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Allow or block a Roblox game for your child: settings and result checks
Identify the exact game, select the child in your parent account and review the correct list. Follow Allow, Block, reconsideration and the check on the next entry.
Define the particular change you want #
Start with one specific task: approve a requested game, prevent access to a particular game, or reconsider a decision already saved. These differ from limiting time across the platform and from blocking another player. Record the game's title, creator and exact Roblox page link. Names and pictures can look alike, so remembering an image is not enough to identify the intended game. Also establish which child's account the decision concerns. The pair “this child, this game” is the basis for every later check, whether you are considering permission or reviewing an existing restriction.
Imagine an invented example where a child requests “Adventure Island” and search returns two similarly named games. The parent's choice should concern the address the child actually meant. This is a teaching example, not a recommendation of a real game. Compare the title, creator and page before confirming an action. If the problem concerns somebody's behaviour, use the separate guide about blocking people. Blocking a game is not the same as reporting a specific account. Blocking a person also does not establish that the entire game world is unavailable to the child.
Select the intended child from your parent account #
Sign into your own adult account linked to the child. Open Settings → Parental Controls and select the intended child's account. If the link is not established, first follow the separate linking process described in our previous guide. Compare the child's username rather than relying only on the avatar or display name. When several children are linked, a decision in one card cannot automatically be treated as a decision for all of them. Before searching for the game, confirm that the selected profile is the one covered by the rule you are preparing.
On a shared device, the browser may still be signed into another household account. An accurate first observation says “Parent account A is open; child B is selected.” If the intended child is absent, investigate account linking rather than changing another child's settings as an experiment. The child does not need your adult-account password to check the result. Available controls depend on the account's circumstances and current rules. This guide explains a particular decision route; it does not promise an identical collection of buttons for every age, region or account type.
Review a request to allow a particular game #
Current Roblox help describes individual approval for games not available by default in Roblox Kids or Roblox Select. If that request route is offered for your case, find the request in Pending requests. Another official route uses View Settings in the request email to open it in Roblox. Read which child and game are listed, then deliberately choose Allow or Don't Allow. Receiving a request and approving it are different states. Opening the message does not establish that the decision is complete or that it applies to the intended game.
For a household discussion, it helps to ask what the child wants to do in that world and why they are requesting access. Approval is not a promise that the game's contents will never change. The decision concerns the particular available request, not every game with a similar picture. If the request or control is absent, record the actual state and compare current official help. Do not replace a missing button by disabling every restriction. Permission for one game and a change to general content-maturity settings are separate actions and should not be combined into one unexamined experiment.
Check Allowed games and understand revoking approval #
After the decision, review Content restrictions → Allowed games when that list is available for the account. Find the game and match it to the page you recorded. This checks the saved state; it is not another approval of every request. The official instructions describe revoking an allowance through the three-dot menu beside the title and selecting Don't allow. Before confirming, verify that this is the allowance you intended to remove. Opening the list and changing an entry have different consequences. You can begin by reading the current state without changing it.
Do not automatically describe revoking an individual allowance as adding a game to Blocked games. These are separate lists and actions. If the task is explicitly blocking a particular game, use the blocking route in the next section. If the task is reconsidering an earlier approved request, work with that allowance. The table below helps choose the object to inspect. This distinction is especially useful when someone says “I removed access” without explaining which action was performed or which child's profile now contains the saved entry. Determine the actual state before choosing another change.
Open full-size image ↗| Task | Route | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Review a request | Pending requests → Allow / Don’t Allow | Child and exact game |
| Review an allowance | Allowed games | Matching entry |
| Revoke an allowance | Allowed games → Don’t allow | Selected allowance |
| Block a game | Blocked games → Block | Entry and next joining attempt |
| Remove a block | Blocked games → Unblock | State and access separately |
Add the exact game to Blocked games #
The official blocking route starts with the selected child in Parental Controls, then Settings you manage and Content restrictions → Blocked games. Select the plus icon, enter the game's name, choose the relevant result and use Block with confirmation. Before that decision, compare the game with its exact page and creator. If results look similar, do not confirm the first one merely because its picture is familiar. After the action, return to the list and verify the saved decision for the intended game. Record which child's account was selected when you made the change.
If you identified the game through information about recently played worlds, still establish its exact address. Roblox's screen-time tools show information about the child's games, but an activity report and a blocked-game list answer different questions. History helps identify the object; the Blocked games entry helps check the decision. A number of minutes is not confirmation that blocking succeeded. Here, the task concerns access to one world. A daily platform limit and the duration of an individual session need another check, described in our screen-time guide. Keep those observations separate from the permission decision.
Check the next entry rather than a disappearing card #
Roblox help states that a block applied while the child is playing takes effect the next time they enter that game. A continuing current session therefore does not by itself establish that the setting failed to save. The help also says blocked games can still appear in search. A card, title or link in results is not a test of permission to join. First confirm the entry in the correct list, then compare the next-entry result from the intended child's account. Use the same game address so that a similarly named game does not distort the check.
Agree on a suitable moment to check with the child, so a current session is not confused with a new entry attempt. A teaching log can contain four items: selected child, exact game, list state and next-entry observation. If the card remains visible but access is unavailable in line with the saved decision, visibility does not contradict the check. If the outcome differs, record the message and conditions of the attempt. Do not claim that a block must immediately remove the child from the current server, or judge the result only by whether the game disappeared from search.
Open full-size image ↗Investigate a mismatch without changing everything #
If expectation and outcome differ, recheck the same child-game pair, selected list and completed confirmation. Ensure you are comparing a next entry rather than an ongoing session. Save the exact message if one appeared. Do not simultaneously change age-related controls, time limits, game permission and blocked people: afterwards, it becomes difficult to tell which change affected access. Investigate one question at a time and record which fact was established and which remains unknown. The goal is an understandable result, not the largest possible collection of changed settings or another test using the wrong profile.
An approved request is not a universal way to bypass every restriction or fix a network error. A game can have other access conditions; one Allow button does not explain every possible failure to join. If your checks do not resolve the problem, prepare the relevant usernames, device, game link, chosen route and next-entry outcome for Roblox Support. Official help asks for a detailed explanation and a suitable issue category. A settings screenshot should show the useful state without unrelated personal information. An account password is not needed to read your description or understand which game and child you checked.
Reconsider the decision through the correct list #
To remove a saved block in Blocked games, the help describes Unblock with confirmation. To revoke an allowance in Allowed games, use Don't allow. Choose the action according to the state you actually intend to change, and compare the child and game again. Unblock is not a promise that every other condition for joining will then be satisfied automatically. Check the outcome separately. Reconsidering one game's access does not require unlinking the parent account or deleting the child's profile. Those are broader, separate changes with effects beyond the particular game you are reviewing.
Explain the household rule clearly and how the child can ask for reconsideration. A private note might say “For child B, the game at address X is saved in Blocked games; next entry checked.” For approval, record the corresponding request and observed Allowed games state. Do not publish household correspondence or settings details merely to demonstrate success. A completed check means a confirmed decision for a specific account-game pair and a recorded observation, not the number of buttons pressed. If a step remains unfinished, note it accurately so you can resume at the appropriate point later.
Original sources
Roblox Support — Parental Controls OverviewRoblox Support — Parental Controls FAQ
Roblox Support — Parents: How to Link Your Child’s Account
Roblox Support — Managing Screen Time
Roblox Support — Contact Us
