Need to switch child account to adult account

Discus and support Need to switch child account to adult account in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hi everyone! When I purchased an Xbox One I accidently put the Live subscription on my child's account. Now I am not able to get some of the free games... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by CROW3421, Apr 2, 2016.

  1. CROW3421
    CROW3421 Guest

    Need to switch child account to adult account


    Hi everyone! When I purchased an Xbox One I accidently put the Live subscription on my child's account. Now I am not able to get some of the free games that are offered every month. I don't think I can change his account to an adult account but is there
    a way to switch the live account to my gamer tag? The live subscription is shared on the Xbox so I don't know why wont work. Please help! Thanks.

    :)
     
    CROW3421, Apr 2, 2016
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  2. Account problem

    How long ago did the Child account switch to an Adult account?
     
    Gamingboy177 (Sam), Apr 2, 2016
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  3. bowski477
    bowski477 Guest
    Change adult account to a child account

    There is no way to demote an adult account to a child account and there is no way to transfer progress and currency to another account.
     
    bowski477, Apr 2, 2016
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  4. onyxishere
    onyxishere Guest

    Need to switch child account to adult account

    Sorry to hear it. If you added the membership recently then you can call phone support and explain the issue to them. They should be able to remove the membership from his account and send you a token for it to add to your account.

    If that doesn't work then simply set his account as Home on the console. Then the membership will share to all gamertags and you'll be able to purchase the free games.
     
    onyxishere, Apr 2, 2016
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  5. onyxishere Win User

    Need to switch child account to adult account

    Sorry to hear it. If you added the membership recently then you can call phone support and explain the issue to them. They should be able to remove the membership from his account and send you a token for it to add to your account.

    If that doesn't work then simply set his account as Home on the console. Then the membership will share to all gamertags and you'll be able to purchase the free games.
  6. Gamingboy177 (Sam) Win User

    Account problem

    How long ago did the Child account switch to an Adult account?
  7. bowski477 Win User

    Change adult account to a child account

    I am having the same issue. I need to switch my account that my son has been using to a child account to limit his time. Either that or find a way to switch his game progress & money to his child account.
    There is no way to demote an adult account to a child account and there is no way to transfer progress and currency to another account.
  8. XBF Nestor S Win User

    Switch Adult Account to Child

    Hey Gal thanks for taking the time to bring this issue to us!

    Unfortunately if the account is set up as an adult there isn't a setting to change to revert it to a minor account, we understand how frustrating this can be and the best bet would be to set up a

    passkey
    (to prevent purchases). This would be the best bet to prevent any unwanted purchases but that's about it. Give it a shot and let us know if we can further assist in this or any other issues or concerns!
  9. XBF Nestor S Win User

    Switch Adult Account to Child

    Hey Gal thanks for keeping in touch!

    Unfortunately as previously stated, it isn't possible, the best bet would then be to make a new

    Microsoft Account
    for him. Hope this helps!
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