Gamertag- old tag not being made available after change.

Discus and support Gamertag- old tag not being made available after change. in XBoX Accessibility to solve the problem; Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer to this - I made a gamertag back on the original Xbox (many years ago!) but after account hassles I... Discussion in 'XBoX Accessibility' started by Jimrod 76, Oct 19, 2020.

  1. Jimrod 76
    Jimrod 76 Guest

    Gamertag- old tag not being made available after change.


    Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer to this - I made a gamertag back on the original Xbox (many years ago!) but after account hassles I made a new account with new gamertag. Recently I managed
    to log back in to that original account so decided to try and make my original gamertag available for my new account...

    I changed it via the online tool yet on my new account it still doesn't let me change to that tag without adding numbers after it, if I try to change it back again on the original account it will let me do
    it without issue. So is there some kind of time delay it will hold the original tag for and not free up for the new account? Information is patchy!

    Thanks for any info!

    :)
     
    Jimrod 76, Oct 19, 2020
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  2. coco meat train Win User

    How to delete your old gamer tag

    I believe after a set amount of inactivity old Gamertags are deleted and made available to new players and people requesting to change their Gamertag.
  3. steeledwand7664 Win User

    I want to go back to an old gamertag on my xbox account, but it claims it is taken.

    When a gamertag change is made the old gamertag becomes available immediately.

    If you are trying to change the gamertag back to the old one and it is says its not available then its not available.

    So the gamertag that you are wanting back is PowerUpVoltage

    The problem is this MS made a new policy a couple months ago where any new gamertags including changes in gamertags have a limit of 12 characters.

    The old gamertag is 14 characters so this is why it is not available for you to change your gamertag back.
  4. Judge Win User

    if I change the gamertag, someone else can use my old one?

    Its quite simple. Once you change your GamerTag ANYONE can then select that GamerTag. You don't need to wait 10 years. I think some people are getting confused and are thinking about GamerTags that were made but not actively being used. There is a big difference.
    GamerTags that are not being used actively are still tied into someones account and therefore not able to be selected. GamerTags that you voluntarily change become available right away. For example, if you wanted to change the casing of your letters in your
    GamerTag you can change to something else, then change it back to the tag you had, and just change the lettering capitalization. It is the same tag you had just looks different. That right there proves that your tag is available to ANYONE to select once you
    change it.
  5. steeledwand7664 Win User

    Gamertag

    Did you change the gamertag on your console? Online? Where did you change your gamertag at?

    When you are doing a search for your gamertag are you typing it in exactly as it was originally setup?

    The system does not see spaces or capitalization when a gamertag is entered in except when someone is doing a search for it in the system. For instance.

    If when you originally setup the account you put your gamer tag as an example as

    GamerTag

    But then when you search for it with

    gamertag

    The system will not find it

    Gamertags are actually made available immediately when they are changed.

    So my guess what has happened to your old gamertag is this.

    Your gamer tag was say GamerTag you went in and changed it.

    Someone since you changed it has went in and picked that gamertag but has put it in as gamertag or a variation of it with spaces or capital letters.

    So when you go and try and search for that gamertag it is showing as not being available.
  6. Farscape247 Win User

    Migrate old account to new account: Gamertag isn't allowed

    false, i moved a gamertag last week like above, once you change a tag the old tag becomes available within a few hours.
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