If you have a Microsoft account and use Hotmail, you may want to consider unlinkging your account from Windows 10. This will help keep your account safe and private, and you can continue to use Hotmail without any worries. To do this, follow these steps:
- Open the Start menu and type “netstat -an”. This will show you all the active connections on your computer.
- Look for the connection with the name “Hotmail”. If it is listed, click on it and then click on the “unlink” button.
- The unlink process will take a few minutes to complete. Once it has finished, your Hotmail account will be unlinked and you will no longer be able to access it from Windows 10.
Here’s how:
Launch “Settings” and go to “Accounts”. Select “Connected Accounts”. Make sure the account labeled “Microsoft Account”, if one exists, is set as the current method of signing in to your computer. When using a local or school account, this option reads, “Sign in with a local account instead.” Click on the drop-down menu next to “Microsoft Account” and select “Sign in with a local account instead”. Enter your Microsoft password, then click sign out. The Windows 10 setup screen will appear. Click on the link that reads “Don’t have an account?” If you see a window with two options labeled Hotmail and Outlook, choose Hotmail. Enter the username associated with your Hotmail login information (it may include or be combined with an @outlook.com address if this is your primary email address), then enter your password. Click “Unlink [account name] from this PC.”
You may need to delete your Microsoft account on Windows 10 if, for example, you have two or more accounts on the same computer and want to remove one of them, or if you forgot your account password and would like to remove it from the system. In this article, we will show you how to complete this task.