You’re getting that error because you’re trying to sign up for Xbox LIVE using an e-mail that’s already in use with your account. What you’d need to do is download your profile. To do so please visit this page here and follow the instructions under “Download Xbox LIVE Profile”.
Can you have two Xbox LIVE accounts on the same Microsoft account?
Replies (6) It’s one gamertag per WLID (Windows LIVE ID) email address. You can change the Microsoft account that is associated with your Xbox LIVE gamertag.
Is Xbox LIVE account same as Microsoft account?
You’ll need a Microsoft account to create an Xbox account. A Microsoft account is not the same thing as an Xbox account, although you can use the same email address for both.
How do I separate my Microsoft account from my Xbox LIVE account?
unfortunately you can’t separate an Xbox profile from a Microsoft account. changing the email or removing Person B’s email from the Xbox profile could result in the permanent deletion of Person B’s Microsoft account. Person A would need to create their own Xbox account and start again.
How do I transfer my Xbox Live account to another account?
Moving Your Gamertag
- From your Xbox, go to the settings menu and then open up the account menu.
- From this menu head to “Your information” and open “Account security”, and then select “Microsoft account”
- When prompted, select “Yes”, indicating that you have another Microsoft account.
How do I sign out of someone else’s Xbox Live account?
Press the Xbox button to open the guide, select Profile & system, and then select Sign out. If someone else is in control of the console: Press the Xbox button to open the guide, and then select Profile & system. Select Add or switch, and then select your profile.
Can a Microsoft account be linked to an Xbox profile?
Follow these steps to recover and reset your Microsoft account password. Your Xbox profile is linked to a Microsoft account. This is a requirement for using Xbox content and services. Here’s how to change personal info associated with both your Xbox profile and Microsoft account.
Can you sign in to a different Xbox Live account?
This is the suggestion on the Xbox help page. Clearly no thought was put into this. The second “solution” is to unlink your account from your email. Doing so means you will not sync settings across devices. If you unlink your account you are able to sign in to the xbox app with whatever account you wish.
Is there an Xbox Live account for Windows 8?
Because of a limitation of Windows 8 with the Xbox LIVE services in Windows 8, I can’t login into my “email 2” account ONLY to the Xbox LIVE and associated services. It either asks me to create a new Xbox LIVE account under “email 1” or login into Windows 8 with the other email, which has all the Xbox LIVE info.
How can I Change my Xbox account name?
To change info associated with your Xbox profile and Microsoft account while keeping your gamertag and Microsoft account active, you can do the following. Select Your info. Select Edit name to change the name on your account. Under Payment & billing, select Address book. Select Edit to update your billing and shipping addresses.
