How do I keep my child's activity hidden from other XBox players?

Macdu Mela · Mar 18, 2021

We recently bought my daughter a PC on which she plays Minecraft (amongst other things). I made sure that I set all of the privacy controls within her XBox family account to be either "block" or "friends", so she can interact with her actual friends, but noone should be able to see her activity.

She has recently started getting notifications through the XBox app of other players following her. If I understand correctly, they are effectively adding her to their friends list, but so long as she doesn't friend them back (I've checked her Friends list, she definitely isn't!), I believe they should not be able to see her activity, is this correct?

She is noticing that when she logs in, she can see which games these other people are playing in Minecraft. They come up as "Joinable Friends", but she hasn't added them as a friend either in Minecraft or in XBox.

I need to understand:

a) If she can see where they are playing, can they see where she is playing?

b) If so, how do I stop that from happening without blocking her actual friends from seeing her?

c) Are there significant differences between the XBox friends list and the Minecraft friends list, and do I need to manage these separately?

TIA.

:)

Macdu Mela

Can you point me at where I can make this change? I've been hunting through the privacy settings and can't find anything that looks like it would do this...

PlushRelic

Hello, Thank you for posting on Microsoft forum. you can turn your child's account on offline so it won't show what game she is on To any one on Xbox including people that are following your child's account . But she will still be able to see what other people that are following her are playing on Xbox E.G if they are playing Minecraft through the Xbox app on their pc/Xbox it will show up for her But they can't see what she is on.

PlushRelic

Hello, If you load the Xbox app on the pc and click your gamer icon it should come up with appear offline and this should sort your issue here is what it should look like on the app :

Fl0ydPinkert0n

My reputation score is falling, how do I improve my score?

Avoid activity that other players are likely to view as unfair or unsportsmanlike.

Certain types of behavior are widely-viewed as negative, inappropriate, or disruptive by the Xbox Live community, including but not limited to:

Team-killing or betraying other players
Going idle for long periods during gameplay
Intentionally or repeatedly crashing into other players in racing games
Frequently dropping out of multiplayer matches
Hoarding weapons or vehicles with the intent of preventing teammates from using them
Denying other players time to select a move or play in strategy or sports games
Being overly critical of the play style or shortcomings of other players

Even if you aren’t personally troubled by such behavior, keep in mind that reputation is a reflection of how the Xbox Live community at large views an account’s activities.

https://enforcement.xbox.com/en-us/home/howto#sub-topic0-0

bowski477

My reputation score is falling, how do I improve my score?

Avoid activity that other players are likely to view as unfair or unsportsmanlike.

Certain types of behavior are widely-viewed as negative, inappropriate, or disruptive by the Xbox Live community, including but not limited to:

Team-killing or betraying other players
Going idle for long periods during gameplay
Intentionally or repeatedly crashing into other players in racing games
Frequently dropping out of multiplayer matches
Hoarding weapons or vehicles with the intent of preventing teammates from using them
Denying other players time to select a move or play in strategy or sports games
Being overly critical of the play style or shortcomings of other players

Even if you aren’t personally troubled by such behavior, keep in mind that reputation is a reflection of how the Xbox Live community at large views an account’s activities.

https://enforcement.xbox.com/en-US/home/howto#sub-topic0-0

How do I keep my child's activity hidden from other XBox players?