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I would like to re-name my Hotmail account, can I?

One of the drawbacks of a huge email provider such as Hotmail is that by the time you get there, it seems like all the good names are taken. After choosing a name, often a poor substitute for what we'd really like, wouldn't it be nice to be able to just rename the account when we get a better idea?

Sadly, it's not to be...

I know of no way to rename a Hotmail account. Or a Yahoo account. Or an account with any of the free email services. In fact, it's fairly common that even paid services cannot be renamed.

"I know of no way to rename a Hotmail account."

The only real alternative I know of is to create a new account, with the new name you want (assuming that's available, of course), and begin using that instead of the old.

Update: - I've added a new article that explores this topic in more depth: How do I change my Hotmail name or address?

Related:

Article C2346 - May 8, 2005

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That's this article: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_change_my_msn_hotmail_password.html

Posted by: Leo at September 20, 2005 1:04 PM

Dear Mr. Leo,

My name's Devry. I have an account at Hotmail.msn with name of e-mail address is devla_looks4@hotmail.com. then after I thinking about that I want to change my name of hotmail's e-mail address. How can I change my hotmail's e-mail address name? I hope you can help me.

Thank you for your attention.

Yours sincerely,
Devry EL.

Posted by: Devry Lasi at October 10, 2005 4:50 AM

i want to rename my e-mail account for some reasons existing

Posted by: cabdiqaadir at October 10, 2005 7:40 AM

Please have a look at the article you just commented on. It answers your question.

Posted by: Leo at October 10, 2005 9:32 AM

I just want to change it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Lawrence at October 10, 2005 10:19 AM

You can't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please read the article.

Posted by: Leo at October 10, 2005 10:25 AM

I want to change my MSN hotmail e-mail how do i do that?

Posted by: Amanda at October 12, 2005 1:53 PM

Hi man, I have a hotmail account. But the only problem is that i dont know my account name. Please help me.

Posted by: Hamza Azhar at October 14, 2005 11:06 PM

Hi I am Holly I would like to change my e-mail address from: Hollyminter1994@hotmail.co.uk to: Holly_Hot_lips94@hotmail.co.uk
How do I do it as I dont understand!
Please contact me back
Thank you
Holly

Posted by: Holly at October 16, 2005 3:59 AM

I'm closing comments on this article because the comments are simply repeats of the very question that the article clearly answers.

I know of no way to rename a Hotmail account. If you want a new Hotmail name, you must open a new Hotmail account.

Posted by: Leo at October 16, 2005 11:28 AM

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