Roblox Parental Controls In 2026: The Complete Guide
Max Dewod
Freelance Writer
28.09.2026
In 2026, Roblox parental controls run through a linked parent account, not a PIN. You create or upgrade your own adult Roblox account, verify that you are 18 or over, link it to your child’s account, and then manage content maturity, chat, voice, spending and screen time from your own device.
Roblox also sorts every under-16 player into a Roblox Kids or Roblox Select account automatically after an age check, which sets a safe baseline before you change a single setting.
Roblox changed more between late 2025 and mid 2026 than in the five years before it, so several menu paths in older guides no longer exist. This guide was checked against Roblox’s own support documentation, Safety Center and newsroom, and was last verified on 27 September 2026.
Four things moved, and they matter more than any individual toggle.
The Parent PIN is gone. This is the biggest change and the reason most older guides are wrong. Roblox’s support page says it has “replaced parent PIN with Roblox accounts with parent privileges.” There is no four digit PIN in Account Settings any more, and any guide telling you to set one is out of date. Everything runs through a linked adult account.
Age checks became mandatory for chat. On 7 January 2026 Roblox rolled out facial age estimation worldwide, becoming the first large gaming platform to require an age check from users of all ages before they can chat. It began in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands in December 2025. By April 2026 Roblox said more than half of its global daily users, and about two thirds of US daily users, had completed one.
Roblox Kids and Roblox Select launched. Announced in April 2026 and globally available from 16 June 2026, these account types sort under-16 players automatically: Kids for ages 5 to 8, Select for 9 to 15, standard for 16 and over. Each carries its own content and chat ceiling. An account that has not completed an age check is held at the most restrictive settings until it does.
Content Maturity replaced the old age recommendations. Experiences are no longer labelled “All Ages” or “13+”. They carry a maturity label: Minimal, Mild, Moderate or Restricted. Roblox has said it will begin moving to the International Age Rating Coalition framework, the system behind ESRB and PEGI ratings, later in 2026, so expect the labels to shift again.
One smaller change: Roblox renamed Friends to Connections in 2025, then reverted after player pushback. In 2026 the app says Friends, with a closer tier called Trusted Friends. Some help articles still say Connections. They mean the same thing.
Roblox Age Groups Explained
Roblox now works with two overlapping sets of age groups, and most of the confusion parents run into comes from mixing them up.
Chat age groups. After an age check, every user is placed in one of six groups: under 9, 9 to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20, and 21 and over. By default a user can chat with their own group and the groups directly above and below it. A 12 year old can therefore reach under-9s and 13 to 15 year olds, but not adults. Chat is off by default for the under-9 group unless a parent turns it on.
Account tiers. Separately, anyone under 16 sits in Roblox Kids (5 to 8) or Roblox Select (9 to 15). The tier decides which games your child can open and which chat features exist at all. The chat group then decides who they can talk to within those features.
Age check result
Account tier
Chat age group
Can chat with by default
5 to 8
Roblox Kids
Under 9
Nobody until a parent turns in-game chat on, then under 9 and 9 to 12
9 to 12
Roblox Select
9 to 12
Under 9, 9 to 12, 13 to 15
13 to 15
Roblox Select
13 to 15
9 to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17
16 to 17
Standard
16 to 17
13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20
18 to 20
Standard
18 to 20
16 to 17, 18 to 20, 21 plus
21 plus
Standard
21 plus
18 to 20, 21 plus
Trusted Friends sit outside these ranges, which is why they need their own approval rules, covered below. Exact boundaries can vary by region, and Roblox says it may recheck an age if it suspects the result is wrong.
Before You Start: What You Need
Set aside about twenty minutes. You will need:
Your own email address, separate from your child’s.
Proof you are 18 or over: facial age estimation by selfie video, a government issued ID, or a credit card.
Your child’s Roblox username, and access to their account for the linking step.
