Xbox Parental Lock

TheHungScott · Nov 5, 2021

I have a single Xbox Series X, and I want to be able to limit how much time my child spends playing games, but be able to play whenever I want myself. When I put a passcode on my account, he cannot access any of the Xbox live/Gamepass content. I have tried the following configurations:

Xbox IS Home Xbox = Adult and Child can log in as guest and play whatever he wants, whenever he wants; this bypasses any time limits and makes the passcode useless.

Xbox IS NOT Home Xbox = Adult can log in anytime using passcode and play anything anytime. Child can log into only his account, but has ZERO access to Xbox Live and ZERO access to Gamepass games that have been downloaded to Xbox hard drive.

My goal =

1)I want the Adult to be able to use a passcode to log in and Game/Stream anything at anytime.

2) Child must use a DIFFERENT passcode to log in and have access to Game/Stream any game on the Xbox, but ONLY between the hours of 5-9 weekdays and only 4 hours per day on the weekend.

3) I don't care if it the same or different Xbox live account. I am fine with the Child code only working during the times above.

I have spent COUNTLESS hours on the phone with Xbox customer support, and they just keep telling me to add/subtract the Xbox as the 'Home Xbox' to try and grant/limit the child-account access. They keep telling me that it should work, but it DOESN'T. The last person said I may have to buy ANOTHER Xbox to do what I want, and this sounds absolutely ridiculous. I can't think of another device in my home that has access to the internet that lacks the ability to limit access per account. This seems like a VERY simple request in this day and age. I just want to limit the hours a specific person has access to the Xbox. Thanks for any help.

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andersonpassos

Thank you for contact us! I'm Anderson, an Independent Consultant and a Microsoft user like you.

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Hi Roger from Wolverhampton,

I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble removing the parental lock from your Xbox 360. Here are a few steps you can try to remove the parental lock:

Try the default parental lock passcode: The default passcode for Xbox 360 parental lock is "0000" or "1234". Try entering these codes to see if it unlocks the parental control.

Reset your Xbox 360 to factory settings: This will erase all data on your console, including the parental control settings. To do this, go to "System Settings" > "Storage" > "All Devices" > "System Items" > "Hard Drive" > "Reset System Settings".

Remove the parental lock through your Microsoft account: Go to your Microsoft account on a web browser, select "Devices" > "Xbox Consoles" > "Manage" > "Remove Console" to remove the parental lock from your Xbox 360.

JustinThyme4U

Nearly all requests for parental lock are kids trying to bypass the parental lock. The reset is easy and painless when signing into the microsoft account of the parent who created the lock code.

Dirty Loco

Your parents need to contact Xbox support to reset the parental lock. http://support.xbox.com/contact-us

Unknowngamer1st

you need to login to the account that put the parental lock on it then go into setting look for a passkey or parental lock to remove it.

SwordofWhedon

You need to be 18 to have an adult account. You’ll need to contact Microsoft customer service it’s a long four password recovery options. Assuming he still has access to his email, as he can just request a password reset

Xbox Parental Lock