Roblox Parental Controls Explained (October 2026): Kids and Select Accounts, Chat Rules, Screen Time, and Parent Linking
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2026 1:38 am
Quick Summary
Roblox splits minors into two account types based on age, and users are placed automatically. Kids covers ages 5 to 8, Select covers 9 to 15, and the standard account is for age-checked users 16 and up.Roblox Newsroom The two younger types launched globally on June 16, 2026, after an earlier release in Australia, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
The settings get looser as the child gets older, which is the whole design. Kids accounts have chat switched off and the strictest default settings. Select accounts can reach slightly more mature games, and chat settings unlock gradually while staying parent adjustable. On the standard Roblox account, control shifts to the user, and parents move into an oversight role. Roblox says ages, games, and features vary by region, so treat the numbers below as the default rather than a guarantee for your country.
The Age Check Requirement Behind Chat
Nothing with a keyboard on it works until the account is age checked. Experience Chat, Voice Chat, and Friends Chat all require a completed age check, and you cannot unlock chat by flipping a setting first.Roblox Help Center
That requirement went global on January 7, 2026, wherever chat is available. Roblox points to Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, where age checks had already been mandatory since early December, and says more than half of daily active users in those regions had finished the process.Roblox Newsroom
[b]Age Group[/b] | [b]Account Type[/b] | [b]Chat Setting[/b]
5 to 8, age checked | Roblox Kids | Off, parent can change
9 to 15, age checked | Roblox Select | Gradual, parent can change
16+, age checked | Roblox | On
5 to 8, self-declared | Roblox Kids | Off
9+, self-declared | Roblox Select | Off
Ages and standard settings may vary by region.Roblox Newsroom
Chat is also capped by who you can talk to. Age-checked users 13 and older can connect with people outside their immediate band through Trusted Connections, and the default rule lets you chat with the groups directly above and below yours. Users 9 to 12 can reach the under-9 and 13 to 15 bands. Roblox says all chat is monitored for child exploitation, image sharing through chat has never been allowed, and filters block or rephrase content that breaks the Community Standards.
Parental Controls, and What Parents Can Actually Change
Parental Controls live under Settings. You link your account to your child's from the Parental Controls tab, verify your age with a government ID or a credit card, and then approve the link.Roblox Parental Controls In most regions, parents manage all settings through age 12. Game management and Direct Chat stay manageable through age 15.
The practical controls are:Roblox Parental Controls
What Changes Between Kids and Select
[b]Setting[/b] | [b]Roblox Kids (5 to 8)[/b] | [b]Roblox Select (9 to 15)[/b]
Game ratings | Minimal and Mild only | Up to Moderate
Experience Chat | Off, parent can turn on | On between age-appropriate users and trusted friends
Chat outside games | Disabled | Chat Tab available, trusted friends only for 9 to 12, similar age groups for 13 to 15
Direct Chat | Parent controlled | Off by default, parent can turn on
Voice Chat | Not available | 9 to 12 none, 13 to 15 parent can enable
Age-appropriate chat | Ages 5 to 12 | 9 to 12 reach ages 5 to 15, 13 to 15 reach ages 9 to 17
Quick Words | Not listed | Pre-approved words such as win or go
Source for both columns: Roblox Safety Center, Safety by age
Two details worth flagging. Quick Words in Select accounts are a fixed approved list rather than free typing, which is the point. And voice chat availability is regional: Roblox states Voice Chat is only available in some regions and Video Chat is not available anywhere, so check what your account actually shows before promising a kid they can call friends.
FAQ
How do I link my account to my child's Roblox account?
Have your child open Settings, go to Parental Controls, select Add parent, and enter your email. You verify your age with a government ID or credit card from the email they receive, then select Agree to link.Roblox Parental Controls
Can a 7 year old chat on Roblox?
Not by default. Chat is off in Roblox Kids accounts, and a parent has to allow in-game chat. Even then, a 5 to 8 year old can only reach users ages 5 to 12 or trusted friends, and the account still needs a completed age check for chat to work at all.Roblox Safety Center
How do I turn off chat for my 10 year old?
