my nickname already exists

Hello Dima,

Thank you for reaching out. My name is Udit and am an Independent advisor. I will do everything I can to help today.

Your account username perhaps expired and now is perhaps owned by another user. Would it be possible to use a different username

Thank you again.

Kind regards,

Udit

Because my account probably still exists, because my nickname is occupied, so it means account still exists, right?

Well maiby that nickname have already been choosen

My gamertag is close to my name. I thought it was just because of the coronavirus that something was wrong. But, I'm not getting errors. It keeps saying it's not allowed. I really want to use this gamertag.

There might be two reasons you can't use the Gamertag you want.

One reason might be, that a person already uses your desired gamertag in a different "spacing". For example, if you wnat to have "Clever Nickname" (note the space between "Clever" and "Nickname"), but someone already took "Clevernick Name" (Note the space
between "Clevernick" and "Name"), then all permutations of "Clevernickname" are blocked by that name. Be it "Cle Ver Nick Name" or "Clevernickname" or whatever.

The problem is, that searching for a Gamertag will adhere to the spacing you use. So if you search for "Clever Nickname" it will not be found. However, trying to use "Clever Nickname" is blocked by the existing "Clevernick Name".

Secondly, depending on what your name is that you wish to base your Gamertag on, it might be an offensive word in another language. Seemingly harmless words in one language might have an offensive meaning in another. For example the cartoon character "Porky
Pig" in Germany is named "piggy thick" if you literally translate the German name it back to English. Try Google Translate to find out what "Thick" translates to in German.

Maybe your name contains a string of characters that is an offensive name or word in another language.

Even if you don't "need" a Xbox account, the Xbox account is required to play the "Microsoft Solitaire Collection" games (and other casual "Collection" Games like Sudoku, Taptiles and the likes).

The Gamertag is just a "nickname" that is added to your existing Microsoft Account, that you have for using the Microsoft email service. It's not a separate account, so to speak.

The Nickname that was added to your Microsoft Account for playing the Xbox enabled games is also not a "buy". The Nickname is completely free.

Only if you ever have the need to play online multiplayer with others on a Xbox console, you would have to buy a Gold membership.

But other than that, the Gamertag you got is simply a free nickname that represents you in the game.

Also since some games feature online leaderboards, it's better for your privacy to be seen as "UnwantedNickname" instead of "*** Die E-Mail-Adresse wurde aus Datenschutzgründen entfernt. ***"

So please see this free nickname as an advantage.

Or is there a certain disadvantage that bothers you, besides the automatic creation of that nickname?