Protect xbox app with password

Hi!

I'm using the xbox live app on windows 10 for playing games, but we share a pc with more people. I therefore want to protect my account with a password. Is this possible?

Whenever I open the app and try to play a game, it asks me to log on. I click on my account and I'm ready to play. No password needed. I've tried logging off on microsoft.com but that doesn't do the trick.

I don't own an xbox console, so I can't be logged on there.

:)

 

How to password protect your Xbox LIVE profile

Xbox LIVE password overview

It is possible to download your Xbox LIVE profile to several different consoles. You may need to do this if you have more than one Xbox 360 console, or you want to play games at a friend's house. In such a situation, you may want to password protect your Xbox LIVE account so that no one else can sign in using your profile.

Set the console to remember your password

Once you have downloaded your Xbox LIVE profile to a console, you will be asked if you want the console to remember your password. The Remember Password option is usually off by default. This means that you will be asked for your Microsoft account password every time you sign into Xbox LIVE.

If you don't want to be asked for your Microsoft account password every time you sign into Xbox LIVE, select the Remember Password option.

Change the password protection on your profile

You are required to set the Remember Password option after you download your Xbox LIVE profile. However, you can change the password protection on your Xbox LIVE profile any time.

If you don't need a password to sign in:

Sign into your Xbox LIVE profile. After you have entered your Microsoft account password, select the Remember Password option.

If you choose the Remember Password option, you will not be asked for your Microsoft account password the next time you sign into your Xbox LIVE profile.

If you need a password to sign in:

You can restrict access to your Xbox LIVE profile on any console using your Microsoft account password.

Steps to follow

1) Sign in using your Xbox LIVE gamertag.

2) Under Settings, select Account and then Account Security

3) Choose the option for Password at Sign In.

4) Select Require Password Here

You will be asked for your Microsoft account password the next time you sign into your Xbox LIVE profile.

How to password protect your Xbox LIVE profile remotely

If you downloaded your Xbox LIVE profile to another console and it is not password protected, or someone has compromised your password, you can change the password from a remote location so that no one else can access your profile.

Change your Microsoft account

1) Sign into accounts.live.com using your Microsoft account.

2) Go to Account Information and, next to Password, click Change.

You can also use your console to change your Microsoft account password.

Note: If the Xbox LIVE profile you downloaded does not require a password to sign in (You selected the Remember Password option), you will not be able to restrict someone from signing into your Xbox profile even if you change your Microsoft account password.

You can remove your Microsoft account password so that other people cannot access your Xbox profile on other consoles. This will ensure that a password is required before signing into your Xbox profile.

Remotely set a profile password from a computer:

1) Sign into your Xbox LIVE account.

2) Under Settings, select Account, and then Account Security

3) Choose the option for Password at Sign In.

4) Select On All Other Consoles.

Once you have done this, a password will be required to sign into your Xbox LIVE profile on all other consoles.

 

Password Protection

http://support.xbox.com/en-au/pages/xbox-live/how-to/account-security.aspx

 

Hi

The safest way to protect your info on a shared computer, is that each user has their own log on to the PC itself.

That way they can't log in to the Xbox App or any other app as you, or see your data.

 

@IRB

That is probably true. I might do that.

Still I find it annoying that microsoft doesn't let you do this.

In case someone is looking for this too:

I found some sort of solution that doesn't require multiple windows accounts.

In the windows configuration screen, you can set your microsoft account so that apps should always ask for verification. In my case, that 'crashed' my xbox live app and I could not sign off anymore.

Also in the 'app and email account' settings of the cofiguration screen, you can delete your account. This did the trick. It signed me off from xbox live and now I have to enter a password again.

Still, I now have to delete that account every time I'm not using it anymore. So any better suggestions are welcome.