How do I close my Windows Live Hotmail account?

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How do I close the MSN part of my hotmail account? as I use MSN on a different email account which I use more often and so there's no need for me to have 2 MSN's.

Posted by: Arnie at January 24, 2009 1:54 PM

My MSN account is $9.95/month. That is shy I want to close it. I'd also like to close my Norton accounts (another $9.00/month). I feel that are alternative (read less costly) otions. Please advise...

Ernie

Posted by: Ernest Baumann at January 27, 2009 9:04 AM

I am having hard time to close my account same thing with my gf her email wont close too and said about billing account but we dont have it

Posted by: Richard at January 27, 2009 10:58 AM

In response to "why bother closing it at all?": I needed to close my account so that people who still send to my hotmail address have their messages bounce, instead of having them assume I got their emails, and become angry at me when I do not reply.

Closing your account is not a guarantee that the messages sent to it will bounce. You cannot count on bounces.

- Leo
29-Jan-2009

Posted by: Marc at January 27, 2009 9:01 PM

It did not work. The next windows that pups up says "Impossible to close your account... One or other paying services or a Microsoft Points account are linked to your account. To close your account, you need to close and cancel the other services..." Can someone help me with this?

Well, not to be too obvious about it, but perhaps you should stop paying for and close whatever paid service you have associated with that account first?

- Leo
06-Feb-2009

Posted by: Jean-Michel at January 29, 2009 12:48 PM

In response to your last post, it's not that simple as "stop paying for and close whatever paid service you have associated with that account first?" If you search the web, you can see that many have had problems with this same issue and it often has nothing to do with subscribing to an actual paid service. Just FYI.

Posted by: Jonathan at February 8, 2009 6:30 PM

I'm trying to close my windows live and hotmail account because I already have another windows live account. But i can't i followed the steps and it saids that I have to close my microsoft email account first. the thing is that i'm using the same email address and password for both. I did not know I would have issues for that.And it didnt say either. I would stop using it but I get so much mail and I have a profile for windows live that I want to get rid of. Can yu please help me?

Posted by: b at February 15, 2009 11:57 AM

i have another account now and i want to dlete my other account i followed your steps but,it isnt working it juyst cums up saying sorry canot close this account:@,how do i delet the account,it should be simple as pressing delete but people make it hard:@......

Posted by: melissa campbell at February 18, 2009 2:04 PM

I've not logged into my windows live HOTMAIL account for 120 PLUS days now. I'm worried about the few who don't have my new email address. When WILL they get a bounce back?! Stupid hotmail. Waited 120 days! Still no bounce back

They may never get one. Hotmail (and other ESPs) often disable bounces to reduce the amount of spam-generated traffic.

- Leo
23-Feb-2009

Posted by: Sean at February 22, 2009 7:23 PM

the steps were very simple and precise, but i was unable to terminate my account because i am not the primary account.

Posted by: Andrea at March 10, 2009 11:05 PM

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