How to Get the Outlook.com Email Address You Want
Microsoft just completely overhauled Hotmail, rebranding it as Outlook and moving the whole email service to Outlook.com. The app is actually much improved, but longtime Hotmail users will probably have tons of questions — the most important being: What’s my email address now?
It’s the same as it ever was — if your address was “my.email@hotmail.com,” you’ll still receive email there for as long as you want, all accessible at Outlook.com (and Hotmail.com for a time).
But now that Outlook.com is live, you’ll probably want that same address in the Outlook.com domain — i.e. my.email@outlook.com. You might think that Microsoft would automatically reserve that address for you, but it doesn’t. You have to do that yourself. Follow the gallery above for step-by-step instructions on how to do it.
Microsoft says you can select just five Outlook aliases a year (an anti-spam and anti-hoarding restriction), so choose wisely. And be quick! Get the Outlook email address you want before someone else does.
First log into Hotmail.com and upgrade to Outlook. You do that by selecting it from the "Options" drop-down menu in the top right. (It only says "NewMail" here because of what the service was called in preview — it should appear as Outlook for you.)
Once you're in Outlook, go to the same place, but this time click on the Settings "gear" icon. On that menu, select "More mail settings."
You'll see a big list of settings. On this page, the place you want to go is the second-last option under "Managing your account," which is "Create a Outlook alias" (sic). You'll probably be asked to log in again when you select it.
At this point you'll see a very simple screen that lets you create an email alias for any of Microsoft's three email domains: Outlook.com, Hotmail.com or Live.com. In the field, put in your old email prefix. Select "Create an alias."
Once you click that button, Outlook will check if that address is available. If it isn't, you'll be politely informed.
If it is, you'll be greeted with a screen asking you where you'd like email for that address to go: You can have it delivered to your Inbox (or any folder) or a new folder associated with that address.
You'll also get an email that your new alias is ready.
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