Your child in the room. The linking flow needs an action on their account, and doing it together works better than doing it behind their back.
That last point is not only practical. A child who understands why the limits exist is far less likely to spend energy defeating them. These controls are a floor, not a fence. If you are setting up several devices and platforms at once, our walkthrough on how to set up parental controls covers phones, consoles and routers in the same sitting.
How To Create A Roblox Parent Account
Everything else depends on this step. Without a linked parent account you cannot set content maturity, spending, screen time or chat restrictions.
Creating a new parent account
Go to roblox.com or open the app and select Sign Up.
Enter your real date of birth, placing you at 18 or over, and verify your email address.
In Settings, complete age verification by facial age estimation, government ID or credit card. Roblox uses a third party provider, Persona, for the selfie check and states it does not receive or store biometric data.
Once confirmed as 18 or over, go to Settings, then Parental Controls, and select the option to link a child’s account.
Follow the prompt. Your child confirms the link from their own account.
Upgrading an account you already have
If you already play Roblox, you do not need a second account. Roblox says that if you already have an account, you can link it to your child’s and add parent privileges. Verify as 18 or over in Settings, then link from Parental Controls.
Linking more than one child
Open Settings, then Parental Controls, and select the option to add another child account.
Repeat the linking confirmation on each child’s account.
Each child appears as a separate entry with its own independent settings.
Logging in to Roblox parental controls later
There is no separate parent portal or parent login page. You sign in to your own Roblox account on the website or app, as normal, and open Settings, then Parental Controls. Your linked children are listed there. If the Parental Controls option is missing, your account has not been verified as 18 or over yet. Be wary of sites offering a special “Roblox parent login”: the only real one is the standard Roblox sign in.
One note: a child can unlink the account. Roblox says you then lose the ability to give permission for actions on Roblox, control their privacy settings, or set screen time and spending limits. You are notified, but the link does break.
Roblox Kids, Roblox Select And Standard Accounts
Since 16 June 2026 every under-16 account sits in one of two tiers, assigned by age check rather than chosen by you. This sets defaults before you touch anything.
Roblox Kids covers ages 5 to 8, permits only Minimal or Mild experiences that have passed Roblox’s selection process, and has all communication off by default. A linked parent can switch in-game chat on. These accounts carry a distinct visual design across the app so they are easy to recognise over a shoulder.
Roblox Select covers ages 9 to 15 and permits Minimal, Mild or Moderate experiences from a curated, regularly updated catalogue. Chat unlocks gradually with safeguards rather than switching on at once, and in-game voice chat stays off unless a parent enables it for a 13 to 15 year old.
Standard Roblox is for 16 and over, permits all rated content except Restricted, and has chat on by default for age-checked users. Restricted content requires a verified 18 plus account.
Accounts progress automatically: Kids becomes Select at 9, Select becomes standard at 16. If a game your child wants is not in the Kids or Select catalogue, you can add it to an approved list from Parental Controls, covered in the next section.
Extra gates apply to the Kids and Select catalogues. Developers must complete ID verification and two factor authentication to be eligible, and social hangouts, freeform drawing experiences and anything carrying the sensitive issues label are excluded by default.
Roblox Age Rating: How Content Maturity Works
Content Maturity is the Roblox age rating system in its current form, and the main lever over what your child can open. It is separate from the rating Roblox carries in app stores: those describe the most mature content anywhere on the platform, not what a correctly configured Kids or Select account can reach.
Setting the maturity level
Sign in to your parent account and go to Settings, then Parental Controls.
Select your child’s account from the list.
Open Settings you Manage, then Content restrictions, then Content maturity.
Move the slider to the level you are comfortable with.
Save. The change applies immediately.
What each level allows
Level
What it permits
Typical fit
Minimal
Occasional mild violence, light unrealistic blood, mild fear
Under 9
Mild
Repeated mild violence, heavy unrealistic blood, mild crude humour
Strong violence, heavy realistic blood, alcohol, strong language
18 and over, age verified only
How to block games on Roblox
Content Maturity is blunt. If your child wants one game above their level, or you want to block a specific title below it, you can override per game.
