how can I allow my son to sign in to his Xbox without using my Gmail account password. Is...

Hello Trisha *. my name is Oskayra, and I will be happy to help you.

Beforehand, it is important that you keep in mind that this is a public community forum, so we are players like you, we are not employees of Microsoft or Xbox, so we do not have access to any user account or check anything from the forum. All users help each other with common problems.

Note: This is a public forum therefore, I suggest you not share your personal information.

I am very sorry for the problem you are going through, with the intention of being able to help you I did an internal search in Xbox support and I found a publication where they mention how to change the way to access the Xbox profile without needing your email password and it seemed to me Good information, which you should take into account:

Sign-in preferences let you control who can sign in to your Xbox console and how much permission they have to view your information or make purchases.

If you have child accounts in your family, your sign-in preferences let you control your children's access to content and their ability to purchase from the Microsoft Store.

To change your login preferences, such as requiring a password when you log in, follow the steps below.

Press the Xbox  button to open the guide.

Select Profile & system > Settings.

Under Account, select Sign in, security and PIN.

Select Change my login and security.

Choose one of the following options:

Make it fast, make it magical: Automatic login without the need to enter a password or PIN.

Barrier-free: No password or PIN required to log in, change settings, or make purchases.

Check it's me: A PIN is required to log in.

Ask for my PIN: A PIN is required to log in, change settings, or make purchases.

Lock Your Microsoft account password is required for almost everything.

Customize: Select this option to customize actions that require a password or PIN.

Information Source (Credits): https://support.xbox.com/help/account-profile/signin-security/change-signin-preferences

Sincerely,
Oskayra.

ok. so I've added my sons gmail account as an alias. if I make the gmail primary how does that effect the Hotmail account & how I log in to my laptops? can he log in to his xbox with the gmail (& see his gamertag & profile) & can I log in to my devices
with the Hotmail address?

Actually, my son uses his Gmail account and it worked fine for sign-up surprisingly. I think only the Xbox 360 required it by default and that is still the only reason I have a hotmail account.

Thank you for your reply.

To answer your question, my son has a separate user there on the PC.

I've actually already done what you suggested:

While logged in to the PC with my son's user, I signed-in with my account on the Microsoft store app. I downloaded the desired games and then signed in with my son's account. This allowed my son to play the games.

However, this does not solve the problem. Your suggestion allows my son to play the games I purchased, but severely compromises MY microsoft account.

After I've signed in to the microsoft store using my account, even if I sign-in again using my son's account...

1. My son can always switch back to my account on the Microsoft store app. He will not be required to enter my password or PIN (which he does not know of course) - he will only be asked to enter his own PIN (which is very weird). This means my son could gain access to my microsoft store account and purchase more games and apps without requiring my approval.

2. What is even worse, is that when I logged in to the microsoft store using my account... Then MY microsoft account was added to the list of my son's accounts. That is, when my son is logged on to the PC, under settings-->accounts-->Email & accounts, under "Accounts used by other apps", I could see my account listed.

This allowed my son to access any app or website that uses my microsoft account. For example, on the Edge browser, my son could now log in to my account and see my bookmarks and history.

So I needed to remove my account from "accounts used by other apps" - which caused the games to stop working again on his account...

There has to be a legitimate way to share the game without compromising the parent's Microsoft account!

Hey Ricardo,

Thank you for your email.

I am not using an Xbox i am using a chromebook. I am not able to sign in with the same account. It is all very confusing. When I signed up my son on Minecraft I had to make a Microsoft account. When i try to use this account when signing in to Authenticator it says it doesn't exist.

We never had this problem it has just started.

I did uninstall Authenticator but it won't, like I said, recognise the account.

What shall I do from here?

I do have a Microsoft account which I use my gmail account to sign in with. But I could not use this with Minecraft Education as I am not allowed to use personal email, so I had to crate another account.

Not sure if this is confusing the authenticator as the chromebook is set up for my son and his gmail is open?

Anyways would love your help,

Murray.