Roblox Parental Controls: How to Set Them Up
Contents
The official description of Roblox parental controls is split across two support articles: a general overview of the features and a step-by-step guide to linking a child’s account. Below is a summary of both sources in our own words.
How to Link Your Child’s Account
- A separate parent account. Parental controls can only be managed from a separate Roblox account with parental privileges, linked to the child’s account.
- Age verification. Creating that account requires a date of birth and age verification through a government ID or credit card.
- Linking via the app or website. Once verified, the parent account is added to the child’s profile, and parents get access to a dedicated control panel.
Spending Controls
Parents can set a monthly limit on how much a child spends on Robux and subscriptions. A few specifics of that limit:
- The limit resets every month. Whatever isn’t spent doesn’t carry over to the next month.
- Spending notifications arrive in stages. By default, after $100, $250, and $500 spent in a month (or the local currency equivalent).
- Notifications get more frequent past $500. After that, parents get notified every ten transactions.
Communication Controls
- Game chat. Children 9 and under need separate parental permission to use chat inside games.
- Direct messages. The ‘/w’ command (a direct message to another player) also requires parental permission for children under 13.
- Party chat. Unrestricted group chat is only available to users who have passed age verification for 13+ and fall within similar age ranges.
More on how communication filtering works across all age groups in our piece on child safety in Roblox chat.
Screen Time Controls
The parental control panel shows the average in-game time over seven days and a list of the child’s 20 most-played games over the past week. That gives a general picture of activity, but not a minute-by-minute breakdown of each individual session.
What Isn’t Officially Stated
- Whether multiple parent accounts can be linked to one child. The support pages describe the process for a single parent account; nothing is said about linking several at once.
- The exact limit amounts in local currency. Notification thresholds are given in US dollars or “the equivalent in local currency” — the specific conversion rate isn’t officially provided.
- What happens to a child’s progress after the account is unlinked. This situation isn’t described on the pages we checked.
If you’re also setting up the security of the account itself, not just a child’s spending, take a look at our piece on two-step verification and common scams and Robux and legal ways to get it — that one can also help explain to your child why “free Robux” doesn’t exist.
Frequently asked questions
How do parents start managing a child's account?
You need to create a separate Roblox account with parental privileges and link it to your child's account. Creating that account requires a date of birth and age verification via a government ID or credit card.
Does an unused Robux limit carry over to next month?
No. The monthly Robux and subscription spending limit resets at the end of the calendar month and doesn't carry over.
At what age can a child use game chat without parental permission?
Official support names just one threshold: children 9 and under need parental permission for game chat. Direct messages via the '/w' command require that same permission up to age 13.
What does screen time control show?
The average time spent in-game over seven days and a list of the child's 20 most-played games over the past week. The panel doesn't break down individual sessions in more detail than that.
When do parents get notified about a child's spending?
By default, after $100, $250, and $500 spent in a month (or the equivalent in local currency), and after $500, every ten transactions after that.