Once you do that, you lose all control over that email address. Now, on the surface it seems like you can complete an actual and complete change of email address by now clicking that Remove link. You may have noticed that when we set the new alias as the primary, we actually have the option of removing the old email address: You’ll be able to choose which alias should be used to send this email, meaning which alias will appear in the “From:” line. When you compose a new message, click on the little down-arrow next to your email address: In fact you can log in to your account using either email address, and you can send email from either account. People can email you at your old email address, and they can email you at your new email address. Your old email address was not affected by this at all. (It may take up to 48 hours for everything to finish changing across all Microsoft services.) What did not happen The alias is now the primary email address associated with your account. Uncheck the opportunity to get more email from Microsoft, and then click on Yes. In the account aliases list that was presented after we created the new alias, click on the Make primary link for the new alias. If we really want to make the switch to using the new alias day-to-day, then we need to make it the “primary” alias. Email sent to that alias will show up in the inbox, but that’s about it. So far all we’ve done is added the alias to the account.
My account now has two email addresses that will reach it: and Making the switch :-)Īnd Microsoft sends a confirmation email: If you run into that problem, keep trying different email addresses that would work for you until you find one that isn’t already taken.įortunately “askleoalias” was not yet taken.
#How can i change my outlook email address free#
Like any email address on free services, it’s first come first serve. Click on Add alias.Īt this point you may be told that the email address you’re attempting to create is already in use by someone else. As you can see I’ve typed in “askleoalias” so that will become a valid email address. You’re given the option to create a new email address to be an alias to your account. On the resulting screen click on Aliases: manage or choose a primary.Īssuming you have no aliases already, you’ll see something similar to the example above: the only alias is your existing email address. This is not a technique that can be used to help you recover anything.Ĭlick on the gear icon in the upper right, and then click on Options. Naturally, you must be able to log in to your account in order to be able to create an alias for it. Let’s set one up so you can see what I mean. I can tell to use this new alias as the default when sending email as well, making it look like I’ve changed my email address even though I log in to the same place with the same account to access it all. I create an alias email address: email sent to that alias email address is delivered to the same account – possibly even the same inbox – as my original address. For whatever reason I’ve decided I don’t want to use it any more, but I also don’t want to lose all of the email and contacts and services that I currently have associated with this account. When Hotmail transitioned to as its interface it also added the concept of “aliases”, which solves many of these problems.Īn alias is nothing more than another email address that is part of the same account. Everything remains in the old account, but the new account – and email address – is starting over with a clean, and empty, slate. That means everything associated with the old account is lost in the transition: email and contacts as well as additional services like calendars, cloud storage and other items associated with the account. You could create a new email address, but that typically creates a new email account. The problem is that there really hasn’t been and isn’t such a thing as “change” when it comes to an email address. The common reaction is to want to change your email address or close your account.
Many people who have had their Hotmail addresses for a long time find that they’re getting a lot of unwanted email in the form of spam, marketing messages from companies that they once did business with, or even messages from individuals that they no longer wish to receive. If you’re like me you’ve had your Hotmail email address for years.
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