Roblox chat & voice chat controls
- Settings → Parental controls → your child → Settings you manage → Communication.
- Experience chat On/Off (in-game chat with similar-age players and trusted friends; under 9 needs your consent).
- Direct chat On/Off (one-to-one in games; under 13 needs your consent).
On this page (3 sections)
Text chat settings
- Settings → Parental controls → your child → Settings you manage → Communication.
- Experience chat On/Off (in-game chat with similar-age players and trusted friends; under 9 needs your consent).
- Direct chat On/Off (one-to-one in games; under 13 needs your consent).
- Chat and party with friends: On/Off, then Friends chat = All friends / Trusted friends / No one.
- Gameplay coordination: turn Quick Words on or off.
💡 Users who have not completed an age check cannot chat, regardless of age. These settings do not apply to chat features a game's creator adds themselves. Parents can adjust standard chat settings until the child turns 16 (Roblox Jun 2026 newsroom / parental-controls page).
Source: en.help.roblox.com
Voice chat
Roblox's parental-controls page: Voice Chat with friends is OFF under 13 by default. Parents can enable it with Trusted friends for ages 9–12 where available. For ages 13–15 it is on with trusted friends (parents can turn it off). A separate Roblox help article also describes less-filtered texting with trusted friends for 13–17.
Source: about.roblox.com
Roblox Studio collaboration
Live collaboration in Studio: All age groups, Similar age groups or trusted friends, Similar age groups, or No one.
Source: en.help.roblox.com
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