Changing MS account linked to a gamer tag

Ray Porter · Jul 8, 2020

Hi,

My son has been playing XBox games since he was 4 years old. He's progressed through all the XBox versions. His gamer tag and account was originally created under my email (which is also my MS account, but not an MS email). He has his own MS account and
email and now that he's away at college, we'd like to associate his gamer tag with his email account instead of mine. We'd also like to preserve all his game saves and other gaming data and make sure he can still access all that once his tag is attached to
a new email account. I've seen posts about associating a new email address with a gamer tag. If we follow those steps, will his gaming history be preserved?

Thanks,

Ray

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ngocphi

No you can only change aliases not ms accounts

So if you have an non ms email as an aliss then you can change the alias that's it

Ms accounts are perm linked to gamers tags

XBF Brad A

Hi Ray,

Thanks for reaching out to the forums. I'm sorry to inform you the option to transfer saved data, achievements and any/or game purchases from another Microsoft Account will not be possible. We currently do not have an available feature. The one
step we have available is changing the primary email on the Microsoft account.
You can however set up home consoleon your main profile.
Note:If you choose to remove an alias that uses a Microsoft domain such as @hotmail.com, @outlook.com, or @live.com, that alias will be completely deleted and will not be available to sign in to any Microsoft
services. A microsoft and Xbox account are one and the same.

Hope this helps.

Brad

XBF Brad A

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the reply. Basically what you are wanting is to transfer from one account to another. Which in the first post is unavailable. I was only giving you the options available at this time.

Thanks,

Brad

Ray Porter

Hi Brad,

I don't want to remove an MS account. My son's gamer tag is currently linked to my MS account. I'm a retired software developer with ton's of stuff in MS linked to that account. All we really want to do is switch my son's gamer tag from my MS account
to his own (neither of the email accounts in question is an MS domain). Ideally, we'd like him to still be able to access his gaming history (saved games, DLCs, purchases, etc.) with his existing gamer tag. Naturally, we don't want him to have to re-purchase
all his games though we will do that if necessary. Is gaming data (saved games, etc.) stored locally and keyed with his gamer tag? Surely this is a common issue for kids who started gaming when they were too young to have their own accounts?

Thanks,

Ray

ngocphi

Changing your ms account on your gamer tag doesn't make it an adult account if it was a child account to begin with

You need to wait till the gamer tag turns 18

Changing MS account linked to a gamer tag