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Changing your region on any platform is a great way to manage and ensure your console features, no matter what country you are in or may be temporarily staying in.
While changing the region of your Microsoft account can lead to some troublesome warnings, managing the region of your actual console is relatively easy.
With that being said, why might you want to change the region on your Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S and how do you do it? Let’s find out.
Why you may need to change the country or region of your Xbox
There are specific reasons that might mean you need to change the region of your Xbox to make sure your console aligns with the country you’re in. These are the following:
- If you’ve moved to a different country, you’ll need to match your console region to the country you’re in to access the correct Microsoft Store.
- If you are temporarily in a different region than your console, you will need to change your console region to match your temporary location.
- Or, if you want to personalize your Xbox along with features like customizing your Xbox gamerpic, changing your region helps you take control of your Xbox experience by tweaking the Xbox store.
While all of these changes are location-based, you can also change your Xbox’s region to access foreign stores, though this reason for changing your region comes with some caveats. Because of this, you may want to investigate how to navigate the Xbox dashboard to familiarize yourself with the Xbox dashboard and store.
What you need to know before updating your Xbox region
Aside from geographic reasons for changing your region, you can also change the region to manipulate the Xbox Store. By doing so, you can view store items and sales from any available region. However, there are a few things you should know beforehand.
In practice, if you move your console to another region, you’ll need to verify purchases you make from Xbox Store listings in other regions by changing your Microsoft account region as shown in Microsoft technical support.
If your Microsoft account is not verified in the same region as your console, Xbox subscriptions or purchases may not be available the next time you make a purchase on your console. In this scenario, you will be prompted to update your billing information with an address that is listed in your registered region.
How to change the country or region of your Xbox
Now that you’re aware of some of the scenarios where you may need to change your region on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, let’s take a look at how you change the region on your console. To change the region on your Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, follow these steps:
- From the home screen of your Xbox, press the button xbox button to open the guide.
- Navigate to the rightmost options to Profile and system and select settings.
- Scroll down until you highlight the options for System and select language and location.
- From here, choose Location to open a region dropdown menu and select the desired region.
- Finally, press the option to Restart now to finish the region change.
By changing your location settings, your console’s language region will automatically be set to your selected region and once your console has restarted, your region will have changed to your choice.
Get the most out of the Xbox UI and settings
By adapting your console region, you’re using lesser-known console settings and navigating your dashboard and store user interfaces to improve your overall Xbox experience.
There are various tips and tricks hidden in both settings and Xbox UI that could help you get more benefits. So getting familiar with the Xbox UI with features like refreshing the Xbox home page could reveal more hidden benefits within the Xbox UI and settings.