In Parental Controls, select your child, then open Content restrictions.
Find the blocked games or allowed games list.
Search the experience by name and add it to the relevant list.
Blocking and approving individual games works until your child turns 16. Games themed on sensitive social, political or religious issues are hidden from under-13s by default, and can only be allowed from the same screen.
How To Set Chat And Communication Restrictions
Roblox chat settings are what parents ask about most, and what moved most in 2026. Chat cannot be switched on at all until your child completes an age check, and then it follows the age groups above.
Adjusting the settings
Sign in to your parent account, go to Settings, then Parental Controls.
Select your child, then scroll to Communication.
Set Game chat, the text chat inside experiences.
Set Game direct chat, one to one messaging inside an experience. Users under 16 need parental consent for this.
Set Friends chat, the chat tab outside experiences.
Set Party, which governs group play sessions. Party chat only works between age-checked users over 13 in similar age groups.
Save each change.
Users under 9 need parental consent before game chat can be enabled at all. These settings cover Roblox’s own chat features, and do not reach chat systems that individual developers build into their games.
Trusted Friends
Trusted Friends is a tier above ordinary friends. Both users must agree. Once connected, age-checked users get less filtered chat and access to voice features, on the reasoning that these are people the child knows offline.
Two rules matter. Users under 13 need parent approval for each individual Trusted Friend, granted one at a time from your linked account. And teenagers aged 13 to 17 cannot become Trusted Friends with adults unless the connection is made through a real world method such as scanning a QR code in person or importing a phone contact.
Roblox says it continues to block the exchange of personal information between users who are not Trusted Friends, and that conversations remain monitored for serious harm.
Private servers and inventory
In Parental Controls, open your child’s privacy settings.
Set who can join their private servers, and who can see their inventory.
Restrict or disable trading of Limited items where trading is available.
Roblox Voice Chat Rules For Kids
Voice is the part of Roblox parents are most uneasy about, and it is also the most tightly gated.
Under 13: voice chat is not available and cannot be switched on, by the child or by a parent.
13 to 15 (Roblox Select): in-game voice chat is off by default. A linked parent can turn it on from Parental Controls. Voice calling with Trusted Friends is available at this age.
16 and over: voice chat is available after an age check, with users in similar age groups, in games that support it. It is never on by default.
To use voice at all, a user must be at least 13 and have passed facial age estimation or ID verification. Phone number verification no longer counts. Voice is also only offered in some regions.
How to turn off voice chat on Roblox
Sign in to your parent account, go to Settings, then Parental Controls, and select your child.
Open Communication.
Switch in-game voice chat off, and restrict voice calling to nobody if you do not want it used even with Trusted Friends.
Save, then check the headphone icon inside a voice-enabled game to confirm it no longer connects.
If your under-13 is asking how to get voice chat, the honest answer is that they cannot yet, and that faking an older age to get it also unlocks older chat groups and content. That is worth saying out loud.
Roblox Parental Controls By Age Band
Where each Roblox account restriction sits by default in 2026, and how long you keep control of it.
