What's wrong with this gamertag?

ZacHarris11 · Jan 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM

So I've been rocking the same Gamertag for some time now (MUSICSHREDDER11), but I feel that it no longer expresses who I am. I went to change it to what I have on other platforms as CervidaeCider. This first version doesn't work because it goes beyond twelve characters, which makes sense and I can work around that. I shortened this down to CervidCider, and then I got a new warning saying that this Gamertag was not allowed without any explanation. Can someone help me figure out what part of this name is not allowed, and what can I do to make this work with the Xbox Gamertag system?

Thank you so much for your consideration and I hope to get this resolved sometime soon, but no rush either!

- CC

:)

Rodrigo Oliver

Hi ZacHarris11, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

The gamertag system is automated, once it states a name is not allowed, there's nothing we can do.

This can happen for various reasons, such as blocked user names, acronyms, blocked words, etc.

You will need to try and adjust it.

Defy Lightning

What's wrong with his gamertag?

CovertBike

What's wrong with your GamerTag at the moment?

FungShway

what's wrong with your gamertag right now?

Argontheos

^^ He had his Gamertag changed to RapidJoey453259 that's what's wrong.

Badum tish.

What's wrong with this gamertag?