Were they not supposed to delete account after 2 years of inactivities?

Delete them. Especially if they have been inactive for that long; might as well clean up your list.

That article has no references, either. I’m not sure I would rely too heavily upon their article. Unless Microsoft or Xbox post something then I would consider this hearsay.

I think this article will help to answer any. Microsoft mass deletes inactive Xbox accounts starting August

Hipe this answers any further questions.

Keep Calm & Game On!

I'm often going through friends list and have a cull lol

If you on there and we havent played in a while, or messaged, then theres a high chance you getting deleted

I try to keep it as people I play with frequently, others I really enjoy playing with even if infrequently due to perhaps games played, newer people started playing with as I'm still seeing how often we play

That's why gamertag changes annoy me, if i dont recognise a name i just think ooh who's that? Delete lol

Yes aigning i to your hotmail or outlook would begate your account being deleted though.

It takes time like everything on the big scale. Just Imagine how many of them are out there...

Yeah, this is what I was thinking. There are millions of accounts, and if there are going to be removing some, then I'm assuming they'd want to take their time and make sure they only get inactive ones (and not accidentally delete some).

Is it possible that some of those "inactive" ones are just hiding offline or something else?