When you close your Microsoft account, you delete your account information, including your ID and password, your registered information, and your contacts. After you delete an account, you can't use that Microsoft account anymore to sign in to Microsoft products and services.
To close your account
Go to the Microsoft account overview webpage, and then sign in with your Microsoft account.
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Click Close account.
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Verify that the correct Microsoft account appears, type your password, and then click Next.
Click deactivate your Hotmail account.
Click Close account.
To close only your Outlook.com or Hotmail account
Your Outlook.com or Hotmail account will become inactive if you don't sign in for more than 270 days or within the first 10 days after signing up for your account. After an account becomes inactive, all messages, folders, and contacts are deleted, and incoming messages are sent back to the sender as undeliverable. If you want to close your account right away:
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Visit the close account
webpage.
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Follow the instructions, and then click Close account to close your account.
Notes
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If you have a Hotmail Plus, Xbox Live, or other subscription, cancel that subscription before you close your Microsoft account.
If you manage a child's Microsoft account, the child's Microsoft account permissions will be revoked if you close your Microsoft account.
Some of your information won't be deleted. To learn more about this, see the privacy statement.
