Oddly enough, there was life before Google, and before Gmail. At that time what was fashionable was hotmail mailand almost everyone had an account.
Perhaps you have remembered that you have a Hotmail account with information you want to recover, or someone is going to send you mail to a Hotmail account that you have. The problem is that Hotmail, as such, no longer exists. But you still have a couple of aces up your sleeve to
recover an old hotmail account.
In 1997, Microsoft bought Hotmail. Although it can still be used, the Redmond company prefers that we use Outlook accounts. But Hotmail is still fully operational: you can create new accounts and access existing ones.
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How to recover an old Hotmail account
As we have said, Hotmail is officially no longer independent, it has now been integrated into Outlookso to get into your hotmail account you must do it through Microsoft.
Enter the previous link and log in with your hot mail account:
If you can’t log in, go back and figure out how long it’s been since you’ve used the account. According to the Microsoft service contract, if you have not used it for more than a year, the account is deleted, including all its contents (messages, photos, links, etc).
If you hotmail account has been inactive for more than 365 days, you will not be able to do anything to recover what was there. Now, if for some reason you are waiting for an email to that account that has not yet been sent to you, or you simply want to reactivate it, you can do so.
From Login, when the password fails you will see that there is an option to recover your account. Tap Reset it now:
It will ask you for all the personal data you can remember (name, address, where you used the account, the passwords you remember), so that you can prove that you are the owner. It will take a few hours to check the information and tell you if they accept you as an owner. If so, they will send you the access password.
One last option is to create the account again. Access this website to Create a Microsoft account. Enter your old Hotmail account and choose a new password. Click Next:
You will have to create your account again by providing your personal data. If it was completely deleted, you will be able to recreate it without problems, and from now on you will have access to the emails you receive.
Recover an old Hotmail account It is simple, but it will depend on the time you have not used it and the personal data you can remember.
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