Recycling Gamertags

Discus and support Recycling Gamertags in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Would it be possible to recycle gamertags in the future? I know people are using the India account trick to get a free month of Xbox live gold, and in... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Catty1000, Jun 9, 2014.

  1. Catty1000
    Catty1000 Guest

    Recycling Gamertags


    Would it be possible to recycle gamertags in the future? I know people are using the India account trick to get a free month of Xbox live gold, and in the process of them doing that they take up tons of unused gamertags. I had heard a rumor that was you
    could call microsoft and ask them to reset an account that had been inactive for over 7 years , allowing you to take the gamertag of the account that had been reset. I contacted a support member and found out that wasn't true, but I think it would be a good
    idea! It would allow people to get more gamertags. I know nearly every one word, or "OG" gamertag is taken, but lots of people would like them. Tons of those OG gamertags have been inactive for ages, so I was wondering if recycling gamertags would be a possibility
    in the near future.

    :)
     
    Catty1000, Jun 9, 2014
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  2. The AJ Wiz
    The AJ Wiz Guest
    Gamertag Recycling

    so then there is no way to get it?
     
    The AJ Wiz, Jun 9, 2014
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  3. The AJ Wiz
    The AJ Wiz Guest
    Gamertag Recycling

    Yeah but the gamertag isnt in use anymore when you go to look up the gamertag I want no profile comes up
     
    The AJ Wiz, Jun 9, 2014
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  4. Recycling Gamertags

    MS has done this at least once in the past. With the Xbox One being released, I can see them doing it again in the future. Until they announce it though, we can only wait.
     
    Andy Mulligan, Jun 9, 2014
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  5. WPAK
    WPAK Guest
    Hi there,

    I personally wouldn't hold your breath for it, as far as I know MS didn't do it when the Xbox One released, but I could be wrong about it. They did do it one time in the past, but at that time it was abused, so that could mean they won't do it again.

    Also be aware that eventhough gamertags look inactive/unused they could still be active on the Zune network.
     
  6. SwiftEffect Win User

    Gamertag Recycling Question "Relic"

    Is Gamertag Recycling a random process that goes daily, or they just recycle a bunch of gamertags on a specific date?
  7. Inferior-91D30E2D-4F Win User

    Recover an old original Xbox gamertag

    You just have to be patient, Xbox is working on "recycling" old Gamertags just be patient and keep your eye on the Gamertag and Hopefully it will be Recycled for your use
  8. Lethal Angel Win User

    Recycling gamertags

    I searched for the gamertag i wanted every which way. It was not due to spaces or anything like that. I already know that doing that doesn’t make it unique. I’ve been an Xbox gamer for a very long time. But thanks anyway
  9. Smwutches Win User

    Recycling gamertags

    The system doesn't see things like spaces as making a gamertag unique. So usually that means you're searching for "gamertag" which won't show up, but the tag may actually be in use as "gamer tag".
  10. Lethal Angel Win User

    Recycling gamertags

    The gamertag I wanted says it’s already in use, so i had to choose another version of it. However, When I searched the gamertag to see who has it, nothing came up. Said there was no match. So what does that mean? Is it just that whoever owns it doesn’t
    actually have an xbox live account, just a microsoft account or something?
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