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Copper Contributor

Jul 13, 2023

Combine Accounts

First time post, please be kind. I have a hotmail account from the 90's that I have used for years, but want to make this account my primary account. Is it possible to have the old hotmail ...

2 seperate accounts

RobertSparnaaij

MVP

Jul 14, 2023

DonaldDDAY1833

You can't combine accounts like that. Is there any specific reason why you want to start over with a new account?

In case you want to switch from a Hotmail address to an Outlook.com address, you can do so by adding a new alias (email address) to your existing account and set that as the default.

You can do that here; Manage how you sign in to Microsoft

For more details, also see; Still using an @hotmail, @live, @msn or @passport email address? Switch to an @outlook address! - MSOutlook.info

Deathstar
Copper Contributor
Feb 26, 2025
RobertSparnaaij

Thanks for taking the time to write the article you mentioned above.

I have tried to add an old hotmail.com email address to my account as an alias and i get the error " This email is part of a reserved domain. Please enter a different email address." I also tried logging into my old hotmail address and adding my new outlook email as an alias and got the error, "This email address is already taken" which is true as I created it 3 weeks ago.

any help is appreciated here.