Gamer tag inactive account

Damn it. The account has been inactive for at least 8 years.

When does Microsoft deem an account inactive long enough to warrant that "purge" of inactive gamer tags?

Another issue you might run into is that if the person who owns the account with the gamer tag you want, if they are still using the account for other things other than Xbox then that account is still active. Meaning if they never play on Xbox again, that
gamer tag will remain on that account until the account itself is inactive for 5 years not just inactive on Xbox.

Hi Ronin,

As there are many different reasons why a gamer tag will not show anything, its impossible to speculate as to why. What we do know that if you are getting the gamer tag is unavailable then someone is using that gamer tag, or they are using it as we stated,
or the account is inactive. As posted the account needs to be inactive for a certain period of time before the gamer tag is released. If you are really wanting this gamer tag then you can keep trying for it every so often. With that I will be locking this
thread as you have been given the answer by a few people. Have a great day.

Thanks,

Brad

The only way would be if the original owner changes it to something else or they do not sign into the account for 5 years (starting in 2016).

Is there anyway to check an accounts activness