Did your Xbox Gamertag change by itself? Here’s why

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Xboxis a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft which represents a series of video game consoles developed byMicrosoft.

Usershave to buy one such console, and based on anaccountthey create, they can then securelylog in, buy and play videogames.

Theiraccountis represented to others through the avatars and the Gamertag that they have.

Unfortunately, someusershavereportedthat their gametag has changed by itself.

So my gamertag changed by itself to some random generated bs. Anyone had this happen, or know what could have caused it?

Mostusersdescribe the issue in the same way apparently.

It would seem that while playing, they were suddenly logged out, and when they logged back in, their gametag was changed.

What can cause sudden gametag changes?

There is a change you created a Gamertag that has been determined to violate the Terms of Use or Code of Conduct.

If that’s the case, know that the system will automatically choose a new Gamertag for you.

The most painful part of this entire issue is that you then have to pay $9.99 to change your Gamertag.

One thing that you need to know is that your Gamertag isn’t necessarily detected byXboxitself.

It can also be reported by other players you play with via theXbox Enforcementfeature.

You too can visit the site to whether youraccountwas banned from here or not, and for what reason.

If it doesn’t show up under your enforcement history then you may have signed into the wrongaccount.

Keep in mind that maybe yourGamertagmay seem normal in your native language, but may be offensive in another.

Many of theuserscomplaining on the forums about getting theirGamertagchanges think theXboxEnforcement system is abusive.

hey guess what? Mine was “baguetteavocat” and it deleted mine. What part of that name violates ANY rule??

One thing about theXboxEnforcement feature is that no one knows for sure if your reports are actually verified by hire-ups.

This means that someone could report yourGamertagas potentially offensive even if it isn’t.

As such, one good piece of advice would be to take a screenshot of your currentGamertag.

Then, in case this issue ever happens to you, you can then use the screenshot as proof when contactingXbox support.

Whether this issue will still be a problem with the launch of Project Scarlet, only time will tell.