Old xbox account gamertag change or recovery

There is no way to know the day the gamertag will be available and for security reasons, it is not possible to know the email of an account using the gamertag.

If you remember your account email, phone number or skype name you can fill in the recovery form

Hi Samy,

it has been a while since I've been on that account. I don't remember how long. If I had to guess, it would have been created around 2016-2017. I have the account added as a friend and I still see it's there with it's original gamertag. Im kicking myself for not writing the login down! Is there anything else I can possibly due in the mean time, I really would like to get my original gamertag back?. I do not remember the email that I used, it was just a 20 minute email for time. Is there a way to change it or a way to find out what the email is? Thank you for responding.

Edit: I am now confident that the account hasn't been accessed in 5 years. Is there a way to find out the exact purge date for the gamertag?

I'm Samy an independent advisor and I'll be helping you

How are you, mate?

The only way you can possibly get this Gamertag is after 5 years of your Xbox account inactivity. Sadly there is no other way.

''ii. Account Use. You must use your Microsoft account to keep it active. This means you must sign in at least once in a two-year period to keep your Microsoft account, and associated Services, active, unless a longer period is provided in the Microsoft account activity policy at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2086738 or in an offer for a paid portion of the Services. If you don’t sign in during this time, we will assume your Microsoft account is inactive and will close it for you. Please see section 4.a.iv.2 for the consequences of a closed Microsoft account. You must sign into your Outlook.com inbox and your OneDrive (separately) at least once in a one-year period, otherwise we will close your Outlook.com inbox and your OneDrive for you. You must sign into the Xbox Services at least once in a five-year period to keep the Gamertag associated with your Microsoft account. If we reasonably suspect that your Microsoft account is at risk of being used by a third party fraudulently (for example, as a result of an account compromise), Microsoft may suspend your account until you can reclaim ownership. Based on the nature of the compromise, we may be required to disable access to some or all of Your Content. If you are having trouble accessing your Microsoft account, please visit this website: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=238656....;

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement/

The hacker could only have changed your account email address and deleted the old one. If it wasn't that, you could not be able to create another Microsoft account with the same email.

And if you change a Microsoft account email address, you will not delete the Xbox gamertag associated with it.

Probably the hacker is using your account to play Minecraft. You can contact Microsoft Official support but they will tell you the same thing: the only option to recover a hacked account is by using the recovery form:

https://account.live.com/acsr

If the recovery form says your account does not exist (because the hacker changed its email address) you cannot recover it. I'm sorry about that.

But the gamertag that I want to change is my old gamertag. I change my old gamertag on 2 August 2020. I used that old gamertag when I create my Xbox account. At that time, the system allow me to use that gamertag. But when I want to change it back, the system don't allow me to use it. Why is this like that?