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Minecraft for Windows 10 and setting up an account to play the game

Good day,

I purchased Minecraft for Windows 10 from the Microsoft website for our son.  Downloaded and installed fine on Windows 10. 

I used my Microsoft account to make the purchase as it required a credit card.  When I fire up Minecraft on the computer the sign-in box comes up on the screen.  It asks me to create a user name or suggests some, but wants to use my Microsoft account.  

Is there a way to set up a Minecraft account for our son, that doesn't require the use of my Microsoft account?  If so, how would that be done?  Or, because I purchased the game with my Microsoft account, it has to be used when setting up the user name?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Update: It is the Minecraft starter edition

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Hi Brian,

Thank you for posting on the Xbox forums. I'd be happy to try and help here.

Minecraft for Windows 10 is an edition of Minecraft designed for Windows 10, featuring cross-play with players on "bedrock devices" such as Xbox One, iOS and Android phones, Nintendo Switch, and more. Therefore you will need to use a Microsoft Account and create an Xbox Live profile to login and play Minecraft Windows 10 edition.

We recommend creating a child Microsoft Account for your son so that he can login using his own account where his progress would be saved and it would not be associated to your own Microsoft account. You can then manage your son's account on Windows 10 using parental controls through a Microsoft Family. Create a new Microsoft Account for your son using the correct birthdate and then create a Family group to add your son's account.

With offline permissions in the Microsoft Store, your son should be able to login and play on his own Microsoft Account/Xbox Live profile even though his account didn't purchase the digital license. However, you will need to "prepare" the game to be played by other accounts when yours is offline. The included link lists the steps to turn on offline permissions on your PC and how to prepare the game which only needs to be done once.

I hope this helps!

Best Wishes,
Diego
Xbox Forums Support

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Last updated October 3, 2022 Views 8,649 Applies to: