For further information on this and other information related to Minecraft Realms or Minecraft on the Nintendo Switch, I recommend the following support articles:

Minecraft Realms

Minecraft for Nintendo Switch FAQ

I hope that this information helps out!

XBF Brad A

Hi DM,

Thanks for the reply. We understand this is on a switch, you still log in with Microsoft account. And with realms, the cross play needs to be enabled due to realms accesses all platforms Minecraft is played on.

Thanks,

Brad

Mathias Sandhofer

Hi Georges,

thank you for your answer. I disagree. The problem is with a Microsoft account within minecraft. The issue is definitely with Microsoft.

In Minecraft on switch there is a button to logout from Minecraft. When you login again, the authentication of the first Microsoft account which was logged into is prompted. There is no possibility to change the Microsoft account.

There is an additional button "Delete Microsoft account login data". If this is pressed you are asked, if you are sure. If you press yes, nothing happens. Nothing has changed with login either.

Can you help us, please?

Issue is, I connected the Switch Minecraft version with my adult Microsoft account. Now my son is old enough and I want, that he logs into the switch with his own account. But I cannot change the Microsoft login account of switch minecraft. :-(

Best

Mathias

ArminatorX

...we have now started fresh with a new world in minecraft on the ipad. However, i still cannot access this new world on the nintendo switch minecraft

Minecraft doesn't store the worlds "in the cloud" so that multiple devices can access one world.

If you have a world stored on your iPad, the Switch will NOT automatically have the world, even if you use the same Microsoft Account.

Your son can either "visit" the world on the iPad with the Switch, while the iPad is running Minecraft at that time through Multiplayer.

If you really want to have the world shared across both devices, your only option is to "rent" a realm that you have to pay for in monthly subscription fees.

Or if your son is okay with transferring the world from one device (e.g. iPad to the Switch and only play on the Switch from then on), you could use a free trial for Realms to transfer the world over.

To do that, your son activates a Realm subscription with a free trial on iOS, and uploads the desired world to the Realm service.

Then he connects the Switch to the same Realm, and downloads the world to his Switch.

Then you cancel the Realm subscription via
https://my.minecraft.net/profile/realms

Grippo333

When I log into Minecraft for windows 10, it says that there is an error with my account. I can't go into realms, friends worlds, or servers. Maybe it is because I switched the email on my Microsoft account recently?

Authenticate microsoft account on Nintenedo Switch's Minecraft Realm