How to delete or close Outlook.com/Hotmail email account permanently

Microsoft's most recent web mail benefit, Outlook.com/Hotmail.com  accompanies every one of the merchandise, for example, colossal measure of storage room, better altering highlights, immersive interface and obviously bolster for long range informal communication destinations. 

Every one of these highlights and numerous more settle on the webmail benefit first decision of the clients. Be that as it may, for reasons unknown, on the off chance that you wish to close or erase your Outlook mail account for all time, this is the manner by which you can do it. 

It is basic to change all the email delivers to the substitute ones previously erasing your Outlook.com account, in the event that you have been utilizing a similar Outlook address for any some different administrations.

Delete or Close Outlook.com account

1. Sign into your Outlook account and click on the gear icon in the upper-right corner.

2. From the options available, choose ‘More mail settings’. You will be presented with the following options:

• Managing your account
• Writing email
• Preventing junk email
• Customizing Outlook

3. From the above, select ‘Managing your account’. Immediately you will be directed to a new page displaying your ‘Account Summary’ and ‘Password and Security info’.

4. Just scroll-down the page. There you will find the ‘Close account’option. Click on the option.

5. Now, before you close your account permanently, Outlook will request you to check ‘privacy and cookies’ statement. In addition to this, it will provide you information on – what happens to your info if you choose to close your account.

6. Then finally it will ask you to verify your account to close it down.

7. At last, you will be requested to deactivate your Hotmail account. When you do it your record will be shut. 

Microsoft saves your hotmail email address even after you have shut your record for a time of 270 days. Inside this period in the event that you might want to reactivate your record, you could without much of a stretch do as such.