Does factory reseting one console delete the profile on another?

Fat Raccoon · Mar 18, 2023

I recently got the new xbox series s for Christmas. I ended up giving my old xbox one to my uncle so he could play some old games he used to enjoy. If we were to factory reset the old xbox one, would it delete the profile on the new series s since they are a shared profile?

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Smwutches

No. It won't have any affect on any console other than the one you factory reset.

darren_scott

What has most likely happened is the previous owner hasn't fully reset his xbox and his profile licenses are still attatched to the console. Performing a Factory should delete the license.

support.xbox.com/.../reset-console-to-factory-defaults

BobMcFly247

If you do a factory reset on the Xbox One your profile will be deleted from the harddrive as well as your downloaded and installed games. The games could not be used by a new profile or a new user/owner anyway because the games are bounded to your gamertag.
So for the Xbox One a factory reset would be best.

Here's how to:
support.xbox.com/.../reset-console-to-factory-defaults

On the Xbox 360 it's different. Here the games, only the downloaded ones of course, are bound to the console. So a new user / owner could use them with his gamertag. So on the 360 I would suggest to only delete your profile before selling it but keep the
downloaded games on the drive.

Here's how to:
support.xbox.com/.../delete-xbox-live-profile-from-xbox-360-console

DENAz666

Hi,

A couple of things you could try, is firstly by deleting your profile from your xbox console, and the re-adding it: Add and remove
profile

If that doesn't work then it might be worth giving you xbox a factory reset, but without deleting the games:

How to reset your console to factory defaults on Xbox One

When you do the factory reset, its important to choose the option 'Reset and keep my games & apps.' so that way you won't lose any of your games or apps

D4vid 360

Hello, it might probably be a hardware problem. Does the console make any strange sound/smell? The smell is quite hard to happen but you never know.

You can try a hard reset or a factory reset.

Hard reset: press the power button for 10 seconda while the console is on. Then start it again.

Factory reset: this is performed in the settings and can delete every game and file related to the profiles on the console, or only to delete some setting and the profiles. This usually help resetting things right.

if the problem persists, it could definitely be a hardware problem

Does factory reseting one console delete the profile on another?