Minecraft child account on iPad - cannot add friends

BrentWatkins2 · Apr 10, 2020

I am trying to allow my child to add friends on her Minecraft game (on iPad - if that matters)

When she tries to add a friend we get the message:

"cannot add friends because of how your Microsoft Account is set up"

I have gone to my (parent account) and her (child) account and changed many permissions and continue to get the same error.

I have turned all permissions on (not ideal) some permissions, and several other variations - all to no effect.

I have spent hours on this now.

My child is sad, I'm angry at this byzantine permission structure, and I have no solution to this problem.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

:)

Gibboblackblack

Hi,

I too have the very same problem. I’ve been through the steps above, i’ve opened it up fully, i’ve torn my hair out and put a hole in the wall from banging my head against it.

But more upsetting is i have a small boy desperate to talk to his friends, who’s very upset because we can’t help.

This should be a simple control....It should be easy to find and sort out.......Heeeeelp!!

Thanks,

Gib.

RaczGabor

I can confirm this, logout and login enables the changes. So my son is happy now, me, too.

BillyBunter1

I had the same issues, going round in circles. Follow the advise on this thread, then go into settings on minecraft and log out of the microsoft account, restart minecraft and log in with the child's account again. It worked for me.

CemK2

privacy and online settings
you should make the necessary settings.

GeorgeM223

Hi Brad, I just went thru these steps om my child's account and it did not work. Do I need to reboot the ipad after I make the changes?

Thank you

George

Minecraft child account on iPad - cannot add friends