Xbox Username Numbers Not In Suffix

I'm Samy an independent advisor. Welcome to the Xbox community. How are you?

No. The numbers are part of the Gamertag and serve to differentiate you from the person who first created the Gamertag and will also be used for other users to add you.

The numbers will show as part of the gamertag in areas that aren't updated to work with the new policy. The only way to avoid that and not have a suffix at all is to choose a gamertag that no one else has.

That's a strange one....if I search for the username you want, then it shows without a suffix of numbers. Yet, if I search for usernames I know are in use, then it always adds a suffix

I understand. The account's primary email address cannot be linked to multiple accounts or Xbox profiles because it's unique in every accounts. Your original gamertag with no suffix must be linked to a different email address. It is because, if you linked your Minecraft account to your Microsoft account (with gamertag that has no numbers) you won't be able to set or claim the same gamertag with suffix as they're technically the same gamertag and the numbers or suffix is just an identifier for each unique account.

I suggest to try to enter your phone number or emails or skype username if you had it linked to your original account here https://account.live.com/username/recover to find your correct account.

If I change the tag to something else and then change it back, is the system going to add a suffix with numbers attached? Since technically I claimed the username before.