Setting
Ages 5 to 8 (Kids)
Ages 9 to 15 (Select)
Ages 16 plus
Parent controls it until
Content maturity ceiling
Minimal or Mild
Up to Moderate
All except Restricted
Age 16
Game chat
Off by default, parent can enable
Introduced gradually
On for age-checked users
Age 16
Chat contact range
Under 9 band, 9 to 12 if enabled
Own band plus adjacent
Own band plus adjacent
Age 16
Direct chat in games
Off
Off unless parent consents
Available with age check
Age 16
Voice chat
Off, cannot be enabled
Off under 13; parent can enable at 13 to 15
Available with age check
Age 16
Trusted Friends
Parent approval per friend
Parent approval per friend under 13
Self managed
Age 13
Friend list management
Parent manages
Parent manages under 13
Self managed
Age 13
Block or approve individual games
Yes
Yes
No
Age 16
Monthly spending limit
Parent sets
Parent sets under 13
Visibility only, 16 to 18
Age 13
Screen time limit
Parent sets
Parent sets under 13
Visibility only, 16 to 18
Age 13
Restricted content
No
No
18 plus, age verified
Not applicable
Note the two cut offs. Spending, screen time and friend management stop at 13. Chat, voice and game blocking continue to 16. Between 16 and 18 you keep visibility into spending and screen time but cannot set limits.
How To Set Spending And Robux Limits
Unexpected Robux charges are a common complaint. The controls are good, but off by default.
Sign in to your parent account, go to Settings, then Parental Controls.
Select your child, open Settings You Manage, then Spending restrictions.
Set a monthly spending limit, covering both Robux purchases and subscriptions to individual games.
Configure notification preferences for transactions.
Review the high spend alert thresholds, set by default at $100, $250 and $500. Lower them if those numbers make you wince.
Save.
Two extra levers sit nearby: require approval before your child sends or receives Robux from other users, and restrict or disable trading of Limited items. Both close off common scam routes.
The payment method matters more than any Roblox setting. If your card is saved on your child’s device, remove it, or require a password for every purchase in iOS Screen Time or Google Family Link. Roblox’s limit governs Roblox, not the app store. If a subscription is the problem rather than one-off Robux, our guide on how to cancel Roblox Premium covers stopping the renewal.
How To Set Screen Time Limits
Go to Settings, then Parental Controls.
Select Screen time, then Manage, then Screen time limit.
Choose a value from the Daily limit dropdown and save.
On the same screen, Top games shows your child’s twenty most played experiences from the past week. This is often more informative than the limit itself: it tells you what they are doing, not just how long.
Roblox’s limit applies to Roblox only. For a total limit across the device, set it at the operating system level and treat the Roblox limit as a backstop. On what a sensible total looks like, our piece on the impact of screen time on mental health covers the research on where the meaningful thresholds sit.
How To Block And Report Other Players
Blocking is instant and needs no involvement from you. Teach your child to do it themselves, because they will need it when you are not around.
Blocking from inside an experience
Tap the player list or the Roblox menu icon.
Select the player’s name, then Block User.
The block takes effect immediately across chat, friend requests and joins.
Reporting from inside an experience
Open the Roblox menu icon and select Report.
Choose the player and the abuse type.
Add a short description. Specific reports are actioned faster than vague ones. Then submit.
Blocking and reporting from your parent account
Go to Settings, then Parental Controls and select your child.
Open their friends list.
Select any entry to view, block or report that user.
A user you block from the parent account cannot chat directly with your child or add them again without your permission.
How To Review Your Child’s Activity And Friends
Roblox gives parents insights, not transcripts. You see patterns, not content.
Go to Settings, then Parental Controls and select your child.
Check their age-check status and which account tier they are in.
Review daily screen time, and open Top games for the twenty most played experiences of the past week.
Open the friends list to see who your child is connected to, and which are Trusted Friends.
Review spending history and transaction notifications.
You will not see message content. This is deliberate, and in our view the right call. The practical alternative is a conversation: ask who they played with, ask what happened, make it normal to answer. Covert monitoring damages the trust that makes a child tell you when something goes wrong, which is the safety mechanism that actually works.
Roblox Age Verification: How The Age Check Works
The age check is now the gate to almost everything on Roblox: chat, voice, the right account tier and the right content. Players can play without one, but an unchecked account is held at the most restrictive defaults.
How to verify age on Roblox
Open Settings on the child’s account, or tap the prompt that appears when they try to use chat.
