How to switch back to hotmail address after upgrading to Outlook address

WARNING: This process involve removing your hotmail email address and adding it back. Any emails sent to your hotmail id during this process may be bounced, even though your old emails will be safe.

Microsoft recently launched the new email service called Outlook.com. It looks very cool and appealing. I switched to the new interface and I am comfortable using it from the very first moment. In my case, I did create a new Outlook email address but many others upgraded their Hotmail address to Outlook address, many of them believing they are creating an alias for their hotmail id. What really happens is, your Hotmail address will become an alias and your Outlook.com email address will become your primary account login.

You may experience few issues when you start using your Outlook mail id all of a sudden. Your friends may not recognize our new email id. If you are using it for business, your clients may not recognize who you are. Also, many spam filter may catch your emails since it hasn't built a reputation yet. In this post, I am going to talk about an option to revert to old Hotmail address after you upgrade it to Outlook.com email id.

How to revert to Hotmail address after switching to Outlook address?

1. Go to http://www.outlook.com and Sign In with yout Outlook mail address.

2. Go to this page to manage your email addresses associated with your Microsoft account: https://account.live.com/ManageAssocIds



3. Locate your original email address under the title "Other email addresses".

4. Click on "Remove" link just below it.



5. You will be prompted to confirm removal of your hotmail id from your Microsoft account.

NOTE: You no longer have this hotmail id valid for you at this step. If anyone attempt to send an email to this id, it will fail with the message "mailbox unavailable (state 13)." until you complete the process below.

Click "Remove" to confirm and proceed.



6. You will see a confirmation message as shown below:



7. Now go to this page in your browser: https://account.live.com/ChangeId.aspx

If you are prompted to sign in again, login with your Outlook email address.

8. Choose the option "Create a new email address", provide your old hotmail address and click "Save"



Now you are switched back to your Hotmail address. The Outlook address will be changed to an Alias automatically and you will continue to receive any emails sent to the Outlook mail id as well.