Go to Settings, Parental Controls, select your child's account, then Settings you manage, Communication, and turn Experience Chat and Direct Chat off. Parents can change chat settings until the child turns 16.Roblox Parental Controls
What happens when my child turns 13?
Control shifts toward the child. Parents can keep visibility and notifications for spending, screen time, and the friends list into the teen years, but direct control over those settings drops away. Age-checked users 13 and older also gain access to Trusted Connections for chatting outside their immediate age band.Roblox Newsroom
Why is my kid blocked from a game everyone else can play?
Kids and Select catalogs only include games that went through an extra review, on top of the standard content maturity rating. Roblox excludes games with social hangout or free-form drawing features and games featuring sensitive issues, so a popular title can simply not be in the catalog for that account type.Roblox Newsroom
Can I set a daily Roblox time limit?
Yes. Screen time limits are available for all Roblox Kids accounts and for Select users ages 9 to 12. Set a daily limit under Parental Controls, and once the limit is hit, your child sees a message and Roblox stops for the rest of the day. For 13 and up, Roblox suggests conversations instead of hard limits.Roblox Help Center
What are the standard settings by age on Roblox?
Chat off for under 9, an age check required to chat, and parents able to adjust standard chat settings until the child turns 16. Ages and standard settings may vary by region.Roblox Newsroom
Sources
- Roblox has three account types now: Roblox Kids for ages 5 to 8, Roblox Select for ages 9 to 15, and the standard Roblox account for age-checked users 16 and older.Roblox Newsroom, June 16, 2026
- Chat is off in Roblox Kids by default, and no one can use chat of any kind until they complete an age check. Parental consent is required for Experience Chat under age 9 and Direct Chat under 16.Roblox Help Center
- Parents who link their account get screen time limits, monthly spend limits, the friends list, game blocking, and control over Direct Chat. Full control runs to age 12, and game management and Direct Chat to age 15.Roblox Parental Controls
- Kids accounts see only Minimal and Mild maturity ratings. Select accounts can go up to Moderate, and Restricted content stays locked behind 18+ verification.Roblox Safety Center
- Age estimation runs through the vendor Persona, and Roblox reports a Mean Absolute Error of 1.4 years for users under 18. You can appeal with ID verification or a parent correcting the age.Roblox Newsroom, January 7, 2026
Roblox splits minors into two account types based on age, and users are placed automatically. Kids covers ages 5 to 8, Select covers 9 to 15, and the standard account is for age-checked users 16 and up.Roblox Newsroom The two younger types launched globally on June 16, 2026, after an earlier release in Australia, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
The settings get looser as the child gets older, which is the whole design. Kids accounts have chat switched off and the strictest default settings. Select accounts can reach slightly more mature games, and chat settings unlock gradually while staying parent adjustable. On the standard Roblox account, control shifts to the user, and parents move into an oversight role. Roblox says ages, games, and features vary by region, so treat the numbers below as the default rather than a guarantee for your country.
The Age Check Requirement Behind Chat
Nothing with a keyboard on it works until the account is age checked. Experience Chat, Voice Chat, and Friends Chat all require a completed age check, and you cannot unlock chat by flipping a setting first.Roblox Help Center
That requirement went global on January 7, 2026, wherever chat is available. Roblox points to Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, where age checks had already been mandatory since early December, and says more than half of daily active users in those regions had finished the process.Roblox Newsroom
Chat is also capped by who you can talk to. Age-checked users 13 and older can connect with people outside their immediate band through Trusted Connections, and the default rule lets you chat with the groups directly above and below yours. Users 9 to 12 can reach the under-9 and 13 to 15 bands. Roblox says all chat is monitored for child exploitation, image sharing through chat has never been allowed, and filters block or rephrase content that breaks the Community Standards.
Parental Controls, and What Parents Can Actually Change
Parental Controls live under Settings. You link your account to your child's from the Parental Controls tab, verify your age with a government ID or a credit card, and then approve the link.Roblox Parental Controls In most regions, parents manage all settings through age 12. Game management and Direct Chat stay manageable through age 15.
The practical controls are:Roblox Parental Controls
- Content maturity. A slider sets the maturity level your child sees. Restricted experiences only open to 18+ verified users.
