Estate planning as a Roblox account holder
Roblox Corporation accounts are forfeited when the account holder dies
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Roblox is a gaming and creator platform with hundreds of millions of daily active users, including a large population of minors whose accounts are often managed by a parent or legal guardian through the verified-parent dashboard. A Roblox account can hold Robux (virtual currency), a library of purchased avatar items and accessories, created experiences (games) that may generate ongoing Robux revenue, UGC (user-generated content) items, Community (group) ownership with associated games and Robux funds, Premium membership, and Developer Exchange (DevEx) eligibility to convert Earned Robux to real money. The DevEx rate is $0.0035 per Robux for earnings before September 5, 2025 and $0.0038 per Robux for earnings after that date; the minimum cash-out is 30,000 Earned Robux and the account holder must personally pass identity and tax verification.
Under Roblox's terms, accounts are not property of the account holder and are forfeited when the account closes at death. No estate planning document—will, trust, or otherwise—can override this forfeiture.
What happens at death
Roblox has no published bereavement or estate process. No dedicated form, support article, or documented path exists for deceased account holders, and a Roblox Developer Forum thread requesting an account-memorialization feature (posted May 2025) has not received an official staff response. The Roblox Terms of Use grant "a non-exclusive, limited, revocable, non-transferable license" to use the service and state that "selling your Account or your access credentials to another User is strictly prohibited." Robux is "a limited, non-transferable, revocable license" with no ownership interest, and Roblox explicitly disclaims third-party transactions: "Roblox does not recognize or take responsibility for third-party services that allow Users to sell, transfer, purchase, or otherwise use Robux or Virtual Content." There is one narrow exception: transferring an account "in connection with the sale of the right to earn Robux from the sale of Virtual Content created by that Account, pursuant to a valid written agreement" is permitted, but this is not marketed as an estate pathway and its applicability to inheritance has not been publicly tested.
How to protect your Roblox accounts
Roblox Corporation's terms state that accounts are forfeited when the account holder dies. Lifetime planning is the only path to extracting value from the account before that happens.
8 lifetime planning steps for your Roblox accounts:
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Document your Roblox account email, password, and 2FA method for your executor. Direct account access is the only reliable path because Roblox has no bereavement process.
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If you are a parent managing a minor's Roblox account through the verified-parent dashboard, record which adult is the linked parent and identify a successor parent who could re-verify (government-issued ID or credit card, must be 18 or older) and re-link to the child's account. For children under 13, any future deletion request must be submitted by a parent or legal guardian.
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If you own Communities (groups): transfer ownership to a trusted person now. Both current owner and recipient need active Roblox Premium and the recipient must have been in the group for at least 7 days. The transfer is not reversible. Communities can hold games and Robux funds, making this critical for creator estates; if your account is terminated without transferring, the Community becomes ownerless.
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For created experiences: know that a place file can be saved out of Roblox Studio and republished from another account while logged into the original account, and that Roblox documents an experience-ownership-transfer flow at https://create.roblox.com/docs/projects/experience-ownership-transfer for moving an experience between accounts or groups you own. Make sure your executor (or a co-developer) knows the sign-in credentials and this process, because it is the only way to preserve your creative work outside the original account.
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For DevEx-eligible creators: cash out Earned Robux on a regular cadence. DevEx requires the account holder to submit the request personally and pass identity verification; the owner's name must match across the DevEx request, the Tipalti portal, the tax form, and the bank account. No published mechanism allows an estate to cash out Earned Robux, and creators 13-17 need a parent/guardian to complete tax documentation.
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Keep your Robux balance low. Robux is non-transferable and forfeited on account deletion, so spend or cash out (via DevEx for Earned Robux) rather than accumulating a balance.
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Understand the one narrow transfer exception in the Terms: an account may be transferred "in connection with the sale of the right to earn Robux from the sale of Virtual Content created by that Account, pursuant to a valid written agreement." This is narrow and not marketed as an estate pathway, but it may be relevant for creator estates with ongoing revenue-generating experiences.
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Premium membership is non-transferable and auto-renews until cancelled; no refunds on cancellation. If Premium is tied to a Community ownership transfer or a future DevEx cash-out, plan around that requirement.
Family sharing
Roblox accounts are non-transferable. There is no family sharing, library sharing, or multi-account access feature. Parents can verify their identity (government-issued ID or credit card) and link to their child's account through the Parental Controls dashboard at https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/30428310121620-Parental-Controls-Overview, which provides ongoing oversight (screen time, spending limits and notifications, content maturity level, communication management, block/report connections), but this is parental oversight, not shared ownership. Memberships and possessions are non-transferable between accounts. There is no mechanism for multiple people to share a game library or avatar items across accounts.
When someone dies
Handling Roblox accounts after a death
Accounts are forfeited under the official terms, 10-step process, and 3 required documents.
View details →Roblox does not support beneficiary designations. Unlike bank accounts or investment accounts, there is no way to formally name a beneficiary on this type of account.
Frequently asked questions
No. Roblox explicitly states there is "no system in place to transfer items or Robux between your accounts." Robux is "a limited, non-transferable, revocable license" and the Terms describe the license to use Roblox as "non-exclusive, limited, revocable, non-transferable." All virtual content purchases are final and non-transferable.
Created experiences (games) can be migrated between accounts using Roblox Studio by saving a place file locally and publishing it from another account, but this requires being signed into the original account. Roblox also documents an experience-ownership-transfer flow that lets a creator move an experience between accounts or groups they own. Community (group) games depend on group ownership: if the owner's account is terminated without transferring ownership first, the group becomes ownerless and Roblox Support historically does not facilitate transfers for terminated accounts.
No published mechanism exists. DevEx requires the account holder to personally submit each request; the legal name must match across the DevEx request, the Tipalti payment portal, the tax form, and the bank account; the account must have active Premium; and the minimum is 30,000 Earned Robux. There is no published exception for estates or executors, so Earned Robux that could have been converted to real money at $0.0038 per Robux (post-September 5, 2025 earnings) or $0.0035 per Robux (earlier earnings) may be permanently inaccessible.
No published inactivity-deletion policy exists. Roblox appears to retain inactive accounts indefinitely, though the Terms give Roblox a general right to terminate accounts at its sole discretion. This is actually favorable for estates, as there is no documented urgency to act.
Deactivation (hiding the profile) can be reversed by signing back in; community sources commonly describe a 30-day window before a deactivated account is moved toward permanent deletion. A deliberately submitted deletion request is not reversible once processed; the account, Robux, items, experiences, chat history, and username are permanently erased and the username becomes unavailable. When in doubt, deactivate rather than delete.
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Data sourced from Roblox Corporation primary sources (19 pages reviewed). How we research.
Roblox Support
WebsiteVisit website→
HoursTicket-based support only (no phone or email line published)
Roblox Privacy Manager (data-privacy and deletion requests)
Emailprivacy@roblox.com
Mailing Address
Roblox Privacy Manager, 3150 S. Delaware St., San Mateo, CA 94403
WebsiteSubmit claim online →
Verified May 2026
