Link old XBox Live account to new XBox 360 offline profile

TwelfthPiano09 · Feb 18, 2017

Hello,

I was trying to create an XBox Live profile today and realized that I had already created one a couple of years ago for a Batman game I purchased through Steam on PC and forgotten about it.

A few months ago I acquired a used XBox 360 from a friend and set up an offline profile. I recently purchased GTA V, made progress in story mode under the offline profile and now want set up Rockstar Social Club for GTA V Online which requires an XBox Live
account.

So far I am not able to sort out how I can accomplish this or if its even possible.

Can I link my existing XBox Live profile to the offline profile that has my saved GTA V progress? I'm new to Xbox 360 so all of this is kind of confusing so far and I can't seem to find the steps to do so in the XBox 360 menus.

:)

leebroath · Feb 18, 2017

Accounts ?

I just did this today with my offline partners profile which was on my own Gold account (360 )

You need to use a 24hr, 2 day, 7day pass and create an xbox live account for each of them, then port them across

ClassicGaming89 · Feb 18, 2017

Ran into an issue with backwards compatible games. (Please Help.)

Your old gamertag is in the xbox 360 cache you have to go to settings and remove the linked account before you can add the new one. This happened to me 2 when i changed the lame tag microsoft assigned me. Even if you put the correct information and passcodes ot wont download your new gamertag until you remove the old linked accountClick to expand...
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Uhhh.. Actually, i cannot figure out where to delete that old profile. it still comes up when i try logging into a Xbox 360 Live game.

Smwutches · Feb 18, 2017

Sorry, but it's not possible to merge accounts and nothing can be transferred between accounts.

WPAK

Hi there,

does your son already have an 'offline' account on the console? Or is it a completely new xbox live account for your son, which you want to 'place' on the console?

If it is the second situation please follow the steps on this link:
support.xbox.com/.../download-your-xbox-live-profile-to-another-360-console

If it is the 1st then you won't be able to merge that new xbox live account and that offline account, the only thing you can do is to 'promote' that offline account to an xbox live account via the steps here (it requires a new MS account):

support.xbox.com/.../offline-profile-to-gamertag

Jhonkito

Hi Sara, my name is Jhon, and will be a pleasure help you

Unfortunately, it's not possible to directly link an existing offline Xbox 360 profile to a new or existing Xbox Live account used with a different profile. There are limitations around merging accounts or transferring save data between them.

However, there are still a couple of options you can explore:

Create a New Live Profile for the Offline Profile:

Sign out of your current Live account on the Xbox 360.

Sign in to the offline profile you want to connect to Live.

Go to Settings > Profile > Join Xbox Live.
Create a new Microsoft account (email and password) or use a different existing account not associated with any other Xbox Live profiles.

This will create a new online profile for your old offline profile, but your achievements, save data, and progress won't be transferred.

Transfer Save Data (Limited Compatibility):

This won't link the profiles, but it can salvage some progress.

Check if the game you played offline supports Xbox Live storage.

Certain games allow uploading save data from an offline profile to the cloud if you connect to Live with a new profile.

Once uploaded, you can access the save data from your new online profile.

However, this depends on individual game functionality and might not be available for all games.

I hope this helps! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any further questions or need additional clarification.

Smwutches

Sorry, but it's not possible to merge accounts and nothing can be transferred between accounts.

WPAK

Hi there,

only one xbox live account can be connected to a specific Microsoft Account, so if you want to 'upgrade' an offline profile to a xbox live account you will need to use a Microsoft Account that doesn't have an xbox live account already connected.

So if you don't have an Microsoft Account without an Xbox live account connected you will need to create a new Microsoft Account if you want to 'upgrade' that offline profile.

Just to be sure this is the link with the steps on how to create a Xbox live account from an offline profile:

support.xbox.com/.../offline-profile-to-gamertag

WPAK

Hi there,

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No, you can't merge a local profile with an already existing Xbox Live account, it is only possible to 'upgrade' that local profile to a new Xbox Live account. If you want to do that see the steps on this link:

support.xbox.com/.../offline-profile-to-gamertag

Link old XBox Live account to new XBox 360 offline profile