For example, Windows Live Mail 2012, also features a calendar, that lets you synchronize your events with your Windows Live account, a detailed contact list, and a news feed reader, that lets you. We can help you reset your password and security info. First, enter your Microsoft account and follow the instructions below.
Outlook.comTo permanently close your Outlook.com email account, you need to close your Microsoft account. When you close your Microsoft account, your email and contacts are deleted from our servers and can't be recovered. If you use your Microsoft account with Xbox, Skype, OneDrive, or other Microsoft services, you'll no longer be able to access those services.If you want a fresh start, you can without closing your old account. This will give you a new Outlook.com email address, inbox and From address, and you won't lose access to your existing email and contacts.If you want to use a new email address with your existing Outlook.com account, you can.
This will give you an additional email address which uses the same inbox, contact list, and account settings as your primary email address.If you just need a new name to be associated with your account, you can.If your account has been hacked and you want to recover it, see.Close your Microsoft account. Warning: When you follow the steps below, you're permanently shutting down your Microsoft account. All your email and contacts will be deleted from the server and can't be recovered, and you won't be able to access Microsoft services like Xbox, Skype, and OneDrive using that account. To simply sign out from your email account, select your name or profile picture at the top right corner of the window and choose Sign out.To close your account, click the button below and follow the instructions.To learn more about what happens when you close your Microsoft account, see. Sign out of Outlook.comIf you just want to sign out of Outlook.com, here's how.Select your account picture at the top of the screen.Select Sign out.To stop signing in automatically, unselect Keep me signed in on the Enter password page.See Also.
Windows Live Hotmail was Microsoft's. It was designed to be accessed via the web from any machine on the internet. It was first used by a few thousand beta testers in 2005, then millions more by the end of 2006.
However, the Windows Live brand was discontinued in 2012 when Microsoft introduced, essentially re-branding Windows Live Hotmail with an updated user interface and improved features. Email addresses could remain as '@hotmail.com,' but there is no longer a page dedicated to just Hotmail addresses. Outlook Mail is now the official name of Microsoft's email service.