You don’t need to be a specific age to make a Roblox account, but there are age rules and new age-checks that affect how and when you can chat on Roblox.

Basic age rules for chat

  • Roblox lets kids as young as about 5 use the platform, but chat is heavily limited and controlled for younger users.
  • Everyone who wants to use chat now has to complete an age check (a facial age estimate or ID), because Roblox is rolling out mandatory age checks worldwide for all chat features.
  • Chat is filtered differently depending on whether your account is under 13 or 13+, with stricter filters and limits for under‑13 users.

Under 9 years old

  • Chat inside games (called “Experience chat”) is off by default for kids under 9, and can only be turned on if a parent gives consent after completing an age check.
  • Even when enabled, under‑9 users are restricted to chatting with similarly young age groups, not random adults, as part of Roblox’s “age‑based chat” system.

Ages 9–12

  • Users aged 9–12 can normally use in‑experience (in‑game) chat once age‑checked, with protections that keep them chatting primarily with similar age groups.
  • Direct/private chat outside games (for example, direct messages) still requires extra parental consent for users under 13.

13 and older

  • Age‑checked users 13+ get more open chat features, including broader communication in experiences and more freedom in who they can chat with.
  • Teens 13+ can also use “Trusted Connections” to chat more freely with people they know (like friends or family), even if they are in slightly different age groups, as long as everyone is age‑checked.

What this means in simple terms

  • There is no single “you must be X years old” rule; instead, Roblox uses age groups plus age verification and parent consent.
  • If you are:
    1. Under 9 : no chat unless your parent approves after age check, and even then it’s limited.
2. **9–12** : you can chat in games after age check, but with stricter rules and mostly with kids around your age.

3. **13+** : you can access fuller chat features once age‑checked, including more open conversations and Trusted Connections with people you know.

Bottom line: to chat on Roblox at all now, you need to pass an age check, and your exact chat options depend on whether you are under 9, 9–12, or 13+ and whether a parent has given consent if you are younger than 13.

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Wondering how old you have to be to chat on Roblox? Learn how Roblox’s new global age checks, parental consent rules, and age‑based chat groups affect kids under 9, preteens, and teens in 2026.

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