How do I delete my Hotmail account?

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Although it is better to stop signing into ur hotmail account, u can in fact close ur account manually. Go to www.passport.net and sign in there using ur hotmail address. Then by editting ur profile u can choose to close ur .net passport which in this case would be ur hotmail account(www.passpot.net->sign in->member sevices). Then after u contact hotmail in order to close it down u will be given the following message,

"By closing this account, you are marking your account inactive. Stored e-mail will be permanently deleted and inbound mail will be refused. Your .NET Passport will still function, and your e-mail name will be reserved.

To re-activate your account, simply go to http://www.hotmail.com and enter your Sign-In name and password. You will then be able to send and receive e-mail using MSN Hotmail once again.

If your account stays 'inactive' for over a period of 0 days, it will be permanently deleted. This delay is necessary to discourage users from engaging in fraudulent activity. Additionally, due to the limited number of names available, we may allow other users to sign up for and use your current e-mail name after your account has been permanently deleted."

Confirm "close my account" and that should close down ur hotmail account.

ok, listen up...if u want to delete ur msn account
go to
http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/MSN_Hotmail_PIMv9.its51/$content$/PIM_PROC_CloseAcct.htm

and click the top link, enter ur hotmail, and password
TA-DAA
it may take awhile to work

My take is that in most schools the computers are turned on before the students arrive.

Some one has hacked into my account, i want my password can u sent it to [Email Address Removed]

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_lost_my_hotmail_password_can_you_help_get_it_back.html

I just tried to delete a hotmail account and it is bloody annoying that you can't just switch it off or set up an automated message, so that everybody who does email gets a notification about the fact that you actually won't get their emails... Is it set up this way to make it harder to leave hotmail?

http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/accountclose here is the direct link, took me a while to find as clicking on the close account took me to msn home page as well.

please tell me.... will my instant messages still come to me since i delted my account? i hope not. thanks!

If you've deleted your account, then you can't login to your IM client with that account, so you can't get messages on that account.

hi, i was wondering if i close my hotmail account and someone emails me at that account will it bounce back to them saying something like there is no such account or account does not exist or does it not let them know anything the reason i am asking is because i just closed my sisters account that she did not want anymore and was trying to see if i sent her an email if it would bounce back to me telling me account does not exist and i had got nothing its been like 4 days now was wondering because my sister got so many people that might still email her there. thank you for your help

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