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Call of Duty parental controls
📣 Communication controls (start here)
Who can talk to your child is the most important setting. Controls stack in layers: console/device → platform account → in-game. Set every layer, because one layer doesn't always control another. Communication Safety Hub →
Call of Duty: In-game menu, plus console (Activision says platform settings may override)
| Text chat | Not confirmed |
| Voice chat | Voice Chat Off, or Game Chat Voice: Party Only / Friends Only / Friends & Chat Channels |
| DMs / whispers | Not confirmed |
| Friend requests | Not confirmed |
| Parties / joining | Party Only option |
| Online status / location | Not confirmed |
| Images, links, gifts | Not confirmed |
| Parents can see | Not confirmed |
| Parents can't see | Voice is AI-moderated and recorded in select titles for Code of Conduct investigations |
| Block / report | Not confirmed |
| Defaults by age | Rated M (Mature 17+) titles |
Turn it fully off:
- Settings → Audio → Voice Chat Off.
- Also restrict communication at console level.
Limit to approved friends:
- Game Chat Voice: Friends Only.
How it layers: Activision: platform account settings may override in-game settings.
⚠ Text chat, friend requests and reporting steps for Call of Duty not yet verified.
Sources: [1] [2] · "Not confirmed" means we couldn't verify it in official sources yet.
Xbox (Microsoft family): system-level communication
- Xbox: Settings → Account → Family settings → Manage family members → child → Privacy & online safety → Xbox privacy → View details & customize → Communication & multiplayer.
- "Others can communicate with voice, text, or invites": Everyone / Friends / Block.
- "You can communicate outside of Xbox with voice & text": Block.
- "You can add friends": set so you approve friends.
Even on Block, members of a club can still talk to your child if Clubs is set to Allow. Mute stops a player speaking to you; Block stops their messages and invites, removes them as a friend, and hides your online activity from them.
PlayStation (PS5/PS4): system-level communication
- PS5: Settings → Family and Parental Controls → Family Management → child → Parental Controls → Communication and User-Generated Content → Restrict. Also in the PlayStation Family app.
Restrict turns off text messages and voice chat (pre-written in-game messages still allowed), sharing and viewing user-generated content, and linking some third-party communication apps. Kids can request a per-game exception, which you approve in the Family app. Roblox chat is NOT controlled by this setting.