For some reason you want to completely delete your Outlook Email account but you don’t know how to do it? How to delete – close Outlook account is quite simple This article will guide you how to delete- close the Outlook email account easily.
How to delete – close the Email Outlook account simple.
Step 1: Visit Outlook.com, sign in with your Outlook email address that you want to close and delete.
Step 2: Click “Options” in the upper-right corner of the page and click “More mail settings“.
Step 3: Under Managing your account, click “Account details (password, addresses, time zone)” option. To open Microsoft account overview page where you can edit and update your personal and also close the account.
Step 4: Scroll down click “Close account” option.
Step 5: Enter the password for your account and then click “Next” button.
Step 6: On the next page, you will see “To close your @outlook.com account you need to deactivate your Hotmail account” message. Click on deactivate your Hotmail account link to see a new page where you need to click Close account button to permanently close your account and delete all info.
Step 7: Click “Close account” to end.
Note: Microsoft reserves your email address for 270 days after closing your account, and other people won’t be able to get that email address during that time. After that time, it becomes available for other people to use.
The article detailed guide how to delete – close your Outlook Mail account when you no longer use it. Also you can refer to the ways to log out of outlook account here.