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What happens if I change my Microsoft account country?

If you change your country or region in Microsoft Store, items you bought in one region might not work in another. This includes: Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Game Pass. Apps, games, music purchases, and movie and TV purchases and rentals.
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Can I change my Microsoft account country?

To change your region in Microsoft Store online, in the page footer, select your current language/region and pick a new one from the list. You can change it back any time. Select Start > Settings > Time & language.
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What happens if I change my Xbox account region?

Any time left on your Xbox subscription, such as Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass, will move with your account to the new country/region. If these subscriptions aren't available in your new country/region, your current subscription will remain active but may not work as expected.
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How do I change the currency on my Microsoft account?

To change the default currency settings in Windows, in Control Panel, choose Clock and Region > Region > Additional Settings. On the Currency tab, in the Currency symbol box, type or select a currency symbol.
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How do I buy Xbox games from a different region?

  1. Buy a gift card for the region you want to buy from.
  2. Redeem card on your account (can do this on xbox.com/account.microsoft.com or on the console)
  3. Change your region. ...
  4. Buy game with account credit.
  5. If it's your first time buying from this new region, it will also ask for your address.
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How to Change Country or Region on Microsoft Account (2023)

Are Xbox accounts region locked?

Microsoft. The Xbox and the Xbox 360 are region-locked, but some games are region-free and will play in any region. Digital content through Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 and original Xbox are also region-locked, such as DLC, movies, and apps.
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Are Xbox One region locked?

The Xbox console can play Blu-ray discs and DVDs that are sold in the same region as the console. See the following tables for the countries in each disc region. Some Blu-ray discs and DVDs are not region-encoded or are coded to all regions. Region-free Blu-ray discs and DVDs will play on any Xbox console.
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Why wont it let me change my Microsoft account country?

If you can't change country or region, it might be for one of these reasons: You changed the country or region within the last three months. Your account is suspended. For example, the credit card on a subscription has expired, or your subscription has a balance due.
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How do I get off Microsoft Exchange?

Go to Start > Administrative Tools > Services. In the Services details pane, right-click the Microsoft Exchange Search service, and then select Properties. On the General tab, in the Startup type list, select Disabled to disable the service or Automatic to start it automatically.
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Is it okay to change your Xbox location?

You can swap your console location as much as you want, and it will change the store you have, its supposed to remove all the credit on your previous location, but I have never tested it that way.
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Does region matter for Xbox?

For example, if you wanted to play American Xbox 360 games, you had to purchase an American Xbox 360. Now, when shopping for an Xbox Series X, you don't have to be concerned about this because regardless of where the console is from, it can play games from any region.
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How many times I can change Xbox account region?

tl;dr: Change console region at any time. Change account region once every three months.
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Can you use Microsoft Office in a different country?

Once you have an Microsoft 365 subscription, you have to renew within the same country. You can't buy an Microsoft 365 package from one region/country and use it to top up an account from another region.
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Can I move everything from one Microsoft account to another?

Manually transfer Microsoft 365 Family or Personal to a different Microsoft account
  1. Step 1: Set up a new Microsoft 365 subscription with the Microsoft account you want to transfer to. ...
  2. Step 2: Decide what services you want to transfer and update (if appropriate) ...
  3. Cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription.
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Can I migrate my Microsoft account to another email?

You can use Outlook to move emails from your Office 365 account to an alternative email provider (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) In order to move your emails you first must have both accounts configured in Outlook (Mac).
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Does Xbox refund in game currency?

Refunds are typically issued for requests made within 14 days of the purchase date for games in which you haven't accumulated a significant amount of play time. For single-use items (like consumables and in-game currency), your request is likely eligible only if the consumable was not redeemed or used.
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How to get free Xbox currency?

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Why is my Microsoft store in a different currency?

Its possible that the settings are incorrect for your location and this is causing the currency to show incorrectly on the Store App. You can change the settings by following these steps. a)Type "Region" on the Start screen, click "Settings" and press enter. b)On the "Format" tab, select "English (United Kingdom)".
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Why is Microsoft making me migrate my account?

Why do I need to migrate my account to a Microsoft account? We can better protect you and your account by increasing account security and adding new safety features to Minecraft.
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How do I get Microsoft country region locked to the United States?

Open Start. Click on Time & language. Click on Region & language. Under Country or region, select the country you want to use from the drop-down menu.
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Why does my computer say I'm in a different country?

That's because Google will try to detect your location based on the IP address. Sometimes location databases have incorrect information and end up determining that you are in a different country.
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Can you get banned for buying Xbox games from different regions?

Yes, you would be putting yourself at risk for being banned by changing your region to purchase something that is not available in your own.
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Can I make my Xbox region-free?

To play DVDs from other regions, you have to bypass the DVD region code first. One way to do it is to change Xbox One region to accord with your DVD region (note that you can't make Xbox One region-free).
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Can I have 2 Xbox accounts on one Microsoft account?

You can only sign in to the Xbox app for Windows PC and Xbox Console Companion app with one Microsoft account at a time. However, you can switch between different Microsoft accounts.
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