Roblox is splitting under-16 accounts into two age groups — what changes for your child
If your child uses Roblox and they’re under 16, their account is about to look different. From early June, Roblox is moving all younger users into one of two new age-based account types: Roblox Kids for ages 5 to 8, and Roblox Select for ages 9 to 15. The changes happen automatically — but there are a few things worth checking now before June arrives.
Ages 5–8: chat is off by default
Children in this age group will be moved into a Roblox Kids account. The biggest change is chat: it’s switched off completely by default. If your child wants to talk to a sibling or a friend they actually know, you’ll need to create your own Roblox parent account, link it to theirs, and turn that on yourself.
Game access is also narrowed to titles rated Minimal or Mild that have passed an additional review process. Games involving social hangouts, sensitive content, or free-form drawing are excluded by default — categories that have come up repeatedly in past incidents involving contact between children and strangers. The app will display a distinct background colour so you can see at a glance which account type your child is in.
Ages 9–15: filtered games, same chat defaults
Children in the 9–15 range land in Roblox Select. They can access games up to a Moderate rating, still filtered through the same selection process. Chat settings stay the same as whatever you’ve currently got configured — nothing changes there without you doing anything.
Accounts move automatically as children age: Roblox Kids becomes Roblox Select at 9, and Roblox Select becomes a standard account at 16. That progression is based on the birthdate on the account, so it’s worth checking that your child’s registered age is actually correct.
New parental controls worth knowing about
Alongside the account changes, Roblox is extending some parental controls that previously cut off earlier, now running through to age 15:
- Block specific games — you can block individual titles, not just categories
- Manage direct chat settings — this wasn’t available for the full 9–15 age range before
- Approve specific games — if a game falls outside your child’s default access, you can manually approve it rather than the whole thing being locked
All of this sits in the parental supervision dashboard, which also shows you which games your child is spending time in and who their friends are on the platform.
Later this year, Roblox will also move to ESRB ratings in the US and PEGI ratings in the UK and Europe — the same system used for console games. That should make individual games much easier to assess.
What to do before June
You’ve got a few weeks. Three things worth doing now:
Check the age on your child’s account. If your child set up their account themselves and entered a false birthdate — very common on Roblox — they’ll be placed in the wrong account type and could lose access to games they’ve been playing for years. Roblox has a process to correct this, linked in the sources below.
Set up parental supervision if you haven’t already. You’ll need your own Roblox account linked to your child’s to manage settings and approve games. If your 5–8 year old needs chat access for a specific sibling or friend, this is how you enable it.
Have a conversation with your child before June. Roblox says the “vast majority” of children’s favourite games will still be available — but some won’t be, particularly for children in the 9–15 group if a game they play regularly has a higher content rating. Better they know it’s coming.
These are the most significant changes Roblox has made to how younger accounts work. The new defaults are stricter and the parental controls are genuinely more useful than before — though whether that’s enough given the lawsuits the platform is currently facing is another question entirely.
Sources: Roblox — Introducing Roblox Kids and Select Accounts,
