How to Modify the Primary Allonym for your Microsoft Business relationship

Your Microsoft account lets you manage Microsoft services and subscriptions, like Xbox Live, Outlook.com, OneDrive, Skype, and Windows 10, from a single account.

You tin add up to 10 email addresses or phone numbers to your Microsoft account. E-mail addresses and phone numbers that are associated with your Microsoft account are called aliases and they use the aforementioned contacts, online storage, subscriptions, and account settings. Each allonym lets you sign in to all your Windows ten devices and services that use the Microsoft account.

Your aliases share a single password, and you tin can send and receive email with each. Your main alias volition exist the username you use to sign in to your account, the username that appears on your Windows 10 devices, and how you evidence up to recipients in email.

You can brand changes to the e-mail addresses or phone numbers (aliases) that are associated with your Microsoft business relationship. Hither are some reasons you might want to brand changes:

  • Y'all want to add or remove an electronic mail address or phone number.
  • Y'all want to employ a different email address or telephone number to sign in.
  • You desire a different username to appear on your Windows 10 devices.
  • You desire an email address you tin give to other companies or other people that tin can't be used to sign in to your account or admission your info.
  • You received the �Which account do yous want to apply� message at sign-in.

See also: Change the email address or phone number for your Microsoft account | Microsoft account support

This tutorial will show you lot how to make an added email address alias the main alias for your Microsoft account.

You can modify your principal alias upwardly to twice a week.

If your primary allonym ends in @Outlook.com, @msn.com or @Alive.com, and you change it, yous won't be able to make information technology chief again.

Here'due south How:

1 Sign in to the Microsoft business relationship website.

two Nether Business relationship aliases, click/tap on the Make primary link to the right of an added e-mail alias y'all want to be your main alias. (see screenshot below)

The alias at the meridian of the list with (master alias) at the end and without a Make primary link is your current chief alias.

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three Uncheck the Send me promotional offers from Microsoft box if you like, and click/tap on Yes to confirm. (come across screenshot below)

Change Primary Alias for Microsoft Account-microsoft_account_alias_make_primary.png

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