How to delete your Outlook account in 2 different ways

As an alternative, you could choose to remove your email address from your Outlook account instead.
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If you aren't interested in keeping your Outlook account and want to delete it, you do have the option to delete it but with a large caveat.

Doing so would require you to delete your entire Microsoft account. In that case, your email and contacts would be deleted from the server and the effect is permanent. This would also impact your Xbox, Skype, and OneDrive accounts.

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How to delete your Outlook account by deleting your Microsoft account

If you want to delete your Microsoft account, go to this page and click the "Close Account" button. Then simply follow the on-screen instructions and your account will be deleted.

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However, if you don't want to do that, you could instead opt to simply remove your email address from your Outlook account.

Here's how to delete your Outlook account by removing your email address.

How to delete your Outlook account by removing your email address

If you want to take the less drastic path, however, here's how to remove your email address from Outlook:

1. Open Outlook and click the gear icon, located toward the top-right side of the screen.

2. Select "View all Outlook settings."

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3. Make sure you're in the "Mail" tab in the far-left sidebar, then select "Sync email" in the next sidebar.

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4. Hover over the email address and click the trash can icon to delete it from your Outlook account.

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If you don't see the option to remove your email address from Outlook and you have Windows, you'll have to delete the account from your Mail and Calendar apps . Or, if you have an outdated version of Outlook, you may have to use other means to delete your email address from Outlook.

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