How can I buy/manage a Live subscription for my child, from my parent account?

Hello DPPP,

To access your subscriptions, as well as your payment method visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-and-billing you will need to login to access
your information, you will then proceed to either services and subscriptions, or payment and billing (hopefully self explanatory)!

I know how to to manage _my_ subscriptions but how can i manage _my child’s_ subscriptions and purchases? I have a family grouping set up and do NOT want to leave an active credit card on my childrens’ accounts nor leave auto-pay on for their accounts
that i may not have full access to

Hi. My name is Brilliant, an independent advisor. I am happy to assist you today.

Parent and child accounts on Xbox are designed to help parents manage their children’s gaming activities. A parent account is the primary account that can create and manage child accounts. Child accounts are created for children under the age of 18 and are linked to the parent account. The parent account can set up parental controls, such as screen time limits, content restrictions, and spending limits, for each child account.

You cannot change your account to be a child account. You will have to create a new account for your child.

To create a child account, the parent account must first create a family group. The family group can have up to six members, including the parent account. Once the family group is created, the parent account can add a child account to the group. The child account will be linked to the parent account and will have access to the parent account’s Xbox Live Gold subscription and other benefits.

I hope this helps.

Hello,
KlavierComic78

Thank you for contacting Forum support!

Just for clarification, is this a child account?

Is there issues when attempting to buy a Xbox live gold subscription?

If this is a " Parent and Child account" then the child account would attempt to buy it then would need permission from the adult account.

If the child has no safety lock on purchases then the account may purchase the Xbox live gold with no issue.

The Xbox live gold does not have to be bought as a gift.

Learn how to
Approve your child’s purchases on Xbox One

Here's
How to manage your child's Xbox subscription

If the parent account has gold set it as the "Home console" so the gold may be shared to other users on the console, if this is a Xbox one.

How to designate an Xbox One console as your home Xbox

Please let me know if that helps

Thank you.

Meisun is not correct.

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Child accounts cannot download M or RP content that is free as that is considered advertising. However, child accounts CAN purchase M and RP content if your parental settings allow it. The parental account attached to your child account can manage these
settings.

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support.xbox.com/.../xbox-live-parental-control