changing gamer tags

Discus and support changing gamer tags in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hey Guys, ok here's my problem I recently bought a new Xbox one (Hooray) set everything up and I noticed that I made a mistake on my gamer tag it was... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by IdiosyncraticEX, Jun 16, 2015.

  1. IdiosyncraticEX
    IdiosyncraticEX Guest

    changing gamer tags


    Hey Guys,

    ok here's my problem I recently bought a new Xbox one (Hooray) set everything up and I noticed that I made a mistake on my gamer tag it was supposed to be the same as my email address but a letter was out of place. Tried to change it but it game me a message
    saying I had to pay $9.99 USD. Now I know your allowed to change your tag once for free which it all good but when I signed up they gave me a generic gamer tag Cuddlepuff43 or something like that so I changed it to match my Email.

    What I wanted to know is if there was anyway to get around having to pay to change it? I don't want a totally new gamer tag I simply want to fix a simple mistake. Has anyone else had this problem? Why even allow you to change it once if you have to use it
    to create you name in the first place or did I just set it up wrong?

    :)
     
    IdiosyncraticEX, Jun 16, 2015
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  2. tidalsnow
    tidalsnow Guest
    Help with changing gamer tag

    i want to change my gt to TidalSnow but someone else has already got it and I don't want to replace one of the letters with numbers so if someone could suggest how I change it up a bit to use it that'd be great.

    I've tried it with a space between as Tidal Snow but someone's got that too.
     
    tidalsnow, Jun 16, 2015
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  3. tidalsnow
    tidalsnow Guest
    Help with changing gamer tag

    i want to change my gt to TidalSnow but someone else has already got it and I don't want to replace one of the letters with numbers so if someone could suggest how I change it up a bit to use it that'd be great.

    I've tried it with a space between as Tidal Snow but someone's got that too.
     
    tidalsnow, Jun 16, 2015
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  4. ArmyRanger149
    ArmyRanger149 Guest

    changing gamer tags

    Hey, IdiosnycraticEX.

    Unfortunately, you will have to pay $9.99 to change your gamertag again. Even correcting a little mistake still counts as changing your gamertag completely. I am sorry, but I don't think there is any work-around for this.
     
    ArmyRanger149, Jun 16, 2015
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  5. IdiosyncraticEX
    IdiosyncraticEX Guest
    It sucks but I Understand To err is human to forgive will cost you $9.99 on Xbox One. Next time I'll double check or maybe I should have stayed Mr. Cuddlepuff43 now that I think about it its got a nice ring to it.
     
    IdiosyncraticEX, Oct 31, 2018
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  6. orik0n74 Win User

    Error message when trying to access forums - Access Denied for Mr Messy Pants

    I'm going to assume that what is going on is that you were issued a forced gamer tag change since the gamer tag may be deemed offensive. A forced gamer tag change can result in not being able to post on the forums until that gamer tag is changed.
  7. HAZMAT RADIO Win User

    Swapping gamertags

    Gamer tags are tied to accounts and can only be changed when you go through the process to change the gamer tag. No one can give you a gamer tag to assign to another account.

    So, neither you or as you stated, "people threating to take the tag as soon as it is chnaged" can take that gamer tag.

    The gamer tag won't be made available right away if you change the gamer tag on that original account.
  8. BIGBOY x 760 Win User

    gamertag

    Why did my gamer-tag change? It really didn't offend nobody ( BIgBOyLuvMiLPhz )it was a funny gamer-tag to make people laugh and this was my first time actually getting reported. My friends gamer-tag were funny but when they got reported they had to change
    there gamer-tag to something else or they couldn't play live at all and you gave them a (FREE GAMER-TAG CHANGE), how come I cant get that opportunity to change my gamer-tag?
  9. Spoilord Win User

    Sea of thieves mix pot huntress figurehead

    I did signed into Mixer with that Gamer Tag: . I changed my Gamer Tag recently maybe it changed there. My new Gamer Tag is Crusader Colin. Try that one.
  10. DrifterX22 Win User

    Gamer tag in xbox profile

    the free gamer tag change was only allowed when your gamer tag change was forced. People abused this by reporting gamer tags that people wanted to change so once a force change was made they then changed it again to what they wanted for free. Because
    of that abuse of the system all game tag changes now cost even if a force change has happened.
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