Specific Gamertag "Unavailable"

Leland Sequoia · Jan 24, 2025

When I try o make my Gamertag "Arcronix" it just won't work always says username unavailable however whenever I change even the smallest thing like remove the A it works.

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Rodrigo Oliver

Hi Leland, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

When you remove a letter from the Gamertag, you are changing the name, resulting in a different string.

I am sorry, but if the name is not available, you won't be able to use it. This can be due to various reasons.

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B Stiality

I will now attempt to give you an answer that you can comprehend.

"the gamertag Bonkers says its unavailable"

Unavailable- Not available, accessible, or at hand.

In other words, if the gamertag is unavailable, it is, as a matter of fact, not available.

bbutler18

I've had this problem before. If the gamertag is unavailable, then I guess its unavailable... Sorry man.

XBF Erick C

Hey there Kakashi Soul,

Thank you for reaching out to us on the forums, Smwutches is correct, if you are unable to use the gamertag then it is possible it is still in use in different Microsoft servers.

Unfortunately, if you the gamertag you are trying to create is showing up as unavailable then it is simply unavailable, there is nothing that anyone at Xbox can do to make it available.

Take a look at the following support article for more information on the newer gamertag update.

Gamertag Update FAQ

We will lock this thread as we are unable to assist with this specific issue. If you have any other questions for us please start a new thread so that we may continue to assist you.

I hope this helps.

steeledwand7664

To clarify what Njal the Blue is saying in his post

When you do a search the you have to put it in exactly as the person entered it into the system the problem is the system on the back end does not see capitalization or spaces in a gamer tag so for example in the gamer tag you are looking for

Bloo

BLOO

b l o o

BlOo

Etc.

Are all considered the same gamertag but when you go to search for it in the system you have to put it in exactly the way the person has entered it in for it to show up but if you try and change your gamertag to one of them it will show as unavailable.

I am not good with math but with 4 letters that could be capitalized, and spaces between each one I would say that there could be 1 in 1,000,000 chance that you may guess what exactly the person put in for their gamer tag.

Specific Gamertag "Unavailable"