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Can I recover my Hotmail account?

Joe Ford

Can I recover my Hotmail account?

A. Microsoft has a recovery page you can use at https://account.live.com/resetpassword.aspx to regain access to your Hotmail account. Along the way, you may be asked to enter the answers to security questions you previously set up, or to provide details about the account to prove your identity.

How do I get my old emails from Hotmail?

Therewith, you can quickly restore deleted Hotmail emails.

  1. Open the Outlook, Sign in to the Hotmail email address.
  2. On the left side of the screen, Right-click “Deleted Items”. Click “Recover Deleted Items”.
  3. Choose the emails you want to restore.
  4. Click “Recover” and “OK”.

Why do I have to keep signing into my Hotmail account?

One of the possible reasons on why you’re still asked to enter your email address and password is that you may have been clearing your cache files and cookies when you are closing your browser.

How old is my email address hotmail?

Select “More Options” from the drop-down menu. Here find the “Managing Your Account” section and then choose “Account Details.” Now you can locate the “Registered Since” line in the “Account Information” section of the page, which tells you the exact date you, registered or created your Hotmail account.

How can I block a Hotmail email address?

Blocking a Specific Email Address on Hotmail

  1. Go to your Inbox.
  2. Click the gear icon at the upper-right side of the page.
  3. Select More mail settings.
  4. Under Preventing junk email, click Safe and blocked senders.
  5. Select Blocked senders.
  6. Enter the email address or a domain in the box labeled Blocked email address or domain.

How do I stop emails going to junk in Hotmail?

Prevent Hotmail From Spamming Email

  1. Click the settings gear icon at the top right of Outlook.com.
  2. Click View all Outlook settings at the bottom of the pop-out menu.
  3. Go to Mail > Junk email.
  4. Type a sender’s email address or domain into the text box in the Safe senders area.
  5. Click Add.
  6. Click Save at the top of the page.

How do I stop getting spam emails Hotmail?

Open up your Hotmail account, click Home > Delete group > Junk > Junk E-mail Options. Here you’ll be given the option to change your level of protection. By default, Hotmail is set to no automatic filtering, so you may want to change your protection to High, which should do a better job of catching the spam.

Why am I still getting emails from blocked senders Hotmail?

If email from a blocked sender still appears in your Inbox, the sender might be: Changing their email address. Create an Inbox rule to pick up common words in your Inbox email and move them to the Deleted Items folder. Learn how to use Inbox rules in Outlook.com.

Where do blocked emails go in Hotmail?

Hotmail does receive the emails — otherwise, the sender would get a notification that the message didn’t go through — but deletes them rather than sending them to your Junk folder. They don’t appear in your Deleted folder, either. They’re not accessible to you in any way.

How do I stop all the spam emails?

How to stop spam emails

  1. Try to avoid opening spam emails and clicking on links in spam messages.
  2. Don’t buy anything from a spammer.
  3. Don’t be tempted to reply.
  4. Don’t threaten the spammer.
  5. Avoid ‘unsubscribe’ options.
  6. Use a disposable email address.
  7. Be wary about giving out your main email address.