Separating Xbox account from Microsoft account

Hello, My name is Jesse. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

The only way to do that is by making his email an alias to your account. See details on that here https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/account-pro...

Short answer, no. Your Xbox account and Microsoft account are one-and-the-same: it is an account owned by an individual and not designed to be shared. You can either:

1. Keep the Microsoft account and make your brother's console your home console so he'll retain access to games licensed under your account.
   
2. Give him the account and create a new one for yourself, making your console his home console so you'll retain access to games licensed under the original account.

If you give him the account, just be aware that you can't move the e-mail address to your new account straight away. He'd need to create a new address/alias for the account, make that alias the primary address, then remove the old primary address (now alias). After that the old primary would be unavailable for 30 days. After the 30 day grace you should be able to add your old address as an alias to your new account, then make that the new primary address.

I say should because I've seen a number of people complain that this hasn't worked out so caveat emptor.

- Jason

Hi, unfortunately, there is no way to separate an Xbox account from a Microsoft Account.

The Microsoft account and the Xbox account are basically one in the same. There is no separating them. If you wish to have separate accounts, then one of you will have to start from scratch with a brand new account.

The Microsoft account and the Xbox account are considered one thing regardless if you use an alias to sign in. You cannot separate an Xbox account from a Microsoft account. They are seen as one thing by Microsoft. Also note that nothing can be transferred between accounts. One of you will have to start over if you wish to use separate accounts.