How to Transfer Games from Xbox One to Xbox One X

Before you can see how powerful your Xbox One X really is, you need to load it up with games. Do not redownload your digital games. Stream games from your original Xbox One to Xbox One X for the best experience.

Using a hard drive or your network to move your games to Xbox One X is a good idea for two reasons. First, it saves you hours of gaming by downloading your collection from Xbox Live. Second, because you don’t use your internet connection to re-download titles, you save yourself from going over any data caps your internet provider has placed on your network.

Here’s how to transfer games from Xbox One to Xbox One X.

How to Stream Your Games to Xbox One X with Hard Drive

Using a hard drive to stream your games to Xbox One X is easy and fast. All you need is a USB 3.0 hard drive with 500GB of storage and nothing on it. If you don’t already have a hard drive for this, choose one of the following: Must Be Mobile A roundup of the best Xbox One hard drives.

Connect your hard drive to your Xbox One using the included USB 3.0 cable.

Next, let your Xbox One format the drive. This shouldn’t take that long. Select . This deletes everything you already have on it.

Type a name for the driver.

You need to decide if you want to use the drive to keep all your files going forward. Select if you don’t plan to leave this hard drive connected to your original Xbox One after upgrading to Xbox One X.

Now press the Xbox logo on your controller to go to the Home area. Click the button in the lower left corner of your screen.

Highlight each game you want to move to your new console and press the Menu button on your controller.

Choose .

Choose .

Your console will immediately start moving the game and any downloadable content you have to your hard drive. Do not remove the drive even if the transfer seems to have stopped. Larger games can take time to transfer as Xbox One games require a lot of storage space. Do this for each game you want to port to your Xbox One X.

Connect your hard drive to your new Xbox One X. If you want to leave the games on your hard drive, you can. Xbox One consoles can play games stored on external drives. But don’t expect very good performance.

Head to the zone for the best performance. Press the button on your remote and move all games to your new console.

How to Stream Your Games to Xbox One X with Network Transfer

Transferring your games to Xbox One X using network transfer is slower than moving them with a hard drive, but you don’t need to purchase any additional accessories for the transfer to happen.

First, go to your Xbox One. Press the Xbox logo on your controller to open the Xbox Guide.

Use the left joystick on your Xbox One controller to navigate to the gear. This is the rightmost option inside the Guide.

Choose .

Inside the Settings app, choose from the menu on the left. It is the third menu item from the top.

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Choose .

On your Xbox One X’s Home screen, press the center button on your controller to open the Xbox Guide.

Inside the Xbox Guide, select it by moving your left joystick to the cog in the upper right corner of the guide.

Select again.

Choose from the left menu.

Choose now.

Select your original Xbox One below.

Select all the games you want to port over your network to your new console. If you want to move them all use the button.

Choose whether your console asks where you want to store games.

Choose .

Now wait for the game transfer to complete. Again, this transfer may take some time if you have a lot of games and both your consoles are connected via Wi-Fi. Be patient with the transfer process and do not unplug any of your consoles until the transfer is finished. Also, transfers automatically stop when someone plays games on any console.