moving gamertag to a different microsoft account

Discus and support moving gamertag to a different microsoft account in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; my sons gamertag is connected to his mums microsoft account which was setup ten years ago and now needs to move gamertag over to his own microsoft... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by HD Blizzardz, Dec 7, 2016.

  1. HD Blizzardz
    HD Blizzardz Guest

    moving gamertag to a different microsoft account


    my sons gamertag is connected to his mums microsoft account which was setup ten years ago and now needs to move gamertag over to his own microsoft account. why on earth is this not possible? i even dug out and setup his xbox 360 because the option to move
    gamertag to another account is on the 360. spent an hour setting up and upgrading old console only to find out that it doesnt work either!!

    not good enough from a world leading software/tech company.

    :)
     
    HD Blizzardz, Dec 7, 2016
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  2. thomo
    thomo Guest
    thomo, Dec 7, 2016
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  3. WPAK
    WPAK Guest
    Moving gamertag to a different microsoft account

    My guess is that it works most of the time, but somehow not always.

    Good to hear it has been resolved moving gamertag to a different microsoft account :)

    Could you mark this thread as answered, so other people can easily see it too.
     
    WPAK, Dec 7, 2016
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  4. moving gamertag to a different microsoft account

    I have the same issue on an Xbox one. I want to move a gamertag from one Microsoft account to another to preserve the achievement history.
     
    PenguinPower305, Apr 22, 2017
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  5. Miss Bijoux
    Miss Bijoux Guest
    Hey Penguin -

    We have a guide on
    changing the email associated with your Microsoft account
    . Give that a read through and follow the steps provided there and hopefully you're able to get things sorted. If you have any further questions/issues, feel free to post up a new thread since this
    one is several months old. (Reviving dead threads is against the rules/guidelines of the forums.)

    Thanks for understanding! moving gamertag to a different microsoft account :)

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    Miss Bijoux, Oct 31, 2018
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  6. WPAK Win User

    How do I delete the gamertag Microsoft have given me?

    Hi there,

    the only way to achieve that is to move that 'generated' Gamertag to a different Microsoft Account.

    In steps:

    1. download that 'generated' Gamertag to the xbox console

    2. wait 30 days (A profile can only be moved to a different Microsoft account when it has been for 30 days on a console)

    3. move the 'generated' Gamertag to a different Microsoft account

    4. move your gamerprofile to the just freed up Microsoft Account

    -

    To download a profile see this link:
    support.xbox.com/.../profile-move-delete


    To Switch a gamertag to a different Microsoft Account see this link:
    support.xbox.com/.../switch-gamertag-to-different-microsoft-account


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    Let us know if there are any more questions or results :)
  7. ChellMyBell1983 Win User

    move gamertag to different Microsoft account?!?!

    it is still possible to do, but would be a pain.

    you would have to sign into the account with the email that you "want" to use for your account at
    https://login.live.com and then close it out, by clicking on security and password (you might get prompted to verify and email or phone number) then scrolling to the bottome and clicking close account, follow
    those prompts. due to the email that you want to use is an outlook, which is Microsoft controlled, you will then need to close all that out and sign into your email. it takes 60 days to completely close the Microsoft account attached to that email. once it
    has closed, you can then try to use it to do the swap.

    NOTE: If you have purchased anything under the gamertag that is associated with the outlook Microsoft account, you will loose it. there is no way to merge accounts to keep that stuff.
  8. This Is Doug Win User

    move gamertag to different Microsoft account?!?!

    Hey HowTheFind



    Unfortunately there is not an option on the Xbox One to move a gamertag from one Microsoft account to another, however this is an option to do so on a Xbox 360. If you have one available you can check out this link and learn how to move it.

    support.xbox.com/.../switch-gamertag-to-different-microsoft-account

    Otherwise you would need to contact official support and see if they can do anything to help you out with moving your gamertag to that other MSA

    ~KSI BAMBIE
  9. PenguinPower305 Win User

    moving gamertag to a different microsoft account

    I have the same issue on an Xbox one. I want to move a gamertag from one Microsoft account to another to preserve the achievement history.
  10. Klokkwork Win User

    Moving gamertag to different Microsoft account

    The 30 day time limit may apply because of other factors, such as recent password changes on the old account, or if the old account has been recently downloaded to the console, or if the billing information has recently been changed. Any significant change
    of circumstances for the old account can trigger a 30 day waiting period for any Microsoft Account email changes.
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