Set a Screen Time limit on a primary account?

AndrewRye · Sep 8, 2022

Years ago I made the mistake of allowing my child to start using the Xbox without making a separate account for him. He had access to my saved games and I was kind of done playing the Xbox at that point and didn't see the big deal. Fast forward to today, I really need to put a screen time limit on how long he gets to play each day, but I can't figure out a way to do that on a primary account. Is this possible?

If this isn't possible, I've seen posts where you can somehow link the email from the primary account to a new one that's listed as a child. Is that a possible solution?

I really don't want to have to make him lose all his saved data and start completely fresh with a new account.

:)

AndrewRye

Are there official instructions to do what is mentioned in this thread?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/game-progress-from-parent-account-to-child-account/c53e7a65-dd95-4013-bcc1-e13cb87ed036

AndrewRye

What if I create a new parent account under my family group, then re-add my initial primary account as a child account? Is that possible?

Surely there's a workaround here for this. I can't be the only one with this predicament.

Smwutches

Since the primary account would be an adult account, that's not possible. You would have to create a child account for him which would mean he would have to start over.

Ennileah ☆

Everything on setting up screen time limits can be found at the link below

Setting up Screen time limits for your childs account

SammieChaos

You can set time limits by creating a child account for the person you are wanting to add these limits to. All you'll need to do is set up a
Family Account then add your child to that account.

If you need help with setting up Screen Time, you can find the step by step instructions here; Set up screen
time limits for your child

Set a Screen Time limit on a primary account?