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FAMILY-FRIENDLY GAMING FOR EVERYONE

Xbox strives to create a safer gaming experience for you and your family. Family settings puts the control in your hands. Manage screen time, privacy settings, social interactions, access to mature content, and enable monitoring with unique family settings on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows and Xbox mobile apps.

Screenshots of family safety settings UI on the Xbox Family Settings app.

Xbox Family Settings app

Easily manage your children’s gaming activities on Xbox consoles, all from your phone and in real time.

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Create a family group

Create a family group to access family features and settings. It’s a free service that helps families stay connected and keeps kids safer on your Xbox consoles* and Windows** devices.

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Benefits of a family group

You can personalise each child’s online experience based on age-appropriate limits that you set for privacy, online purchases, content filters, screen time, and more with the Xbox Family Settings app for console or on account.microsoft.com/family.

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Add a family member online

The easiest way to set up and manage your family is with the Xbox Family Settings app for console or on account.microsoft.com/family, where you can invite members to join.

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Add a family member on your Xbox consoles

For children and teens who are new to Xbox, add them to your family group and manage their family settings with the Xbox Family Settings app for console or on account.microsoft.com/family.

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Change your child’s Xbox online settings

Only a parent using the family group feature can change Xbox privacy and online settings for a child account. See whether you’re listed as a child or an adult in a family group by checking the Xbox Family Settings app for console or signing in at account.microsoft.com/family.

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Set device screen time limits online

Sign in to the Xbox Family Settings app or to your Microsoft account on your Windows to schedule time for your kids. Customise how much time is spent each day of the week and when the device can be used. The screen time countdown starts once the person is signed in and stops when signed out.

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Set app and game screen time limits

Set a time limit for a specific game or app in your Microsoft family group account. These time limits are shared across your Xbox consoles and Windows devices through account.microsoft.com.

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Set screen time notifications

Turn on system notifications from your Xbox consoles to give players a heads-up on the console when screen time is about to run out.

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View activity reports

Get activity reporting on your child’s Microsoft account and view a summary of their activity on Xbox consoles and Windows devices.

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Approve your child’s purchases

With Ask a Parent, you’ll receive an email when your kids want to purchase a game or app and need your help to fund the purchase. Or you can create a passkey to limit purchases made on your account.

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Set up an allowance

Easily add money to your child’s account to limit purchases they can make on their own.

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Keep track of purchases

View your Microsoft Store order history online or from your Xbox console.

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Loot boxes

Concerned about loot boxes in game racking up bills? Check out the Xbox Game Studios Loot Box Policies.

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Filter content fit for your family

Parents can filter or allow games, apps and websites based on the age of their children to ensure they are interacting with age-appropriate content. You decide what’s allowed, and it’s easy to change later. Children can also request access to content which parents can then approve or decline.

Just as movies and TV shows are rated, each game includes a rating symbol that suggests the appropriate age for play, plus descriptions that give you a heads-up about certain content.

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Look for these ratings:

  • OLFC Rating General

    GENERAL

    Suitable for general audiences.

  • OLFC Rating Parental guidance

    PARENTAL GUIDANCE

    Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers.

  • OLFC Rating mature

    MATURE

    Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over.

  • OLFC Rating Restricted 13

    RESTRICTED 13

    Restricted to persons 13 years and over.

  • OLFC Rating Restricted 15

    RESTRICTED 15

    Restricted to persons 15 years and over.

  • OLFC Rating Restricted 16

    RESTRICTED 16

    Restricted to persons 16 years and over.

  • OLFC Rating Restricted 18

    RESTRICTED 18

    Restricted to persons 18 years and over.

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  • *Sample of games rated GENERAL and PARENTAL GUIDANCE.