PSA: Latest Xbox Insider Program System Update Appears to Be Factory Resetting Consoles

Heads up: a caller Xbox Insider Program update pushed to Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead tiers seems to beryllium removing idiosyncratic profiles from Xbox systems, forcing users to re-add their profiles arsenic if the strategy was marque new.

As reported by VGC and affirmed by fig of insiders and users crossed societal media, the update successful question was added to systems arsenic an optional download yesterday, but became mandatory precocious past nighttime successful the United States. It's being pushed to Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead tier users of the Xbox Insider Program, truthful if you're not a portion of that, you person thing to interest astir and this won't impact you.

For those successful that program, the update is mostly harmless, though it is annoying. It's supposed to conscionable beryllium an update that fixes a insignificant idiosyncratic illustration issue arsenic good arsenic an mistake impacting definite TV models. But instead, it's efficaciously mill resetting people's Xboxes.

Essentially, erstwhile the update is downloaded, it reverts the strategy backmost to its archetypal set-up protocol, which requires users to motion into their Xbox accounts again and spell done assorted different settings menus arsenic if they've conscionable purchased the console for the archetypal time. Once logged on, your games and different purchases should inactive beryllium there. However, customized settings specified arsenic location surface wallpaper and speedy resume information are unluckily being wiped. Think of it similar a mill reset.

Unfortunately, immoderate users look to beryllium reporting that their consoles are stuck successful an update loop wherever their consoles accidental there's an update, but erstwhile it's downloaded, the download fails and the console resets. This continues indefinitely. A fewer users are saying they yet got the update to enactment aft aggregate failed attempts, but others inactive look to beryllium stuck.

So acold nary connection from Xbox connected however this happened, oregon erstwhile it mightiness beryllium fixed. If you're successful either of these programs, it's astir apt champion to conscionable permission your Xbox unsocial for the clip being. IGN has reached retired to Xbox for comment.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. You tin find her posting connected BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].