To close your account temporarily, one can simply sign out of their email account. The sign-out tab is usually located at the top right hand corner of the page.
However, there may be a need to permanently close your hotmail account. There are various reasons to close your account but you are not required to give an account for such reasons. You can simply close your account at whatever time is convenient for you or for whatever reasons.
To close your Windows Live Hotmail Account, simply go to the Close Your Account page and then click Close Account. Once the account is close, all incoming emails to that particular address are refused and all stored messages will be permanently deleted. However, the account will be reserved for another two hundred and seventy days. Afterwards, the email address will become available for others to use.
To be more specific, if you have an email account on MSN Hotmail/Windows Live, simply sign intothe account. At the bottom of the page, there is a link titled Help Center. Click on the link. A new page will appear. On the left side of the page, there is another link titled Help Center Home. Select it. On the new page, a set of frequently asked questions will appear; at the end of the page there will be a link How Do I Close My Account (etc). Click on the link and follow the instructions which follow on that page to close your account.
The page will inform you and also provide you with a specific link to go to in order to close the account. Click on the link Windows Live Account Overview. This link will take you to another web page for you to sign in again with your Windows Live ID.
You will be required to go to Additional Options to select Close Account
Afterwards, you will be required to verify your Windows Live ID and give your passWord. You will then click Yes to close your account.
Tips and Warning
When you close your account all your information such as contacts, emails, username and passWord will be gone. However, some of your personal information will still be in existence. This information was collected when you set up the account initially. You might have used other Microsoft services and other companies which collected such personal information. This information is tracked to find out what you use. This information basically helps the company to offer a morepersonalized and convenient service in one site or rather one account. There are additional uses for your personal information. There is no need to be perturbed; in general, the information is used to help provide better services and products and create more convenience
