{"id":1785,"date":"2022-04-12T17:22:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2022-04-12T17:22:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:22:30","slug":"how-to-change-your-microsoft-account-email-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/12\/how-to-change-your-microsoft-account-email-address\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your Microsoft Account Email Address"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"See<\/p>\n

If your Microsoft email address no longer meets your needs, you can create a new one or add an alias. No need to worry about losing contacts, stored messages, subscriptions, settings or other aspects of your Microsoft account when you create an alias.<\/p>\n

Make a Microsoft Email Account<\/h4>\n

Create a new account to change your Microsoft email. You can export your old Microsoft account’s email messages, contacts, and other data and then import it to your new email address.<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to login.live.com to sign in with Microsoft.<\/li>\n
  2. No Account? Make one!<\/li>\n
  3. Input your email address instead of your phone number.<\/li>\n
  4. Click Get a New Email.<\/li>\n
  5. Enter your email address and choose from outlook.com or hotmail.com.<\/li>\n
  6. Next<\/li>\n
  7. Then click Next.<\/li>\n
  8. Finish the setup by entering your information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0Create an Alias to Microsoft Account<\/h4>\n

    The easiest way to change your Microsoft email address is to create an alias for your current account. If you prefer, you can use another email address as an alias.<\/p>\n

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    1. Go to the Add an Alias page and log in with your Microsoft account.<\/li>\n
    2. For a new email address, click Create a New Email Address and Add It as an Alias. To use an existing email address, click Add an Email Address as a Microsoft Account Alias.<\/li>\n
    3. Click Add Alias and enter the desired email address. You’ll get a message saying you’ve linked the alias to your account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Using an Alias to log in<\/h4>\n

      You can log in with any alias you create (you can have up to 10 at a time). You can customize your sign-in preferences.<\/p>\n

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      1. Login to Microsoft Account.<\/li>\n
      2. On the next page, click Your Info.<\/li>\n
      3. Manage Your Sign-In Method<\/li>\n
      4. Click Modify Sign-in Preferences.<\/li>\n
      5. Uncheck any aliases you don’t want to use to log in and click Save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Change Your Primary Alias<\/h4>\n

        You can select an alias as your primary email address.<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Login to Microsoft Account.<\/li>\n
        2. On the next page, click Your Info.<\/li>\n
        3. Manage Your Sign-In Method<\/li>\n
        4. Select the alias as your primary email address in Microsoft and click Make Primary.<\/li>\n
        5. Confirm with Yes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Select an Alias for Outlook.com<\/h4>\n

          If you use Outlook.com to read and send emails, you can choose which alias appears in the From line.<\/p>\n

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          1. Open Outlook.com.<\/li>\n
          2. Click the gear icon in the upper right corner.<\/li>\n
          3. Select View All Outlook Settings from the settings menu.<\/li>\n
          4. In the Settings window, click Sync Email.<\/li>\n
          5. In the Set Default From Address list, select the alias.<\/li>\n
          6. Click Save and close.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            If your Microsoft email address no longer meets your needs, you can create a new one or add an alias. No need to worry about losing contacts, stored messages, subscriptions, settings or other aspects of your Microsoft account when you create an alias. Make a Microsoft Email Account Create a new account to change your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786,"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lite16.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}