- Block a game. Works regardless of the game's maturity rating. The game still shows in search results, and a block applied mid-session only takes effect the next time they join.
- Allow a game. Parents can only allow Roblox Kids users into games rated Moderate or below, and cannot allow Select users into Restricted games.
- Communication. Experience Chat, Direct Chat, Chat with Friends, and Voice Chat with friends are separate toggles.
- Screen time. A daily limit, plus Top Experiences showing the top 20 experiences from the last week with maturity ratings and play time.Roblox Help Center
- Spending. A monthly limit that resets at the end of the calendar month and does not roll over, with purchase notifications at 100, 250, and 500 dollars, then every ten transactions after 500.Roblox Parental Controls
- Connections and trading. Review, block, or report anyone on the list. Trading is limited to Plus or Premium subscribers.
- Send and get Robux. Younger users need approval on every transfer, capped at 500 Robux a day and 1,000 a month. Sending or receiving without approval needs an age check and 18+.Roblox Parental Controls
- Trusted friends. For under-13s, a request lands by email or in the Parental Controls queue, and you have 24 hours to approve. Missing it just means your child can resend.
- Your child opens Settings on desktop with the gear icon at the top right, or on mobile through More at the bottom right, then Settings, then the Parental Controls tab.
- They select Add parent and enter your email address.
- You open the email, create a Roblox account if you do not have one, and get ready to verify your age with a government ID.
- You verify with the onscreen steps. The page refreshes once verification passes.
- You select Agree to link the accounts, which unlocks the controls for their account.
What Changes Between Kids and Select
Two details worth flagging. Quick Words in Select accounts are a fixed approved list rather than free typing, which is the point. And voice chat availability is regional: Roblox states Voice Chat is only available in some regions and Video Chat is not available anywhere, so check what your account actually shows before promising a kid they can call friends.
FAQ
How do I link my account to my child's Roblox account?
Have your child open Settings, go to Parental Controls, select Add parent, and enter your email. You verify your age with a government ID or credit card from the email they receive, then select Agree to link.Roblox Parental Controls
Can a 7 year old chat on Roblox?
Not by default. Chat is off in Roblox Kids accounts, and a parent has to allow in-game chat. Even then, a 5 to 8 year old can only reach users ages 5 to 12 or trusted friends, and the account still needs a completed age check for chat to work at all.Roblox Safety Center
How do I turn off chat for my 10 year old?
Go to Settings, Parental Controls, select your child's account, then Settings you manage, Communication, and turn Experience Chat and Direct Chat off. Parents can change chat settings until the child turns 16.Roblox Parental Controls
What happens when my child turns 13?
Control shifts toward the child. Parents can keep visibility and notifications for spending, screen time, and the friends list into the teen years, but direct control over those settings drops away. Age-checked users 13 and older also gain access to Trusted Connections for chatting outside their immediate age band.Roblox Newsroom
Why is my kid blocked from a game everyone else can play?
Kids and Select catalogs only include games that went through an extra review, on top of the standard content maturity rating. Roblox excludes games with social hangout or free-form drawing features and games featuring sensitive issues, so a popular title can simply not be in the catalog for that account type.Roblox Newsroom
Can I set a daily Roblox time limit?
Yes. Screen time limits are available for all Roblox Kids accounts and for Select users ages 9 to 12. Set a daily limit under Parental Controls, and once the limit is hit, your child sees a message and Roblox stops for the rest of the day. For 13 and up, Roblox suggests conversations instead of hard limits.Roblox Help Center
What are the standard settings by age on Roblox?
Chat off for under 9, an age check required to chat, and parents able to adjust standard chat settings until the child turns 16. Ages and standard settings may vary by region.Roblox Newsroom
Sources
- Age-Based Roblox Kids and Roblox Select Accounts Now Globally Available, Roblox Newsroom, June 16, 2026
- A New Era of Safety: Facial Age Checks Now Required to Chat on Roblox, Roblox Newsroom, January 7, 2026
- Roblox Safety Center, Safety by age: standard settings for Kids and Select accounts
- Roblox Parental Controls: setup, screen time, spending, chat, and connections
- How to chat on Roblox, Roblox Help Center
- Managing Screen Time, Roblox Help Center