Transferring DLC from one xbox one to another

Ya Buggin 96 · Jun 14, 2015

Hey, I have my own xbox live account and i have a bunch of games that i own DLC for and some downloaded titles. I was thinking about getting my own xbox because i share one with my brother. Will my DLC and my downloaded games transfer from one xbox to another?
or will i have to buy the DLC all over again? Thank you guys for reading!

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Mister Taurus · Jun 14, 2015

Transferring DLC from one HDD to another

Probably the easiest solution would be to move your games from the HD that they are on to the HD that the DLC is on

that can be done in settings
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Hey there,

Unfortunately, this is true. You would have to be able to create some kind of rules or exceptions for downloading for each individual game and the system doesn't have this kind of feature. It will download where it's been designated to try first and after
that it will auto download to the next available slot that can accommodate it. Having multiple save destinations can create such scenarios. We recommend sorting your content using a system. One external for purely storage, or another for heavy DLC titles,
and your internal for apps and favorites. This way you can download titles and sort them into the appropriate drives. Hopefully this helps. Thank you.

gohan16ken · Jun 14, 2015

Transferring DLC from one HDD to another

Hopefully, I can properly explain this question. For my XB1, I have two external HDD. HDD 1 is filled up but HDD 2 is not and it is my default HDD. Both HDD are always plugged in at the same time. I have Injustice 2 installed on HDD 1 because I bought the
game while I was still using HDD 1. When I buy a DLC for Injustice 2 from Xbox.com or Microsoft Store on the XB1, the DLC is automatically installed on HDD 2 even though the Injustice 2 is on HDD 1 because HDD 2 is my current default storage. Make sense. I
would then to transfer the DLC from HDD 2 to HDD 1. Understand?

Ok, so my questions are 1) Can I designate what storage to install a DLC prior to the start of installation? Or can the XB1 knows to just install the DLC in the same storage location as the main game? I think the answer is no because the XB1 have automatic
download. The PS4 does not have automatic download, so can select where you want it. I think the only solution is that I have to keep changing the default storage on the XB1 prior to the start of installation. But that is annoying and sometimes hard. Again,
because the download starts automatically. Can I turn off auto download? And just leave the item in my ready to install? Would that work for DLC too?

2) Several of my games are in this situation where where the main game is on HDD 1 but several DLC are on HDD 2. Unfortunately, I do not know what games are like this nor do I want to go through all 287 games checking to see. Is there a way to transfer all
DLC from HDD 2 to go with the main game on HDD 1? When I search the HDD 2, I can only see the DLC of games that are installed on HDD 2. But not the DLC of games not installed. For example, if FF15 is installed on HDD 2, I can see the DLC too on HDD 2. However,
I can't see the DLC for Injustice 2 on HDD 2 when I search HDD 2 because Injustice 2 is not on HDD 2. The only way I can now the DLC is on HDD 2 is if I look at the manage content from the game. But that would require me having to check all 287 games. Which
I do not want to do.

Tl;dr question 1) can I individually designate a download/install spot for DLC without having to keep changing the default storage and 2) can I transfer DLC from one HDD to another without having to go into manage content on the game. Thanks.

DigitalAssassin · Jun 14, 2015

Hi there, you won't have to buy them again, but I'm not entirely sure if you can transfer them like you could with the 360's as I don't think there's a transfer cable. You could move all your stuff onto an external hard drive which then you could easily
move between consoles which I would suggest doing as it's very convenient.

Also save data is automatically backed up to the cloud so when you start the game on another console it will just pull your save data from the cloud, but that data would also come with you if you move everything on an external hard drive.

Ya Buggin 96 · Jun 14, 2015

Would i be able to just put the DLC on a flash drive? considering that the DLC is only like a gig. oh and thank you for replying that was actually very helpful.

DigitalAssassin · Nov 1, 2018

Yeah you could use a USB the same way as you'd use the external. See the link for information:

support.xbox.com/.../manage-storage

AJxbox

oh, and there is no way to transfer dlc, microsoft points, or content licenses from one account to another. in rare cases xbox support may transfer a subscription to another account.

Paraffin Alien

Content cannot be transferred from one profile to another.

But data ie, game saves and DLC can be transferred from one HDD to another via a data transfer cable, but will only work under the profile that it was downloaded into.

onyxishere

Sorry but DLC cannot be transferred from one account to another.

Mister Cerb

Hey there Unkown! That's because license transfers aren't used for sharing DLC/Games without paying for them. The purpose of a license transfer is to transfer ownership of content from one console to another console; not to transfer ownership from one account
to another.

For example, proper use of a license transfer would be: You have an original Xbox 360 console and you buy an Xbox 360 S console. You then use a license transfer to transfer ownership of all of your DLC from your original console to your new console.

SONIC SCREAM 07

You can' transfer licenses from an account to another account, only from one Xbox to another Xbox.

You can recover your account on your Xbox and transfer your licenses from your old Xbox to a new one and you will be able to access all of your DLC with your main account.

Transferring DLC from one xbox one to another