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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...
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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.
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?
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Article C2346 - May 8, 2005
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 PMDear 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,
Posted by: Devry Lasi at October 10, 2005 4:50 AMDevry EL.
i want to rename my e-mail account for some reasons existing
Posted by: cabdiqaadir at October 10, 2005 7:40 AMPlease have a look at the article you just commented on. It answers your question.
Posted by: Leo at October 10, 2005 9:32 AMI just want to change it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Lawrence at October 10, 2005 10:19 AMYou can't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please read the article.
Posted by: Leo at October 10, 2005 10:25 AMI want to change my MSN hotmail e-mail how do i do that?
Posted by: Amanda at October 12, 2005 1:53 PMHi 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 PMHi I am Holly I would like to change my e-mail address from: Hollyminter1994@hotmail.co.uk to: Holly_Hot_lips94@hotmail.co.uk
Posted by: Holly at October 16, 2005 3:59 AMHow do I do it as I dont understand!
Please contact me back
Thank you
Holly
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