Why does my gamer tag have numbers if I'm the only one with this name?

Because you have special characters.

Can i get rid of the numbers behind my name because i dislike numbers and i wanted my old name back but now it has numbers in it

There can only be one MasterChief think about it! The meaning of the hashtag behind your gamer tag is that others have the same one as you. the
new gamer tag feature automatically assigns a numeric value to the end of your gamer tag. If a player chooses a gamer tag "first" it will not have any numbers behind.

Think of something real original. Features on Xbox are always changing!

Yes. When I goto privacy settings only my gamer tag is shown and not the child one.

For the name issue the name is set but the chat form does not populate.

I also have this issue but mine gamer tag is linked to my girl friends email and now my Xbox one calls me by her name. I need my gamer tag under my own email but it seems the only way is by using a 360 and it wasn't simple on there either but I don't have
one now.

Why can't we do it on Xbox.com???

Hi Fellow gamer,

Thanks for reaching out to the forums. We understand you have questions on your gamer tag. We recommend looking over the

gamer tag FAQ. The numbers are put on the gamer tag as there are others with the same name. They can look your name up with the # and four numbers and they should find it.

Thanks,

Brad