Close your Outlook.com account
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To permanently close your Outlook.com email account, you need to close your Microsoft account. 

Important: When you close your Microsoft account, your email and contacts are deleted from our servers and can't be recovered. If you use your Microsoft account with Xbox, Skype, OneDrive, or other Microsoft services, you'll no longer be able to access those services. You will also lose access to any saved BitLocker recovery keys

To close your account, click the button below and follow the instructions.

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You can also get support from other Outlook.com users in our Community forum, or get help by selecting Contact Support below:

To get support in Outlook.com, click here or select Help on the menu bar and enter your query. If the self-help doesn't solve your problem, scroll down to Still need help? and select Yes.

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