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loganoneill
Sep 08, 2026Copper Contributor
.live Account Recovery
My email in the .live domain was deleted due to inactivity. I have a third party account that is sending recovery information to this email address. What options do I have to recover messages that ar...
Sep 09, 2026
Accounts which have been inactive for over 2 years, and when no exception applies to the account, get deleted.
See: Microsoft account activity policy | Microsoft Support
Email addresses are not being recycled so you can't create a new account with the old address anymore either.
Contact the provider of your 3rd party account on how to reset your credentials when your recovery address is no longer available or valid. It sounds like that is what you actually want to achieve, right? ;-)