Moving Gamertag from an old Microsoft Account to A New One

Hi Jaguar!

Unfortunately you cannot unlink accounts - what is recommended here is to make a third "dummy" account, and use it to move your profile as follows:

"Old" Email

"New" Email

"Dummy" Email.

Move your gamertag from "New" Email to "Dummy" Email. Then move your gamertag from "Old" Email to "New" Email. At this point you can then just trash Dummy email, and your new email will have your old gamertag

You can find more info on moving your account here:
support.xbox.com/.../switch-gamertag-to-different-microsoft-account

Hope this makes sense!

Hi Mid-30s G,

I'm Anirban and I'll be happy to help you.

I'm afraid you cannot transfer data to accounts. I understand how it feels and I'll feel the same in your situation but you cannot transfer it.

Kind regards

The thing is, that back then, when the Xbox Marketplace was made for the 360, they probably didn't plan things with the future in mind as much.

I'm no Microsoft employee, so this is mostly speculation, but since the Gamertag (in conjunction with your Microsoft Account email) is used to make financial transactions (i.e. buying games, addons and gamerpics) that are tax relevant, you can't simply remove
a Gamertag from an account.

You can MOVE a Gamertag to a different account.

Back then on the Xbox 360 you could really simply move your Gamertag from one account to another.

However, a few years ago, that process was changed in such a way, that when you now move the Gamertag to a new account, the old Microsoft Account gets deleted.

So, no, you can't simply flip a switch, and while it is possible, it comes with several drawbacks.

If you are willing to take the risk, you can
sign into your Microsoft Account, and change the sign in alias.

Make the other email your primary sign in alias, and then remove your old Microsoft Account email.

Your Gamertag is now moved from your old email to the new one, and the old Microsoft Account deleted.

I upgraded from a 360 to a one and started fresh with a new Gamertag. Is it possible to use my old Gamertag now? When I try to use my old one, I get told that its already in use on another account. I`ve searched the web and get told to go to Microsoft account,
make a Temp new one then move one into the other. Confused!!

Unfortunately, it's not possible to move your existing "old" Microsoft Account's Gamertag to your new Microsoft Account, as this already is a Microsoft Account.

Depending on your situation, you might have to abandon your "new" Microsoft Account (or use it as a secondary account), and make your old Microsoft account with the old Gamertag your "new" main account.

If you don't have a lot of purchases on the new account, you might just move your stuff you have on OneDrive and other Microsoft Services to your old account, and mainly use that then.