Regarding suffix numbers in new gamertag changes

bobblimbo · Dec 5, 2019

At the time of this post, the suffix numbers in your gamertag (for a duplicate username) seem to show up in-game.

According to the Gamertag Update FAQ: "A few games released this year might support the new format, but most games won’t support it until 2020 and beyond. It may take a few years to migrate all new games
over to the new gamertag format."

Just to confirm, will this mean that eventually games will not display the suffix numbers as part of the gamertag, but in a smaller font? Thanks for the help.

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Smwutches

Correct. I don't know for sure if they are planning to update games that previously were released, but that is how it is going to work.

Kev7420

I assume it will only show letters

Francia J.

I apologize but there is no number that we can call.

But in regards to your case, the reason why there is a suffix is due to the Gamertag already taken and if you own the original Gamertag, the workaround of using it on your new Microsoft account without suffix is if you will change it into something else first.

Leo.L - MSFT

안녕하세요. Masjwer 객님

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

Thank you for sharing the issue.

When you changed your original Gamertag (A) to a new one (B), it became available for others to use. However, when you tried to revert back to Gamertag A, it received a numeric suffix. Here’s why:

Gamertag Changes:
- Xbox updated gamertags to support a 12-character max, Unicode-based name of your choice.
- If a gamertag is already taken, a suffix with numbers is added to differentiate users with the same gamertag.
- Existing gamertags remain unchanged with no suffix.
- When you changed from A to B, A became available for others, and the suffix was added to prevent confusion.
- Unfortunately, you cannot remove the suffix once it’s assigned 1.
Suffix Details:
- Suffixes are subtle but always shown.
- They appear everywhere except in friends lists.
- Friends won’t see suffixes in their lists, but they may appear in games that support modern gamertags.

To summarize, your original Gamertag A now has a suffix due to the change. If you want to keep it without the suffix, consider choosing a unique gamertag.

Best Regards.

Leo.L - Microsoft Community Support Specialist

NaZoooom

Hi New Jersey Bully,

Have you recently changed your Gamertag? The suffix and numbers are there as the gamertag you chose has already been taken and there for the suffix and numbers are added to differentiate it from the original taken gamertag. Check out the Gamertag
update FAQ for more info.

Not all games support to the gamertag format and therefore that might be why you are seeing what you are.

Hope this helps.

Regarding suffix numbers in new gamertag changes