Can't Switch Microsoft Accounts

SupplelySnail50 · Aug 2, 2018

Hey all,

So I recently graduated and am trying to transfer everything over from my parents' accounts to my own, including my 360. However, I can't remember the password they set for the Microsoft account (I've tried every one they normally use), and I'd reaaaaaally
rather not try asking them what it was. Is there any way to get it switched over without having to input the password for the old account?

:)

DigitalAssassin · Aug 2, 2018

Managing my Xbox Live account

Hey mate, you can't delete gamertags so you will have to follow the directions at the link if you wish to switch your Microsoft account:

support.xbox.com/.../switch-gamertag-to-different-microsoft-account

xbox360italy · Aug 2, 2018

Can I link 2 live accounts together?

Hello

You can't link account. But is possible

Switch your gamertag to a different Microsoft account

or
Switch gamertags between two Microsoft accounts

steeledwand7664 · Aug 2, 2018

Alright couple things.

1. You would not be able to transfer any xbox profiles and purchases between different MS accounts.

2. What you can do is change what email address that is used to sign into the account.

Keep this in mind though if the email address that is currently on the account that has your profile on it is a MS server email (Hotmail, msn, outlook, live) and you change it and remove that email from the account then that email will be gone FOREVER. So
if the email is one of those emails and your parents still use the email you will not want to do this.

So with that in mind here are the steps to change the email that is used to sign into the account.

1. Since you dont know the current password for your parents account you will need to find that out. You can try to recover the account by going to account.live.com/acsr

2. Once you get the account recovered with a password you would then sign into the account at account.live.com/addassocid once the account is verified through that website it will give you 2 options.

Create a new account with an outlook email

Use an existing NON MS email (gmail, Yahoo, ISP) email

Once you have the new email on the account you can make the new email the primary email and then remove the old email. Now remember DO NOT do this step if it is a MS server email and your parents still use this email.

steeledwand7664

Alright couple things.

1. You would not be able to transfer any xbox profiles and purchases between different MS accounts.

2. What you can do is change what email address that is used to sign into the account.

Keep this in mind though if the email address that is currently on the account that has your profile on it is a MS server email (Hotmail, msn, outlook, live) and you change it and remove that email from the account then that email will be gone FOREVER. So
if the email is one of those emails and your parents still use the email you will not want to do this.

So with that in mind here are the steps to change the email that is used to sign into the account.

1. Since you dont know the current password for your parents account you will need to find that out. You can try to recover the account by going to account.live.com/acsr

2. Once you get the account recovered with a password you would then sign into the account at account.live.com/addassocid once the account is verified through that website it will give you 2 options.

Create a new account with an outlook email

Use an existing NON MS email (gmail, Yahoo, ISP) email

Once you have the new email on the account you can make the new email the primary email and then remove the old email. Now remember DO NOT do this step if it is a MS server email and your parents still use this email.

DigitalAssassin

Hey mate, you can't delete gamertags so you will have to follow the directions at the link if you wish to switch your Microsoft account:

support.xbox.com/.../switch-gamertag-to-different-microsoft-account

ChiefJoboo

Unfortunately this is not possible and since your email is a Microsoft email (Live, Hotmail or Outlook) you can't switch the email to another one and have the account not be connected to that email anymore, technically.

You can switch the login emails around but you CAN'T switch TO a Microsoft email when you do this (Live, Hotmail or Outlook). You can switch to another email provider but you can't switch between Microsoft emails as they're permanently connected to that
account they were created on. For example, you can't switch this account's email login to another Microsoft account because that email is attached to a Microsoft account already.

The only solution is to start over and have him create a new account and have the account that owns all the games to be set as the my home xbox account on the xbox one so that the new account can play all the games that account owns BUT the saves and any
progress will not move over and some DLC will not share, also.

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/game-setup/my-home-xbox

stk3

same problem.

switch can't keep me logged in to microsoft account.

TruthfulAlarm86

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