Make your Xbox console reflect your personal style by changing its look and feel. Choose a favourite colour, update your background with game art or a customised image, or select a different theme.

Warning Resetting your console to its factory defaults erases all accounts, saved games, settings, and home Xbox associations. Anything not uploaded to the Xbox network will be lost. Your console syncs when it’s connected to the Xbox network, but if you've been offline for a while, connect to the network before taking these steps.

Whether you buy a game on disc or download it from the Microsoft Store or Xbox Game Pass, you need to install it on your console’s hard drive before you can play it.

Whether you buy a game on disc or download it from the Microsoft Store or Xbox Game Pass, you need to install it on your console’s hard drive before you can play it.

When you're away from your console or your Windows 10/11 device, you can still get ready to play your next Xbox console game. Use Xbox app on mobile or Xbox.com to remotely install games—so your games are ready when you are.

Learn how to update and configure your Astro A40 headset and MixAmp to work with Xbox Series X|S consoles

Plus, it’s easy to take your Looking for Group activities with you across your devices—it’s as simple as using Looking for Group in Game Bar and continuing where you left off on your Xbox console, or the other way around.

Codes are 25 characters long, include both numbers and letters, and follow a 5x5 format—five blocks of five characters. Codes can be digital or physical cards that you purchase from Microsoft or a trusted retailer.

This page describes how to delete security info from your Microsoft account. Security info consists of an email address and/or phone number that you give to us, which we use to make sure you're really you.

Game transcription converts in-game player speech to text that you can read on the screen. It can also read aloud chat text that you type to other players.