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My Hotmail account has been changed to Outlook.com. How do I switch it back?

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by: Caroline Donnelly

24 Jun 2019

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Unfortunately, you can't. While users who trialled Outlook.com before its full launch were able to switch back and forth, since the Hotmail brand was retired if you switched over there's no way to switch back and you can't sign up for a new hotmail account.

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