Available Gamertag no longer shows that it's available although it's available on my other ...

Groosh · Oct 18, 2017

I'm currently trying to change my Gamertag to one that is currently available, but despite it being available a few minutes ago, it's now showing as unavailable on this account. I tried checking the availability of the name that I want on my other Xbox account
and it shows that the name is still available, but if I check the availability of this Gamertag on this current Xbox account, it shows that it's taken. I tried claiming this Gamertag on the website as well as on the Xbox One itself, but it both shows that
the name is taken. I created a new account in order to claim the current Gamertag I'm using now when I got the new Gamertag, but I can't change my name to the Gamertag I want in the first place. The Gamertag still shows that it's available on my other account
but not this current account that I want to change the name to.

I'm very confused and don't understand why this is or how to fix this issue, and would very much appreciate some help.

:)

Mister Maka · Oct 18, 2017

DLC Missing?

Heya Marcesh2000.

Have you had a chance to check your Ready to Install list for the content? Also, if you haven't already, I suggest checking the store to see if the content shows as available to download or available to purchase. If it's showing as available to purchase,
it's possible the content was purchased on a different account that no longer has your Xbox One set as it's Home console.

Jbchamberlin · Oct 18, 2017

Xbox / Skins Problem

So my 7 year old is into Minecraft and keeps seeing the Marvel skins that appear locked. They won’t allow us to unlock them although 1 or 2 of the set are available. I don’t see them available for purchase anywhere. What gives? If they were once available but no longer so, why are they showing up?

Groosh · Oct 18, 2017

It turns out all I had to do was wait 30 minutes to try again and it worked.

Groosh

It turns out all I had to do was wait 30 minutes to try again and it worked.

Daft Badger

Afraid not.

Gamertags are not made available on demand.

As of last year,if a gamertag does not log in for 5 years then it is made available although i'm not sure whether that applies to banned gamertags.

Xbvc

What I meant to say was that the same Gamertag is available on the other and showing as unavailble on this one.

DigiLuigi

For Tv Shows or Movies, the gamerpics are usually exclusive to UK/US and only available for a short time. So maybe they're not available in your region or they're simply no longere available.

Smwutches

Even with that search option, the best way to find out if a gamertag is available is by trying to change yours to it. The search option will not show you gamertags that are used on other Microsoft services and if you were to search for "Gamertag" it may
not show it even though "Gamer tag" is in use. The system doesn't see the spaces as being different gamertags.

Available Gamertag no longer shows that it's available although it's available on my other ...