Choose facial age estimation. The app asks for a short selfie video, which a third party provider, Persona, analyses to estimate an age.
The result places the account in an age group and, for under-16s, a Kids or Select tier.
If the result looks wrong, select Continue with ID to verify with a government ID instead. ID verification is available for users 13 and over.
For a younger child, a linked parent can correct the birthday once from Parental Controls, covered in the next section.
Is Roblox age verification safe?
Roblox states that it does not receive or store biometric data from facial age estimation, and that the provider deletes images and video once the check is processed. ID checks go through the same provider. That is the published policy; if you would rather not have your child’s face scanned at all, the alternatives are to verify their age yourself through a linked parent account, or to leave chat off entirely, which is where an unchecked account sits anyway.
The check is not perfect. Estimation is least accurate near group boundaries, and some children have tried to fool it with altered images or an older sibling’s face. Roblox says it rechecks ages when it suspects fraud, and a mismatch between a stated age and an estimated age triggers a 48 hour grace period before the estimated age applies.
How To Change Your Child’s Age On Roblox
A wrong birthday is the most common way Roblox account restrictions get defeated, and in 2026 it is harder than it was. A self declared birthday no longer unlocks chat on its own: a user claiming to be 16 still has to pass facial age estimation or an ID check, and the estimation will place them in their real group.
If the stated age is wrong
Under 13: sign in to your linked parent account, go to Parental Controls, select your child, and correct the birthday. Roblox allows a linked parent to do this once after the first age check.
13 and over: correct it through ID verification in Account Settings.
If an age estimation placed them in the wrong group, retry with Continue with ID during the estimation flow.
Afterwards, recheck every setting. Changing account tier can reset defaults.
Because the parent correction can only be used once, get the date right the first time.
How To Block Roblox Completely
Sometimes the right setting is none at all: during exams, as a consequence, or for a child who is simply too young. Roblox has no off switch of its own, so this happens at the device or network level.
iPhone and iPad: in Settings, then Screen Time, use App Limits to block the Roblox app, and Content and Privacy Restrictions to stop new apps being installed without your approval. Our full guide to parental controls on iPhone and iPad walks through each screen.
Android: in Google Family Link, select your child, then block the Roblox app or require approval for installs.
Consoles: Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo family settings can each block individual games or set play time to zero.
Router: most routers and mesh systems let you block domains such as roblox.com and its related services for a device or schedule. This catches the browser version as well as the app, and every device in the house.
Router level blocking is the most thorough and the easiest to forget, since it also affects anyone else in the house who plays. Pair it with a schedule rather than a permanent block where you can.
What Roblox Parental Controls Cannot Do
Being honest about the limits is more useful than overselling the settings.
They cannot show you chat content. You see who, not what. There is no parent facing message log.
They cannot follow your child off Roblox. Contact often moves to Discord, WhatsApp or a group chat, where no Roblox setting applies.
They cannot moderate every experience perfectly. Maturity labels come from a mix of developer declaration and Roblox review across millions of user made experiences, and mislabelled content does get through.
They cannot reach developer-built chat. Some games run their own chat systems that Roblox’s communication settings do not govern.
They cannot stop spending outside Roblox. Gift card top ups and third party Robux sites sit outside the monthly limit.
They cannot govern a second account. Controls attach to the linked account, not the child or the device.
They do not cover Roblox Studio collaboration in the same way. Team Create has its own age rules.
None of this makes the controls pointless. It makes them one layer. Router and device level limits cover ground Roblox cannot reach, and it helps to understand how modern game platforms monetise attention, which we cover in our guide to how large game studios build and monetise titles.
How Children Work Around Roblox Parental Controls
The methods parents report most often. Knowing them is not paranoia, it is how you spot the pattern early.
A second account. The most common by a distance. A new email address creates a fresh unlinked account in two minutes. The tell is an unfamiliar username in recently played, or a friend list you do not recognise.
