Have a child on my account, changed xbox privacy setting, they can't join realms on Minecraft.

bunnyplush · Aug 3, 2018

Hi there,

My problem is that I have a child on my account and I changed all the xbox settings, and they have signed in and out of their account to try to see if that works, but they can't join realms.

Also, I have tried to change "you can create and join clubs" and "broadcast gameplay" to "allow" but everytime I hit submit, they go back to being 'blocked.'

Any help is appreciated.

:)

AglitterBook933 · Aug 3, 2018

how to add child to xbox live without a console so that minecraft realms work?

We're trying to use Minecraft PE to connect to a realm. The child account was created from Minecraft PE on iOS, the account appears under the parent Microsoft account family, but does not appear under the Parent Xbox Live family.

The child was successfully invited to a realm created by the parent, but when the child tries to connect, gets the message "You cannot play on Realms because of how your Xbox Live account is set up. This can be changed in your privacy & online safety settings
on Xbox.com".

However, the child can't change those settings, the parent needs to, but the parent can only change them from the Xbox account view (where, in this case, the child does not show up).

We do not have an Xbox console. We just want to play MInecraft with family and friends on a realm.

Microsoft support says there's no way to add the child without an Xbox console. I wonder why Minecraft PE walked us through creating a child account in the first place?

Redshirt1701 · Aug 3, 2018

Minecraft Live on Xbox one and Windows 10 - Child accounts can't join realm

OK, I took another crack at it tonight and this worked for me. If you try it, please reply to let people know if it worked for you.

I stopped trying in Sign in to your Microsoft account I moved to working in the console exclusively

In the console,

I went into my Minecraft realm and sent an invitation to my child's account

I exited Minecraft

I made sure my child's account was signed out

I logged into my xbox one with my account and went to settings --> Account --> Family --> Child's settings

In the Account <child gamer Tag>'s privacy and online safety settings

I went into privacy & online safety --> Xbox Live Privacy --> and changed it to Adult Defaults "More Social" & selected swich

I went back 2 screens and went to Access to Content and then changed it to appropriate for ages up to 17

I left myself signed in and then signed in my child's account

From my child's account I went into Minecraft over to friends tab and accepted the invite and then logged into the realm, letting it load backup

Success!!!

OK, now to lock things back down

I quit out of minecraft

Signed off of my child's account

Went back into the child's settings:

Set the xbox privacy to Child defaults and hit switch

I then went view details and customize --> . communications & Multiplayer & Set allow for "you can join multiplayer games"

And then backed out of the profile.

To test:

I kept my account logged in

Signed into my child's account

Loaded mine craft and joined the realm

And it worked!

Also, my son who also plays on a windows 10 computer can get in as well.

Caveat - I hope this makes sense

We have 4 xboxes & 4 users in the house (excessive I know). 2 users have xbox gold accounts. When either of the two users without gold accounts login (without someone with a gold account already logged in) , they can get to Minecraft but not into the realm.
So, looks like you need an xbox gold account to use minecraft realms.

I hope this helps someone else. I conquered the error, but need to buy two more xbox gold accounts if I want all 4 people to be able to log into their own xbox and play in the realm. sigh.

Saeleth · Aug 4, 2018

Heya,

I would suggest setting all of the default settings on your child's account to adult, just to test to see if you can play together which will help us zero on in where the issue may be. If you can't even even they have full access then its a symptom of something
different than just settings. If it does work then you can revert to child settings one by one to see where / if the issue occurs again.

David Wirsching

To change the Minecraft Realm privacy for everyone, follow these steps:

Sign in to your Xbox account.
Open the Xbox app and select “Minecraft.”
Select “Settings” and then “Privacy and security.”
Select “Change online privacy and security settings.”
Select “Everyone” to allow anyone to join your Realm, or select “Friends” to allow only your friends to join.
Save the changes.

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 Leo G

Hello curabruh,

Thank you for posting on the Xbox forums. We understand that you are unable to join Minecraft Realms due to your account's privacy and online safety settings. You may need to change the

privacy and online safety settings online. Are you playing the game on a Xbox One? Is your account a child account? If your account is a child account, you will need to have the parent account adjust the account's security settings. The article we provided
explains how to complete this process. Be sure to let us know the results!

Redshirt1701

OK, I took another crack at it tonight and this worked for me. If you try it, please reply to let people know if it worked for you.

I stopped trying in https://account.xbox.com/en-US/Settings I moved to working in the console exclusively

In the console,

I went into my Minecraft realm and sent an invitation to my child's account
I exited Minecraft
I made sure my child's account was signed out
I logged into my xbox one with my account and went to settings --> Account --> Family --> Child's settings
In the Account <child gamer Tag>'s privacy and online safety settings
I went into privacy & online safety --> Xbox Live Privacy --> and changed it to Adult Defaults "More Social" & selected swich
I went back 2 screens and went to Access to Content and then changed it to appropriate for ages up to 17

I left myself signed in and then signed in my child's account

From my child's account I went into Minecraft over to friends tab and accepted the invite and then logged into the realm, letting it load backup

Success!!!

OK, now to lock things back down

I quit out of minecraft

Signed off of my child's account

Went back into the child's settings:

Set the xbox privacy to Child defaults and hit switch

I then went view details and customize --> . communications & Multiplayer & Set allow for "you can join multiplayer games"

And then backed out of the profile.

To test:

I kept my account logged in

Signed into my child's account

Loaded mine craft and joined the realm

And it worked!

Also, my son who also plays on a windows 10 computer can get in as well.

Caveat - I hope this makes sense

We have 4 xboxes & 4 users in the house (excessive I know). 2 users have xbox gold accounts. When either of the two users without gold accounts login (without someone with a gold account already logged in) , they can get to Minecraft but not into the realm.
So, looks like you need an xbox gold account to use minecraft realms.

I hope this helps someone else. I conquered the error, but need to buy two more xbox gold accounts if I want all 4 people to be able to log into their own xbox and play in the realm. sigh.

XA JJKILLERs

I tried to join a realm in Minecraft, but it said that I had to change my privacy settings, in this link https://aka.ms/accountsettings, but when I get there it opens
this website https://support.microsoft.com/es-es...ge-childs-xbox-privacy-online-safety-settings.
I also found that in https://www.xbox.com/en-US/ The "Sign In" button is just text so I can't open my account in the Xbox website, I found another way to open my account but it also
opens this website https://support.microsoft.com/es-es...ge-childs-xbox-privacy-online-safety-settings.
I'm not in a family account and I checked it and I'm not underage in Xbox. In cleared cache and cookies and it keeps opening that website.

Have you tried changing it on an xbox

Have a child on my account, changed xbox privacy setting, they can't join realms on Minecraft.