How to save, load, and delete Original Xbox console profiles

This article contains information about how to save, load, and delete Xbox profiles on your Original Xbox console.

Depending on the game that you play, there are different options that are available to save, to load, or to delete a profile.

You can select a profile to use when you start a game. A profile contains all the player's information. This information includes the profile name, the items that have been unlocked, and personal preferences.

Some games support multiple profiles. Each profile is saved to a file on your Xbox Hard Drive. You can delete or copy these files to an Xbox Memory Unit. Some games save a high score list to a file on your Xbox Hard Drive. Like a profile, this file can be copied to a Memory Unit or deleted.

Save a profile

Depending on the game, a profile screen may appear the first time that you start the game. This profile screen lets you save a single player game, or provide information about your profile to other players on Xbox Live.

To save a profile, use the on-screen keyboard to type the name of the profile that you want to use, and then select the Done/Finish key. Your profile is saved to the Xbox Hard Drive.

If a profile screen does not appear the first time that you start the game, you may have to select an option on the Main screen to start the profile creation process.

Load a profile

To load a profile, select the file that you want to use on the Load a profile menu option.

Delete a profile

You can delete a profile when the game starts or from outside the game. To delete a profile, select the file that you want to delete on the Load profile menu option, and then select the option to delete the saved profile.

Note You may not be able to delete a saved profile from the game. In this case, you may have to remove the saved profile file from the Xbox Dashboard.