Trying to fool the age check. Searches for ways to bypass Roblox age verification run into the hundreds every month. Attempts include altered photos or borrowing an older sibling’s face. Roblox rechecks suspicious results, but an account that suddenly has voice chat or older friends is worth a look.
Playing on a friend’s device or account. Nothing you set at home applies at someone else’s house.
Unlinking the parent account. Your child can break the link themselves. You are notified, so treat that as a conversation prompt rather than an emergency.
Moving the conversation off platform. Swapping usernames for another app early in a conversation is a known pattern, and exactly what Roblox’s personal information filters target.
Gift cards for Robux. A card bought with pocket money bypasses the monthly limit and your card entirely.
Browser rather than app. Some device restrictions cover the installed app but not roblox.com in a browser. Check both.
Watch for the second account above all, because it removes every other control at once. Reviewing the friends list every few weeks catches it quickly.
Troubleshooting Roblox Parental Controls
Problem
Likely cause
Fix
No Parental Controls option in Settings
Your account is not age verified as 18 plus
Complete age verification in Settings using facial age estimation, ID or credit card, then reload
Cannot find the Parent PIN
Roblox removed the PIN and replaced it with parent accounts
Create or upgrade an adult account and link it instead
Settings you change do not apply
Child is signed in on a second, unlinked account
Check recently played and the friends list, then link or close the second account
Chat still off after you enabled it
The child has not completed an age check
Have them complete facial age estimation or ID verification, then recheck
Child cannot open a game you approved
Content maturity ceiling still sits below the game’s label
Raise content maturity, or add the game to the allowed list explicitly
Account unlinked without warning
The child unlinked it from their side
Relink from Parental Controls; the child must confirm again
Spending limit exceeded anyway
Robux bought with a gift card or a third party site
The monthly limit does not cover these; manage at the point of purchase
Age estimation returned the wrong group
Estimation is approximate near group boundaries
Retry using Continue with ID, or correct the birthday once from Parental Controls
Screen time limit not enforced
Child is 13 or over
Screen time limits stop at 13; use device level limits instead
Voice chat unavailable despite settings
Child is under 13, or has not been age checked
Voice cannot be enabled under 13; from 13 it needs an age check and, to 15, parent approval
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Roblox safe for kids?
Roblox is reasonably safe when the parental controls are configured and the account has passed an age check, and less safe when left at default on an account with an inaccurate birthday. The real risks are contact from strangers through chat, exposure to content above a child’s maturity level, and unplanned spending. All three have direct settings in this guide. Since the 2026 age checks and the Kids and Select tiers, the baseline is meaningfully stronger than two years ago.
Is Roblox safe for 7 year olds?
With a correctly age-checked account, a 7 year old lands in Roblox Kids: only Minimal or Mild games from a reviewed catalogue, all chat off unless you turn it on, and no voice chat at all. That is a reasonable setup for that age, provided you also set a spending limit, keep payment details off the device, and stay close enough to see what they play.
What age is Roblox for?
Roblox allows accounts from age 5, and its tiers reflect what it considers appropriate at each stage: Kids for 5 to 8, Select for 9 to 15, standard from 16. Restricted content requires a verified 18 plus account. App stores rate Roblox for older children and teens, which reflects the platform’s most mature content, not what a correctly configured Kids account sees.
What are the Roblox age groups?
For chat, Roblox uses six groups: under 9, 9 to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20, and 21 and over. Users can chat with their own group and the ones directly either side. For content and features, under-16s are also split into Roblox Kids (5 to 8) and Roblox Select (9 to 15).
How do I log in to Roblox parental controls?
Sign in to your own Roblox account on the website or app, then go to Settings and Parental Controls. There is no separate parent login page. If you do not see Parental Controls, verify your account as 18 or over first.
Can my child turn off Roblox parental controls?
Not the settings themselves, which need your parent account. They can unlink the parent account from their side, which Roblox notifies you about. They can also create a new unlinked account, which is the more common route and the one to watch for.
