Xbox One: license transfer - how it works

With license transfer on Xbox One, you can share your entire game collection with a friend. We'll show you step by step how this works.

How license transfer works on Xbox One

When you buy a game on Xbox One, you get two licenses: an online and an offline license. Since you only need one of them, you can share the licenses of all games with another person.
It works with digitally purchased games and DLCs. A purchased game can be played by both users at the same time.
The procedure works with two different accounts, but also with only one account. If you have two consoles in one household, you can carry out the instructions with an account on both devices.
However, make sure that you only transfer the license with close friends or family. Do not pass on the password from your account.
A license transfer is only possible between two people. After successful setup, each person accesses the other person's games offline. Your own games are accessed via Xbox Live. You therefore always need an active internet connection.

Note: This paragraph is for your understanding only, so you know what you are doing. These settings are only applied in the next paragraph.

Open the settings on your Xbox One. Here you will find the "My Xbox home console" category at the bottom left.
Depending on the setting, you have the choice between the options "Set as my home console" and "This is not my home console".
If you see the first option, the console is not currently your home console. If the second option appears, you have set the console as your home console.

User A logs into his console with gamertag A. As a rule, this should already be the case.
Open Settings and select "This is not my home console" to disable the home console.
Now log out your Gamertag A from the console and log in with your friend's Gamertag B.
Now activate the option "Set as my home console" in the settings.
Then log out of gamertag B, but do not delete the user. You can log in again with your Gamertag A.
You now have access to your content as well as your friend's digitally purchased content. Now follow the instructions for your friend in the same way.