Can I convert my Microsoft account to a child account and create a new adult one for me?

DavidBarrett2020 · Oct 29, 2020

Hi All

My son has used my Microsoft account on Xbox for years and I'm getting to the point where I would like to have him on a child account so I can manage hours use etc. However I don't want to create a situation where he loses all links to online friends etc.
and ideally would like to keep him on my account, convert it to a child account and change the email address if necessary so that I could create a new account in my name as the main adult account.

Would appreciate if someone could let me know if that can that be done?

Thanks

:)

bowski477

It is not possible to convert an adult account to a child account. You would need to create a new child account. There is no way to transfer any of the saves or gamerscore to the new account from the adult account.

Smwutches

No. Only child accounts can be managed that way if he created an adult account, it can't be converted to a child account. He'd have to create a new account in order to do so and nothing can be transferred between accounts.

Smwutches

It's not possible to convert an adult account to a child account. You would have to create a new child account or they would have to continue using your account.

Smwutches

Unfortunately the only way would be to create new child accounts for them which would basically require them to start over. There is no way to convert an adult to a child account and restrictions can only be set on a child account.

DavidBarrett2020

Thanks. Also not possible to copy friends over from my adult account to his child account? I assume not but thought I'd ask as that's what's stopping him use a new account.

Can I convert my Microsoft account to a child account and create a new adult one for me?