I bought an Xbox ONE off of ebay and it came with games installed on the hard drive digital games If I were to reset it to factory defaults would I still be able to re-download those games even though they're not linked to my account? If you factory reset it the console it will surely delete the profile that the person you bought it from won't it, in turn then you won't have access to the downloaded games, if it was me I would set up my own profile and leave the other one on there, that way you will have access to the games that have been bought on the original profile on your newly set up profile If you factory reset it the console it will surely delete the profile that the person you bought it from won't it, in turn then you won't have access to the downloaded games, if it was me I would set up my own profile and leave the other one on there, that way you will have access to the games that have been bought on the original profile on your newly set up profile When you buy a game, you get two licenses - one for your gamertag and one for your console. Its the latter that is allowing the games to still work in the above case. However, from what I understand, if the person who purchased the game sets a different console as their 'home console' or whatever its called, the games would then stop working on the original console. Resurrecting and old thread here, but... I have sold my xbox one and I might get back into xbox gaming in the future and use my old gamertag do I need to deactivate my console so its not my 'home one' before factory reset? Thinking I need to do the following... Perform factory reset If I just did the factory reset, can I unassociate that xbox as my home console on xbox. Thanks in advance Hi Monty, thanks for the reply. I figured it out last night. I unassociated my console as being 'home' first, but when I did the factory reset, it said it does that as part of the wipe anyway - I wanted to sell it 'clean'. Like you say, as soon as i get a new xbox if I decide to then that will be my account, with access to all bought digital content. Resurrecting and old thread here, but... I have sold my xbox one and I might get back into xbox gaming in the future and use my old gamertag do I need to deactivate my console so its not my 'home one' before factory reset? Thinking I need to do the following... Perform factory reset If I just did the factory reset, can I unassociate that xbox as my home console on xbox. Thanks in advance Click to expand... In the options it seems you can... There is an option in settings remove my console from being my home console. Additionally, when you perform the factory reset, it clearly states it would remove all profiles, files, saves and remove the home association. Therefore my gamertag currently doesn't have a home console associated to it. In the options it seems you can... There is an option in settings remove my console from being my home console. Additionally, when you perform the factory reset, it clearly states it would remove all profiles, files, saves and remove the home association. Therefore my gamertag currently doesn't have a home console associated to it. I think both options must have been added as part of NXOE. The other option is just for removal of home. This is something I've been thinking about recently. I guess the Home Console setting is the X1 method for transferring licenses without having to use a system like the 360's license transfer tool, which then requires you to download every item again on the other console to finalise the license move to that console's console ID. This is something I've been thinking about recently. I guess the Home Console setting is the X1 method for transferring licenses without having to use a system like the 360's license transfer tool, which then requires you to download every item again on the other console to finalise the license move to that console's console ID. If you factory reset it the console it will surely delete the profile that the person you bought it from won't it, in turn then you won't have access to the downloaded games, if it was me I would set up my own profile and leave the other one on there, that way you will have access to the games that have been bought on the original profile on your newly set up profile.
