Unable to enable multiplayer to minecraft world

Question

Hello Microsoft,

I have created a Microsoft account and then logged in my Minecraft with the Microsoft account.

And after that I have gone to the worlds tab and the first thing I see it says multiplayer disabled and above that there is something else saying you can not play with friends or on lan worlds because of parental control restrictions. How do I enable multiplayer to my world.

Answer 1

Hi Rohith Reddy,

From what you described, Minecraft is detecting that the account you signed in with is a child account. Multiplayer cannot be enabled from within Minecraft or Windows, you need to toggle from the Microsoft account itself:

1. Visit and confirm if you’re in a group: https://account.microsoft.com/family
2. If your account is classified as children, only the parent/guardian account can:
   1. Either allow you to play games without the restrictions
   2. Or remove you from under the family group.
3. If this was meant to be an adult account:
   1. Recheck your date of birth at https://account.microsoft.com
   2. If the DOB is under 18, the account will stay restricted
   3. Try to change the DOB if possible.

In short, world settings cannot override account restrictions. A child account cannot remove its own parental controls, so you need parent/guardian to allow it, or make sure that it is an adult account.

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Answer 2

Multiplayer is disabled on the world because the Microsoft account being used is treated as a child account and has multiplayer blocked by family/parental settings. To enable multiplayer, the family organizer (parent/guardian) must change the child’s permissions on the Microsoft account.

Required steps for the parent/guardian:

1. Sign in with the parent’s Microsoft account at the family/child management page: https://account.live.com/mk
2. In the list of child accounts, locate the child’s account that is used for Minecraft.
3. Select Manage this child's access to third party apps.
4. Choose Enable access so the child account can use apps and games that are not published by Microsoft (Minecraft uses Xbox services and is affected by this setting).
   • If Enable access is not shown, the child already has access to third‑party apps and the restriction may be elsewhere in Xbox privacy/online safety settings.

If the parent cannot see the child account under their sign-in, one of these is true:

• Consent has not yet been given for that child account.
• Consent was granted by a different adult.
• Consent was given using another Microsoft account.

Once the parent has enabled access and any required Xbox privacy/online safety settings for multiplayer, restart Minecraft and open the world settings. The Multiplayer game option can then be enabled so friends or LAN players can join, and Player Access can be set to Invite only, Friends only, or Friends of friends as needed.

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References:

• My child is not able to access 3rd party apps
• Editor Workflow
• Xbox Requirements for Xbox Console Games