How do I see who my child talks to on Roblox?
Sign in to your parent account, go to Settings, then Parental Controls, select your child, and open their friends list. You can see every connection, see which are Trusted Friends, and block or report any of them. You cannot read message content.
Do Roblox parental controls still use a PIN?
No. Roblox removed the Parent PIN and replaced it with linked accounts carrying parent privileges. Any guide telling you to set a four digit PIN is out of date.
Does my child have to do a face scan to use Roblox?
Not to play, but yes to chat, unless they verify with ID instead. Since January 2026 an age check is required for chat access. Roblox states it does not receive or store biometric data from the process. A linked parent can also correct a younger child’s age from Parental Controls.
Is Roblox removing chat?
No. Chat still exists, but since January 2026 it only works after an age check, and it is limited to similar age groups. For children under 9 it is off unless a parent turns it on. Many players read the change as chat being removed because their chat stopped working until they completed the check.
Can kids under 13 use voice chat on Roblox?
No. Voice chat requires an age check confirming the user is 13 or over, and it cannot be enabled for younger children by anyone. For 13 to 15 year olds it stays off unless a parent turns it on.
What is the difference between Roblox Kids and Roblox Select?
Kids is for 5 to 8 year olds, limits content to Minimal or Mild, and has all communication off by default. Select is for 9 to 15 year olds, allows content up to Moderate, and introduces chat gradually. Accounts move between them automatically on the child’s birthday.
Can I stop my child spending money on Roblox?
Set a monthly limit covering Robux and subscriptions from Parental Controls, then Settings You Manage, then Spending restrictions, and require approval for Robux transfers. The limit does not cover gift card Robux. Removing saved payment methods from the device closes the larger gap.
How do I block a specific game on Roblox?
From your parent account, open Parental Controls, select your child, open Content restrictions, and add the experience to the blocked list by name. You can also approve individual games above your child’s maturity level or outside the Kids and Select catalogues. Both apply until age 16.
What is a Trusted Friend on Roblox?
A mutual connection with fewer chat filters and access to voice features, intended for people the child knows offline. Both users must agree. Under-13s need parent approval for each one, and 13 to 17 year olds cannot add adults unless the connection was made in person, such as by QR code scan.
Why can I no longer set a screen time limit for my teenager?
Roblox stops parental screen time and spending limits at 13. Between 16 and 18 you keep visibility but cannot set caps. Device or router level limits are the practical route for older teenagers, and worth agreeing with them rather than imposing.
Do Roblox parental controls work on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch?
Account level settings follow the Roblox account everywhere, so content maturity, chat and spending restrictions apply wherever your child signs in. Console family settings sit on top and are configured separately in each console’s own menu. If you play older titles on the same hardware, our explainer on emulation and the legality of ROMs covers a related question parents often raise.
The Short Version
In 2026, Roblox parental controls live on a linked adult account, not a PIN. Create or upgrade a Roblox account, verify yourself as 18 or over with a selfie, an ID or a card, then link it to your child’s account from Settings, then Parental Controls.
Make sure your child has completed an age check with the right birthday, because that decides their tier and chat group. Then set four things. Content maturity, under Content restrictions, decides what your child can open. Communication decides who can talk to them, including voice, which is closed to under-13s entirely. Spending restrictions set a monthly Robux and subscription cap. Screen time sets a daily limit and shows their twenty most played games.
Roblox’s account tiers do much of the work first: Kids for 5 to 8 has chat off entirely, Select for 9 to 15 introduces it gradually. Spending, screen time and friend controls end at 13. Chat, voice and game blocking continue to 16.
The controls cannot read chat, follow your child to another app, or govern a second account. That second account is the workaround that defeats everything else, so check the friends list every few weeks. Set the controls with your child rather than around them, and keep asking who they played with. That conversation is the part that actually holds.
