Gamertag availability

willieam NOT · May 10, 2015

I'm hoping to come into the possession of the gamertag 'william NOT' but I found that it has been taken. I tried searching for the account on xbox.com but I said that it couldn't be found, a member I spoke with via chat also said it couldn't be found via
search on a system. Is there anything I can do to come into possession of the gamertag?

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Concentrate-F084AFF9-EC0F-4FAF-AC93-529E540BB3E4 · May 10, 2015

GamerTag Availability

Hey, so i was wondering, regarding gamertags (original gamertags in general), will those gamertags such as: Exile, Exiled, Enigma, etc.. most of those that have gold on them, and the original xbox gamer picture, with no xbox 360 play time, will they ever
be wiped like last time in January/February 2011? The accounts are possibly not being used at all, and if you can provide ANY insight as to if microsoft will ever be doing another wipe of most of the accounts associated with original gamertags, it would be
greatly appreciated.

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voteDC · May 10, 2015

Gamertag Availability?

That bottom part make no sense. If I send a friends request to a gamertag and it doesn't exist on Xbox Live then certainly it wont exist on GFWL either.

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Both Xbox Live and GFWL share the same systems for things such as friends requests. Even Xbox.com sees them as the exact same thing.

Smwutches · May 10, 2015

If the system says a tag is taken, then it's in use somewhere on Microsoft's services. The tag system is used on other Microsoft services, so even if it's not being used on the consoles, it could be in use elsewhere.

Also, the system doesn't see things like spaces as making a gamertag unique. So even though you can't find the tag the way you're searching for it, it is in use here -

account.xbox.com/.../Profile

willieam NOT · Oct 31, 2018

ah, that is, very unfortunate for me. Thank you though, that does answer my question.

Smwutches

Even with that search option, the best way to find out if a gamertag is available is by trying to change yours to it. The search option will not show you gamertags that are used on other Microsoft services and if you were to search for "Gamertag" it may
not show it even though "Gamer tag" is in use. The system doesn't see the spaces as being different gamertags.

xlDarkCore

Not the answer I wanted to hear but it definitely helps!

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I'm very picky with names like this--specific criteria and all--and it took me forever just to come up with the name I wanted. I've already partially integrated this name so I'd either have to deal with my names being varied and not streamlined or start
that process all over and lose info., etc. for established accounts.

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I heard that they occasionally purge inactive tags and make them available for the public to use. Do you know how often they do this? Is it worth waiting to see if the tag I want becomes available?

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@davemcfly85 - I know those services are largely inaccurate but the point I wanted to make was that all indicators said the tag was not in use and was available, even those directly from Xbox LIVE. (I didn't realize that other Microsoft services use tags
from the same pool.)

I Have the same problem as you have I Want so bad that gamertag....I will wait some days to see if something changes I hope I get that gamer tag

eG x Thee Elf

Gamertags are not used solely for Xbox accounts. They are also used for Zune and Games for Windows. Since they are not an on-demand service there is no purging timeframe for inactive gamertags. All you can do is keep checking the availability periodically.
Hope this helps!

SoaR BLRY

Well i was told to contact the forums about my situation because the gamertag is being reserved by someone that isnt paying for it.

ngocphi

That's not an official website if you read the details below it says right on the page cohesive networks

The only official way to check for a name is to change your names.and if it accepts or not

Searching for a name like swmutches mentioned only checks for that one combination not included spaces or case

Which xbox doesn't differenitiates

Gamertag availability