Grand Theft Auto / Rockstar 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 →

GTA Online: Console + Rockstar

Turn it fully off:

1. Use console communication restrictions (see console section).

How it layers: Console settings are the main control.

⚠ In-game chat settings in GTA Online not verified.

Sources: [1] · "Not confirmed" means we couldn't verify it in official sources yet.

Xbox (Microsoft family): system-level communication

1. Xbox: Settings → Account → Family settings → Manage family members → child → Privacy & online safety → Xbox privacy → View details & customize → Communication & multiplayer.
2. "Others can communicate with voice, text, or invites": Everyone / Friends / Block.
3. "You can communicate outside of Xbox with voice & text": Block.
4. "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.

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PlayStation (PS5/PS4): system-level communication

1. 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.

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