I setup my kids accounts as adult. How can I change it to kids?

Hi Fellwo gamer,

Once and adult account is made, there is no way of changing it to a child account. You can change the date of birth on Microsoft. On Xbox, you are unable to change it. So it will register always as adult account. You would need to

make another account set as a child account.

Thanks,

Brad

How to change a birthdate on a Microsoft account
Applies to: Microsoft Account

For adult accounts (includes most people, in most regions)

1. Sign in to
   Your info on the Microsoft account website.
2. Select Edit date of birth.
3. Change your birthdate, and select Save.

For child accounts, or parents changing a child's birthdate
If your child is above the statutory age (13 in most regions), they’ll need to sign in and update their birthdate using the steps for an adult account. If they're below that age, you can do it for them. Note: If their birthdate
incorrectly shows them over the statutory age, they need to update it as if it's their correct age by using the steps above for an adult account.

1. Using the parent's Microsoft account, sign in to your account on
   family.microsoft.com.
2. At the bottom of the
   Your familypage, select
   Manage my child's profile info.
3. In the Manage permissions page of the child’s account that you want to change, at the right, select
   Edit this child's personal info and then follow the instructions.

For help with age verification, see
Parental consent and Microsoft child accounts.

So your kids have a child account or an adult account? They can only change settings if they account was setup as a parent account or they know the parent account password.

How can I get to know that I am using a kid or adult account?

The problem with this is: Since your account is an adult account, even if you could put time restrictions on that, your kid using the account would be regarded as an adult thanks to the adult account, and the kid could just go to the account settings themselves
and revert the changes.

That's why child accounts can't make such settings and require a separate adult account to do it.

Let's make a real world analogy:

You as a parent could go to a bank and tell the cashier that your kid has a "child" account at their bank, and you want to limit the ability to withdraw money to 100$ per month.

Since the kid is unable to sign contracts and stuff, if the kid goes to the bank and says "I want the 100$ limit lifted because I want to buy Disneyland!", the cashier will say "Sorry kid, due to your age you can't make or change contracts. Get your parent
here to lift the limit."

If you as an adult go to the bank and say "I want to limit my spending to 100$ per month", and a few days later come back and say "I as an adult want to buy a boat, a house and a new car, so lift my 100$ spending limit", the bank will comply as you are the
adult.

So unfortunately, you can either leave the kid unable to be restricted, or create a new child account where the kid can then be restricted, but loses their game progress.

Also be aware: The older the kid gets, the more they want their own account. And the more YOU want them to have their own account, as the older kid probably then could see your emails and use other Microsoft Account services on your account.

So personally, I can only recommend to create a new account for the kid, and have them replay all the fun games again. With time restrictions, if needed.