How long does it take to change my xbox live gamertag for free

Okay... so i have had an xbox one for 5 years, and i’ve come to realize that there’s not a specific schedule. Like, it took them 3 years to make it free for once, and it was for a big system update. I doubt it’s going to be soon, though. Sorry .

You say change it for free again?

When you create an account you get a name given and can change it to one of your own.

After that any changes have to be paid for. It would be very rage for them to allow another free change.

Sometimes if people complain about your tag you will be forced to change it and that is free.

Hello,

I am William, an independent advisor and I offer support to other users.

As people look to gaming for social connection in the Covid 19 situation, Xbox is seeing record numbers across Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Live, and Mixer. To streamline moderation and ensure the best experience for the community, Xbox has made small adjustments.
Some features like changing Gamertag, uploading custom gamerpics, club pics, and club backgrounds are temporarily disabled.

Let me know if you need any more help.

Hi there again, It can take up to 48hrs. I've changed mine a couple of times and it has been pretty much instant. With the Xbox having problems yesterday this could be a factor of why it hasn't changed.

You can try a hard reset that way when you start your Xbox up it should have to sync and maybe then it will take affect maybe.

To perform a Hard Reset you Hold your power button on your Xbox for 8 to 10 seconds or until it turns off. Once the Xbox is off unplug your power pack from the Xbox so it has no power running into it. Leave the power pack unplugged for 5 to 10 minutes and
then plug it back in and start up your Xbox.

When 48hrs has passed then you can try and contact Xbox directly to solve the problem.

I know it can be frustrating after paying for the GT change and it hasn't changed over.

Hang in there

Thanks Ripins.

Thanks for being helpful...

Still hasn't changed and if I search for the new gamertag at https://checkgamertag.com/ it says the name is still available...

hmmmmm

No worries hang in there it will change.

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