Gamertag Recycling

The AJ Wiz · May 11, 2014

I really want to change my gamertag but the gamertag I want has already been used up but isnt active anymore. Is there anyway I can get it?

:)

Smwutches · May 11, 2014

Gamertag recycling

There's no official word on if/when they will recycle gamertags again.

Njal the Blue · May 11, 2014

Recycling Gamertags

Some gamertags will just never be released, for various reasons. There are still millions of options, to create unique gamertags. I personally would rather have one that hasn't been thought of, or used by another gamer.

PR1NCE DARKNESS · May 11, 2014

Hello there Plumpy Platypus When an Xbox live member chooses an Xbox gamer-tag, they have the full rights to keep that gamer-tag even know if they have been inactive for years along with no gamer-score & no gold membership, you will not
be able to request for the gamer-tag to be forced changed. The owner of the gamer-tag must change it himself or when a forced gamer tag change is imposed due to the gamer-tag violated the code of conduct in any sort of way, if the gamer tag you enter is already
taken, you are prompted to try another gamer tag Also try to remember that gamer-tags are also tied to services like Zune or games for windows live. If a gt doesn't exist on Xbox or has already been taken, it might be in use on one of those Additional services
like gfwl.

The short short short version, No. As previously stated, you are prompted to try another gamer tag.
Sorry, ^_^

The AJ Wiz · May 11, 2014

Yeah but the gamertag isnt in use anymore when you go to look up the gamertag I want no profile comes up

PR1NCE DARKNESS · May 11, 2014

I did previously say, Try to remember that gamer-tags are also tied to services like Zune or games for windows live. If a gt doesn't exist on Xbox or has already been taken, it might be in use on one of those Additional services like gfwl
or Zune or other Xbox Services.

The AJ Wiz · May 11, 2014

so then there is no way to get it?

PR1NCE DARKNESS · Oct 31, 2018

I`ve already said this once again, Did you even read my first post. Lol,
No Matter ^_^, The only way is that The owner of the gamer-tag must change it himself or when a forced gamer tag change is imposed due to the gamer-tag violated the code of conduct in any sort of way.

Other than that, Your out of luck,

SwiftEffect

Is Gamertag Recycling a random process that goes daily, or they just recycle a bunch of gamertags on a specific date?

Inferior-91D30E2D-4F

You just have to be patient, Xbox is working on "recycling" old Gamertags just be patient and keep your eye on the Gamertag and Hopefully it will be Recycled for your use

Lethal Angel

I searched for the gamertag i wanted every which way. It was not due to spaces or anything like that. I already know that doing that doesn’t make it unique. I’ve been an Xbox gamer for a very long time. But thanks anyway

Smwutches

The system doesn't see things like spaces as making a gamertag unique. So usually that means you're searching for "gamertag" which won't show up, but the tag may actually be in use as "gamer tag".

Lethal Angel

The gamertag I wanted says it’s already in use, so i had to choose another version of it. However, When I searched the gamertag to see who has it, nothing came up. Said there was no match. So what does that mean? Is it just that whoever owns it doesn’t
actually have an xbox live account, just a microsoft account or something?

Gamertag Recycling