Password protect your Xbox LIVE profile

If you have more than one Xbox 360 console or you want to play games at a friend’s house, you can download your Xbox LIVE profile or gamertag to multiple consoles. For security purposes, you might want to password protect your Xbox LIVE profile so no one can sign in using your profile.

After you download your Xbox LIVE profile to a console, you are asked if you want the console to remember your password.

Remember password

This option controls whether or not your Microsoft account password is required to sign in to your profile. The Remember Password option is off by default, which means you’ll be prompted for your Microsoft account password when you sign in with your Xbox LIVE profile.

If you don’t want to be prompted for your Microsoft account password every time you sign into Xbox LIVE, choose the Remember Password option.

The Remember Password option is set after you download your Xbox LIVE profile; however, you can change your profile’s password protection at any time. Here’s how:

Don’t require a password to sign in

If your Xbox LIVE profile is password protected, you can change this the next time you sign in to your Xbox LIVE profile. When you’re prompted for your Microsoft account password at sign in, select the Remember Password option.

If you choose the Remember Password option, you won’t be prompted for your Windows Live ID password the next time you sign in with your Xbox LIVE profile.

Require a password to sign in

You can use your Windows Live ID password to restrict access to your Xbox LIVE gamertag on a console. Here’s how to require a password for your profile:

1. Sign in using your Xbox LIVE gamertag.
2. Go to Settings, select Account and then select Account Security.
3. Select Password at Sign In.
4. Select Require Password Here.

Now, the next time you sign in with your Xbox LIVE gamertag, you’ll be prompted to enter your Microsoft account password.

If your Xbox LIVE profile is downloaded to another console and it’s not password protected or your password becomes compromised, you can remotely remove the password so that your profile can’t be accessed. Here’s how:

Step 1: Change your Microsoft account

If someone else knows your Microsoft account password, change your Microsoft account password. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Windows Live Sign In and sign in with your Microsoft account.
2. Under Account information, click Change next to Password.

Alternatively, you can change your Microsoft account password from your console using the steps at Change your Microsoft account password.

Note If your downloaded Xbox LIVE profile doesn’t require a password at sign in (the Remember Password option is On), changing your Microsoft account password won’t prevent someone from signing into your Xbox LIVE profile. In this case, you need to complete the next step.

Step 2: Require a password to sign in

Remove your Microsoft account password so that your Xbox LIVE profile can’t be accessed from other consoles. Here’s how:

Computer steps: Remotely require a profile password

1. Go to My Account.
2. Under Settings & Preferences, click Xbox 360 Profile Protection.
3. Sign in with the Microsoft account (email and password) that is associated with your Xbox LIVE account.
4. The number of consoles where a sign-in password is not required is displayed.
5. Select Protect Profile to require that your profile be redownloaded from Xbox LIVE, using your Microsoft account and password, before it can be used on a console. All existing copies of your profile will no longer work and any profile changes or achievements not saved to Xbox LIVE will be lost.

Console steps: Remotely require a profile password

1. Sign in to Xbox LIVE with your account.
2. Go to Settings, select Account and then select Account Security.
3. Select Password at Sign In.
4. Select On All Other Consoles.

This option makes it so that all other consoles require your Microsoft account password for sign in (or redownloading of your Xbox LIVE profile).

If you believe your Xbox LIVE account has been compromised go to Xbox LIVE account security.