Xbox, Avatars

Xbox is shuttering its Avatars, but you still have time to customize yours
Remember your Xbox Avatar? Well, your ability to change them up is going away soon. Xbox quietly announced that it’s shutting down the Xbox Avatar Editor early next year, and therefore, basically all Xbox Avatar functionality.
Xbox Removing Avatars Because You All Forgot About Them
Microsoft says that “due to low engagement,” the avatars are being removed, and the Xbox Avatar Editor app is going with them. So if you want to have your avatar as your profile pic, you have until January to do that.
Xbox Avatars Are Going Away Next Year, But Don't Worry--Your 360 Avatar Is Safe
The Xbox Avatar Editor, first introduced during the Xbox One era, will shut down on January 9, 2025, Microsoft has announced. However, Xbox 360 Avatars will stick around.
Xbox To Shut Down Iconic Avatar Creation Program, But There's Good News
Xbox is discontinuing its Avatar Editor in 2025, ending a 16-year tradition of customizable characters for the console line. Heres what to expect.
Xbox Is Shutting Down the Avatar Editor App and Offering Refunds Starting in January
Xbox is removing the Avatar Editor app from Xbox consoles and PC, ending support for the revamped characters first introduced in 2018.
Xbox Is Making Big Changes To Avatars In January 2025
On January 9th, 2025, that app (featuring the Avatar style you see in the image above) will no longer be available. If you've created an Avatar using the app, it'll also no longer exist, along with any items that you may have purchased.
Microsoft is shutting down Xbox Avatar Editor because of "low engagement with the program"
Now it's being reported via Pure Xbox that Microsoft is shutting down the new avatars and Xbox Avatar Editor due to "low engagement with the program". If you've purchased anything for your avatars in the past year, you'll get your money back:
The end of an era: Xbox avatar editor is closing in 2025; players will receive refunds
Companies have gone to great lengths to allow players to personalize their gaming experience. In 2008, Xbox introduced avatars, characters that users created to represent themselves and reflect their identity while playing.
Microsoft is axing Xbox One Avatars due to lack of interest
Are you one of the people who spent hours poring over their Xbox One Avatar? Maybe you even purchased additional cosmetic items to make them more you? We’ve got bad news. Microsoft has announced that it’s retiring Xbox One avatars, due to “lack of engagement”.
Xbox New Avatars to be Sunset Early Next Year
This week, Microsoft dropped a FAQ regarding the new Xbox Avatars (the ones on the left-hand side) that were introduced to the Xbox ecosystem nearly seven years ago. The new Avatar system will be sunset on the 9th of January 2025,
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Xbox killing avatars on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Any money spent on avatar items will be refunded. After 9th January, Xbox Avatars will disappear from profile pages, ...
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Xbox shuts down Avatar Editor app | News-in-brief
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