Skip to main content
New Participant
Nov 9, 2026 7:14 PM UTC
Question

Account recovery using parental controls

Hello Meta Support Team,

I am contacting you as the mother of Yaman Pesen, who is 10 years old and uses a Meta Quest 2.

Child’s name: Yaman Pesen
Child’s Meta account email: yamanpesen@gmail.com
Parent’s name: Mine Kırelli
Parent’s Meta account email: minekirelli@gmail.com

My son’s Meta account was permanently disabled on June 6, 2026, because we missed the age verification deadline.

However, when we attempt to access his account, Meta displays a message stating that his account and associated applications are scheduled to be deleted on December 5, 2027.

Since the account data has not yet reached its scheduled deletion date, we kindly ask whether the account can be manually reviewed and restored before that date.

We understand that children aged 10–12 must use a parent-managed account, and I have already created my own Meta account to arrange parental supervision.

My son’s account contains purchased games, including:

  • I Am Cat
  • Job Simulator
  • Titanic: A Space Between

Our primary request is to restore his existing Meta account and preserve all purchased games and associated content.

If restoring the account is not possible, please investigate whether the existing purchases can be transferred or restored to a new parent-managed child account, or whether another resolution, including refunds, is available.

We are willing to provide proof of purchase, parental identity verification, and screenshots confirming the scheduled deletion date.

Please escalate this case to the appropriate account recovery team for manual review.

Thank you for your assistance.

Kind regards,
Mine Kırelli
minekirelli@gmail.com

 

    4 replies

    Maccyb123
    Expert Contributor
    Nov 9, 2026 9:54 PM UTC

    Firstly you have made a very dangerous post by exposing the personal details of your underage child and your own on an open unsecured public forum.. Please edit comment and remove the information if you can or ask a moderator to do so. If you receive any private messages or emails to you or your child from people saying they are from Meta or can help, delete them and do not reply, they will be scammers who look out for messages like this to target. You need to take better care. OK, now you should know, this is a user only forum, there are no Meta staff here, no Meta moderators, no Meta community managers. Meta support does not monitor or interact here. Nobody can escalate anything, we are all just volunteering our time to help with headset issues and we have no access to accounts and cannot help with account issues of any kind. You need to contact Meta official support directly either through your Horizon app on your phone or on the Meta website.I will put a link below to the various methods of contacting Meta. Please note that a permanently disabled child account will not be revived due to stricter rules being in place after Meta was fined millions of dollars for not making it secure enough. Also, under the terms of service you would have had to agree to, a refund of games on disabled or banned accounts is not possible.. Sorry to give you bad news but it's better to know now rather than be disappointed later. 

    However, here are the links if you wish to try, don't forget to remove your child's and your personal details and be vigilant about any communication that might be sent to your son's email or yours. Particularly your child as there are bad people out there and there is no control over who is on this forum. 

    https://www.meta.com/en-gb/help/support/?g1=5960237440706837&g2=5599442656832658&g3=5947917498632978&et=none&sg=skip

     

     

    Maccyb
    steve40
    Honored Contributor
    Nov 10, 2026 12:26 AM UTC

    Reported to moderators for exposing child personal data.

    New Participant
    Nov 10, 2026 10:26 AM UTC

    Pls reactivate my account 

    Maccyb123
    Expert Contributor
    Nov 10, 2026 10:33 AM UTC

    No, it will never be reactivated. You are banned for life. 

    Maccyb