how to delete a gamer tag without deleting the email account

Can anyone tell me how to delete a gamer tag without deleting the email account that it is linked to. I no longer use the gamer tag as it was for my son who now has his own? I still use the email as its my main account. can anyone
help please because Microsoft and Xbox are so ridiculously difficult to get in touch with or just don't understand.

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Change my email address

How do you delete a xbox live profile without deleting the Microsoft account. I want to change the email address on my xbox live account to my new microsoft address. but then i have to delet the xbox live account which microsoft makes atomaticly when you
make a new Microsoft account

 

one microsoft account with my gamer tag, another account for my windows 8.1. link them?

Also, i cant delete the gamer tag that is on THIS email adress if that makes a difference. Ideally id just delete this xbox live gamer tag and then change the email from my real account to this email. but I also cant find a way to delete a gamer tag/xbox
live account

 

well you don't

It's a security concern for any online service

All you can do is delete the ms account of course

That doesn't unassociated your xbox profile if it's just getting a free name change is the point of you doing this

It just makes it harder to recover

Whae probably will be easier is two fold

Change the ms account associated with your gamertag at https://accounts.microsoft.com or if it's because you want a new gamertag pay for it or make a new account

No service will ever allow you to merge or delete any online account

It's dangerous

 

Heya!

Unfortunately, what ngocphi posted is correct. There is no way to remove a Gamertag without deleting the entire account.

We do hope that helps clarify and if you do want to free up that GT you can
change it to something else if you like.

 

Absolutely ridiculous. God forbid you want an email address and Microsoft Office. You get all sorts of junk you don't want - an XBOX account, Skype, useless unwanted "apps" in Windows 10, the list goes on. Another reason to go Mac.