How to remove user profile from Xbox 360 and Xbox one

A single Xbox console can host multiple accounts. It has a major benefit of game sharing with friends. But sometimes you may feet the need of removing a profile from your Xbox. You may be selling your console or giving it away and want to clean it of any saved data so that the next user might not gain access to your account. Or a friend of your login to his account from your console and now you want to remove any saved profile. Anyway whatever be the reason here is how you can remove a user profile from Xbox one and Xbox 360. Note that the procedure to delete the local user account from Xbox One and Xbox 360 is slightly different, so you must check out both the process provided and follow the one suitable for you.

Effect of deleting your Xbox profile

Before you remove your Xbox profile you should understand the outcome of doing so:

Deleting the profile does not mean deleting all the data associated with your Xbox account. Anything saved to the cloud or Xbox live will still be there, and if you need to access it you just have to log in to your account from another Xbox console.

Anything on local storage though will be deleted. So if you want to keep something associated with your Xbox profile like saved games, achievements, etc,  you must back it up on Xbox live online or on the cloud.

Remove user profile on Xbox one

If you want to remove the user profile from Xbox one, these are the steps you should apply:

• Open the main menu of the Xbox One console, then press on the Xbox button to open the Guide.
• Next, move to the profile & system section, you will easily recognize it as it will have a profile icon.
• Here select the settings option from the list.
• Now move to the account section, then select the remove account option
• Now you can select the account profile you want to remove, then select the remove option to confirm your choice.

Remove user profile from Xbox 360

Deleting the profile from Xbox 360 is a little bit tricky. With Xbox 360 users have the option of saving the profile data on an internal store as well as on a removable storage device. So to remove the profile you have to locate where the profile is stored.

Open the system settings first. Press the Guide button on your console to open the Xbox guide.

• Next move to setting and then to system settings.
• On the system settings screen, choose storage, then select the storage device where you have saved the profile.
• Now select the profile and press the A button on your console to open the list of saved profiles in that storage.
• Select the one you want to delete and press the A button.
• The profile management screen will open up, here you have two options. You can either delete only the profile or you can delete the profile and items associated with it such as saved game data.
• Highlight your choice and press the A button to confirm the action.

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