When you've entered the required information, hit the Add Alias button. The new Outlook email address is now active. You can use it to send and receive emails immediately. Your old email address will still be used as a login for your other Microsoft apps and services; you won't be able to truly leave it in the past.
You can fix that issue by choosing which of your Outlook email address have sign-in permissions on your account. When you're looking at your list of aliases, click on Change sign-in preferences at the bottom of the screen to make alterations. Mark the checkboxes next to the accounts you need to give access to and click Save when you're ready. Note: You cannot change the sign-in settings for your primary Outlook account.
You will not be able to delete your Outlook or Hotmail address without first removing its status as the primary address on your account. It will display a list of all your email addresses on the screen. Identify the new address that you just created, then click on the corresponding Make Primary button and agree to the on-screen confirmation. After creating an email alias and making it or one of your other aliases your primary address on your Microsoft account, you are ready to delete your old Outlook email address.
Remember, following this process means the underlying Microsoft Account remains unaltered. Find the Outlook email address to delete in the list, then click on the Remove button and agree to the on-screen confirmation. The company does this to ensure that you understand closing your account will immediately close any other Microsoft accounts associated with the Hotmail address. Finally, submit a reason for account closure. Whenever you close an account such as Hotmail, update your personal records.
If you keep information such as account logins and passwords in a password manager , either delete the record entirely or update it with your date of closure and confirmation number.
Microsoft offers a simple process for account closure in that situation. If you have the account login information, you can use the details above and close it in the same way to fulfill your executor duties. The following details help you if you need direct access to the account but need it before closure. When you shut down a Hotmail account, any account associated with that email address closes as well. To prevent premature loss of items like gift card balances, stored items including pictures, and any other data that your family wants to keep, first download a copy of all files and photos to a personal computer unassociated with Hotmail.
After you gather all the information you want to keep, close those accounts and collect confirmation numbers for estate records. In the U. Ask whether you need to provide other documents when you have a customer service representative on the phone. Delete or Close a Hotmail Account. Dylan Hewitt in Hotmail. How to delete or close a Hotmail account Step 1: Go to Account closure page. Step 9: Click Mark account for closure. You'll lose access to Microsoft services.
Delete or Close a Hotmail Account 5 votes. Leave a Reply. Your email address will not be published. How to add a contact to your safe senders list in Hotmail. In the Select a reason drop-down list, choose the reason you're closing the account.
Skype accounts must be associated with a Microsoft account before they can be closed. Follow the previous steps to close an account, and sign in with your Skype account. You are prompted to add an email address to create a Microsoft account.
Make sure to use an email address that isn't already associated with a Microsoft account. Once that is complete, you can continue with the steps to close your account.
You can also remove an account from your device. This doesn't delete the account, but it does remove email and other content associated with the account from your device. Under Accounts used by email, calendar, and contacts , select the account you want to remove, and then select Manage.
Under Accounts used by other apps , select the account you want to remove, and then select Remove. During the waiting period, your account is marked for closure but it still exists.
If you want to reopen your Microsoft account, just sign in again within that 60 days. To get more info on your alias, see Manage aliases for your Microsoft account. You can't use your old account name to create a new account after the account-deletion wait period expires.
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Microsoft account More Important: If you have subscription or services outside of Microsoft that are associated with this account, we're unable to cancel those on your behalf. For example: Email, documents, and photos you've stored in Outlook. Purchasing info at Microsoft.
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