Separating my son's xbox profile from my Microsoft account to enable family screen time control

I purchased Forza Horizon 4 and installed it on my new laptop. I would like to set up an account or profile for my son. I want his progress to be separate from my progress. I already created a Microsoft account by adding family member and creating log in
for my son.

Do I need to buy a separate account ($59-99), or can I create a separate profile in some other way so that I don't have to pay a second time?

Thank you for your help!!

I buy a forza horizon 4 when i start play i got error

that I have no account but i have

Hello Dear User

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are having trouble on separate your account from your son's and his Xbox, and I understand your confusion.

To separate your Microsoft account from your son's Xbox account, you’ll need to adjust a few settings related to family accounts, permissions, and device management. Here’s how you can do it:

Remove Your Account from Your Son's Xbox

If your account is currently signed in on your son’s Xbox, you can remove it from the device. Here’s how:

1. On the Xbox console:
   
   Press the Xbox button on your controller to open the guide.
   

1. Navigate to Profile & System > Settings > Account.
   

1. Select Sign-In, Security & Passkey.
   

1. Under Account Security, choose Remove accounts.
   

1. Find your account in the list, select it, and press Remove.
   

This will log you out of the Xbox and remove your account from the device.

Set Up a Family Group

If your son is still using your account for family-related features, you’ll need to create a separate Microsoft Family group. This allows you to manage permissions, subscriptions, and purchases in a more controlled way.

1. Go to the Microsoft Family website:
   
   On your computer or mobile device, visit Microsoft Family Safety.
   

1. Create a Family Group:
   
   If you don’t have a family group, select Add a family member.
   
   Add your son’s account by typing in their email address.
   

1. You can choose whether to make him an Adult or a Child in the group. If you want to manage his purchases, settings, and subscriptions, set him as a Child.
   
2. Manage Permissions:
   
   Once your son is added, you can manage his access to purchases, content, and even set screen time limits.
   
   If your son is set up as a child, you can approve or deny purchases, set spending limits, and control which apps and games they can access.
   

Remove Your Payment Information

If your payment information (credit card or PayPal account) is shared between you and your son’s Xbox account, you might want to remove or update it:

1. Sign in to your Microsoft account at Microsoft account | Home.
   

1. Go to Payment & Billing > Payment options.
   

1. From there, you can either remove your payment methods or update them to separate your payments from your son’s Xbox account.
   

Check Game Sharing (If Used)

If you’ve been using Xbox’s Home Xbox feature to share games, you’ll need to adjust this if you no longer want to share your games with your son’s account:

1. On your Xbox console, go to Settings > Personalization > My Home Xbox.
   

1. If your son has set your Xbox as his Home Xbox, you can remove this feature so that games aren’t shared between accounts.
   

Please try the above and let me know the results so that I can assist you further.

Best Regards.

Lee-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Hi dncreek44!

The first step to establishing family/parental controls is to create a family group with your Microsoft account at account.microsoft.com/family/. This will allow you to
add people and manage things like their screen time and purchasing ability across Xbox consoles and Windows 10 devices via either the website or Xbox Family Settings console app.

To differentiate between you and your child's control, I believe you both will need separate Microsoft accounts. Good luck!

Hello dear Gamer, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is Vinicius.

I am a gamer and independent advisor on the XBOX community platform.

Hey masterblasterNC, how are you today? Hope you're well.

masterblasterNC, try to remove your son's account from the family, wait 20 minutes then add his account back.

Then, sign in to your Microsoft account. (https://account.microsoft.com/family/home)

On your family page, scroll to your kid's name and select Screen Time. (If you don’t see

your kid's name, use "Add a family member" to add their account to your family group or create a new account for them if needed.)

To set one limit that applies to both the Xbox and the PC, turn on "Use one screen time schedule."

To manage time limits separately, scroll down and turn on screen time for Windows devices or Xbox, whichever you want to set first.

Click "Set a time limit." Then choose a start time and an end time for each day of the week.

You can program the Xbox to send a notification to your kids when their screen time is ending.

To do this, press the Xbox button on the controller.

Select System > Settings > Preferences > Notifications > Xbox Notifications > System and turn on "System notifications." Your kid will see the clock count down when time is ending.

Hi Josef,

Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately my son's fortnite account was not created through Microsoft services.

I've created a new microsoft account for me and him for the special purpose of having a bit more control of his gaming time and the content he has access to but he already had the Epic account.

It seems that connecting his epic account on this new "family controlled" account was detected by Fortnite by itself but I've looked on my family control account and I can't find any setting anywhere.

What should I do ?

Thanks again for your help !

EDIT : I've created an XBOX profile as well as an Epic account for myself. I've linked both of them together but I don't see any more settings either on Microsoft's family control interface or on Epic's. On Epic I don't even see a way to add my existing son's account...