how do i connect my gamer tag with xbox live to my microsoft account

I am not sure how it happened. I already had a Microsoft account. When I got my xbox I created an account and got a gamer tag while setting up my xbox. I signed up for xbox live from my xbox using my existing gamer tag and Microsoft account. I then went
to xbox live and signed in using my Miicrosoft account, and for some reason when I did this a new gamer tag was created and associate to my Microsoft account. So, now when I log into xbox live I see one gamer tag. But on my xbox I have a different gamer
tag.

Yes they were live accounts that's why they had gamer tags. A few years ago you can set up a gamer tag on the Xbox without the link to a Microsoft account so how do you recover these old gamer tags without a Microsoft account?

Not quite sure I understand the specific issue. If you have an active Xbox Live account, that would indicate that the account is also already a Microsoft Account. If you have friends you would like to add, you can search for their Gamertag through the Xbox
360/Xbox One dashboard.

If you have a local Xbox 360 profile that you would like to convert to an Xbox Live account, you can do so by following the steps on our

Offline profile to Xbox Live account page.

Is there a specific error that you are running into that is preventing from adding friends? Post back and let us know so we can further assist!

Hi

I needed help with deleting a gamer tag that i just create on accident and to connect my gamer tag that i already have on my Xbox One to my Microsoft Account.

Thank You

Ah this is a mess...when I tried to sign up for Microsoft Connect to gain access to the Xbox live preview program I couldn't get it to accept my account attached to my gamer profile () for whatever reason. I therefore tried another account of
mine with more success and proceded to enter my gamer tag () with no apparent issues. However when I today clicked the link to access the preview forums, it just asked for my first name (i thought weird, but whatever) and created a new gamer profile.
I figured okay, I'll sign out and back in with my actual account, with the common link connecting my preview access and my actual gamer profile being my gamer tag, but alas no cigar. What do I do????