Family Safety - how to allow multiplayer games (i.e., Minecraft) for 14 year old?

Hi John, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

Please, let us review if all these options are enabled:

Using the Xbox Family Settings app on your mobile device, enable Multiplayer for Minecraft.

In the Xbox Family Settings app:

Go to Settings > In Enable Minecraft > Select Allow this game.

Turn on Multiplayer to let a member play online with others

Enable Clubs so that a member can create and join Minecraft Realms servers.

To download the Family App: https://www.xbox.com/apps/family-settings-app

Then, check your account privacy settings:

Please, enter this site:

https://account.xbox.com/settings

On the Privacy Tab, allow "You can communicate outside of Xbox Live with voice & text"



Then, switch over to the Xbox One/Windows 10 Online Safety tab:

Allow:

"You can play with people outside of Xbox Live"

"You can add friends"





I hope this helps.

Hello @TheUniesLeader!

If you have your settings set to block joining multiplayer games, you can’t join any multiplayer games in Minecraft, including shared local worlds, Realms or servers. To enable multiplayer in Minecraft, make sure this setting is set to ‘Allow.’

For further assistance, please check Manage Xbox online safety and privacy settings | Xbox Support and Troubleshoot changing online safety or privacy settings on Xbox | Xbox Support articles.

Hi Holly,

To change your Microsoft account privacy settings, sign in to the privacy & online safety page. You can also make these changes on an Xbox One, Series X|S console or through the Xbox Family Settings app. When making any account changes, make sure to select “submit” to confirm and save these changes.

Note: If you’re using a child account, you’ll need an adult in your family to sign in to their Microsoft account to change your privacy settings.

https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/help...e-safety/manage-app-privacy-settings-xbox-one

To play Minecraft Realms, you need to allow the following settings:

“You can play with people outside of Xbox Live”

“You can create and join clubs”

“You can join multiplayer games safety”

Set the above settings to allow and you should be able to play online in Minecraft. Although if you encounter any issues with this, here is a Multiplayer troubleshooting page:


https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360055710592-Minecraft-Realms-and-Multiplayer-Troubleshooting

Information on Minecraft multiplayer:

https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360035131391-How-do-I-play-multiplayer-

Hope this helps, Happy gaming!

My son is 14 years old (birthday May 2009) and Xbox will not let him link discord. It says it’s a privacy setting issue and I cannot find anything in Microsoft family safety to adjust to fix that. Please advise..

Hello there!

Regarding the game Minecraft, the age rating should be 10 years old and up. Please try following the steps on this link in order to resolve your issue Xbox Support.