How to Change Your Microsoft Account Email

Plus how to change your primary address

Microsoft lets you add up to ten email addresses to your account. If oneemail address is lockedorcompromised, you can access your account with alternative email addresses.

This tutorial will show you how to add and remove email addresses from your Microsoft account. You’ll also learn how to switch or change your Microsoft account’s primary email address.

Microsoft calls the principal email address displayed on your Windows devices the “primary alias.” You must have at least two Microsoft account email addresses to change your primary alias. If your Microsoft account has only one email address, follow the steps below to add a new email address.

How to Add an Email Address to a Microsoft Account

SelectAdd an existing email address as a Microsoft account aliasif you’re adding an existing non-Microsoft email address. Enter the email address in the dialog box and selectAdd alias.

Note:The existing email address mustn’t belinked to a different Microsoft account.

Verifying the new alias is important. If you don’t find a verification email in your inbox, return to the “Account info” page (see step #3) and selectVerify.

That’ll prompt Microsoft to resend the verification link to your email address. The next step is to make the new email address your Microsoft account’s primary alias.

How to Change Your Microsoft Account Email

You can sign in to Microsoft apps and services using all account aliases or email addresses connected to your account. However, the primary email alias appears on your Microsoft devices—Windows PC and Xbox.

You may get a prompt to enter your password or two-factor authentication code sent to your email or phone number.

Microsoft allows you to change your account’s primary alias twice weekly. You’d get the error message in the image below if you try to change your primary alias for the third time in one week.

As mentioned earlier, you can sign in to Microsoft services using all email addresses connected to your account. To increase your account security, however, Microsoft recommends signing in using email addresses that you monitor.

If you barely use an email address, we recommend disabling it in your Microsoft account’s sign-in preference.

Microsoft won’t remove ordelete the email address from your account. However, you won’t be able to sign in to your account using the email address. By the way, you can’t remove your primary alias from your sign-in preference.

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