Xbox Game Share not Working: Here's How to Fix It

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One way to fix game share is to clean the persistent storage on your Xbox

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Game sharing is a useful Xbox One feature that allows you to share and play digitally owned games with your friends.

While this feature is great, many users encounter various issues with it, and in today’s article, we’ll tackle some of these issues.

How do I fix Xbox game share not working?

1. Make sure to check the number of Home Console Switches

In order to use the Game share feature, you need to use the Home Console Switch feature.

This is relatively a simple process, but there’s a limitation in the number of switches you can do per year. Currently, you can perform up to 5 switches a year, and after exceeding that number, you won’t be able to use this feature anymore.

If that’s the case, you’ll have to wait for the counter to reset or contact Microsoft support.

2. Assign a home console

3. Power cycle your Xbox

4. Clear Persistent storage

5. Factory reset your Xbox One

Note:By doing so, you’ll remove all files from your console, so you’ll have to download your games and apps again.

There you go, these are several quick and easy solutions that might help you fix Game share not working on your Xbox One. If you’ve found our solutions helpful, let us know in the comments section below.

Xbox Game Share not Working: Here’s How to Fix It#

How do I fix Xbox game share not working?#

1. Make sure to check the number of Home Console Switches#

2. Assign a home console#

3. Power cycle your Xbox#

4. Clear Persistent storage#

5. Factory reset your Xbox One#

Xbox Game Share not Working: Here’s How to Fix It