Getting Minecraft Education Edition without School Email
Minecraft: Education Edition is a game-changer for students, teachers, and educators everywhere. However, many non-academic users may ask, "Can I play Minecraft: Education Edition even if I don’t have a school email?"
Yes, You Can!
In this article, we’ll explore different ways to get Minecraft Education Edition without a school email.
Method 1: Create a Family Group Account
Get a Microsoft Family Group plan: To create a Microsoft Family Group account, your parent or guardian needs a Microsoft account. They must sign up for a subscription plan, which includes child accounts.
Benefits
- One subscription plan fits all users
- Microsoft Family Safety features to block or restrict content
- Access to Microsoft apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
What You Need
- One parent or guardian account and a valid payment method
- Children’s email address (create yours after filling)
How to:
- Sign into your parent or guardian Microsoft account
- click on Family (Settings > Family).
- Click on Add a family group member
- choose Add a child as a Microsoft account
- enter the child’s email address and password create during Family creation
- Click on Create & manage
- click on Add a Child.
Method 2: Purchase Minecraft: Education Edition for Personal use
Get a purchase plan: You can choose to purchase Minecraft: Education Edition directly from the website. The game offers discounts for individuals, schools, and universities.
Pricing:
| Account Type | Price |
|---|---|
| Individual | $5 |
| Family | $11 |
| School | Various pricing based on student-to-teacher ratio |
What You Need
- A Microsoft account (to create or use an existing one)
- School/EIN proof/Parent-child relationship document (for Individuals and Families)
What Else do you Get: Microsoft Family Safety features, OneDrive cloud storage, Accessibility features for students with Disabilities.
How to Buy:
- On the official Minecraft website -> Education -> select Personal
- Click "Buy" and choose pricing plan.
Enter your details and create purchase.
- Click "Buy" and choose pricing plan.
- Create & manage Family Group or Family Safety setup.
Creating a Personal Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft: Education
To create a brand new personal Microsoft account :
- Go to this link https://account.live.com/signin
- Sign in with "Create account" option;
- Fill in username, email address, security questions and password.
Choose your location and click finish.
Click on "next" -> "Sign-In" & "Continue -> -> ->-> -> ->-
Accessing Minecraft Education Edition using your new Family Group account
- Sign into your new user account in Minecraft: Education
2 Select Education
Login with new account.
As you’ve seen, two methods exist to get Minecraft Education Edition without a school email: creating a Microsoft Family Group account or Purchasing the game directly using a personal Microsoft account. Both options provide a rich gaming experience with various added features for students and the family group.
**Sign up and start playing Minecraft: Education
Note from the article:
Note: As of now you can still play Minecraft Educations for free, once you download the game trial version then you can update it by purchasing the Edu version using your personal ID.