In these times, some of the big firms related to technology, as in the case of Adobe, Google or Microsoft, associate many of their products with a single account. This is something that greatly facilitates the daily work of users with a multitude of platforms and applications.
In this way, as you will surely have been able to check first hand many times, with a single email address and password, we access multiple services. The comfort of this, more if we spend many hours sitting in front of the PC , is undeniable. In most cases it will save us a good deal of time and effort. Another thing is security and privacy, since that unique password gives access to platforms of the most diverse nature, which is always the most appropriate.
The reason for all this is evident, and is that a supposed attacker who takes control of this access code, will not only have the door open to a single place or service , but to many. That is why it is always recommended to make use of additional systems in this regard, such as two-factor authentication, for example.
Deleting user accounts is not always easy
That is why, among many other reasons, why users , once they make the decision to stop using the services of a company, decide to unsubscribe their account. While the easiest and most comfortable option would be to leave it as it is, unused, it is not always the best. As we mentioned, especially for security reasons, it is advisable to unsubscribe or delete that account entirely.
Of course, it should be borne in mind that this is a task that is not always as easy as a priori it should be. This is because there are several technology companies, and other types, that do not make things easier for us in this regard. The main reason for all this is obvious, no one likes to lose customers. Well, in these same lines we want to focus on one of the most common cases due to its importance, Microsoft .
And, as some of you probably have been able to verify, closing a user account on an online platform or service is not always easy. The same is something that can be extended to social networks or any Internet platform. For example, a clear case of all this we see in those who have tried to permanently delete their personal account from Facebook , the social network par excellence.
Preliminary steps before deleting the Microsoft account
Well, in the case that interests us here, the Microsoft account, we must know that we use it for a multitude of different tasks. We use this in many cases to log into your Windows– based PC. In the same way we use it on the Xbox console, to access the Office 365 productivity suite, Outlook email, etc. That’s not to mention other platforms and additional services of the software giant such as OneDrive or Skype.
It is for all this that before carrying out the steps that we will talk about below, we must take into account something very important. And it is that once that account that we are talking about has been deleted, we will no longer be able to access the previously mentioned services of the software giant.
But of course, it can also be the case that we want not to access all of this for any reason, or that we are simply going to create another account. At the same time, a recommendation that we can give you from here is that before all this, make a copy of your own data stored on these platforms. By this we mean what is stored in OneDrive’s personal cloud space, Skype contacts, Office documents, etc.
On the other hand, it may be the case that we have saved and available some money in our own account. That is why in order not to lose it definitively, before we spend it, for example in software from the official store that we can use later in Windows 10 . At the same time, another of the previous steps would be to cancel subscriptions and pending payments to the services and platforms of the same firm.
Delete a Microsoft account forever
Well, once we have taken the appropriate measures prior to closing the account as such, let’s see how we can achieve this objective that we discussed. As it could not be otherwise, the first thing of all will be to access the personal account of the Redmond for this task. This is something that we achieve from our favorite Internet browser, specifically through this link .
Then we will have to enter the corresponding access data, that is, the email and the password , which gives us a new window.
Notices prior to account closure
In it we can see some of the recommendations that the firm gives us before closing, as we showed you earlier. Of course, at this point it is necessary to know that the account as such is not permanently eliminated from this precise moment. The company gives us a period of 60 days before its final elimination. Thus, in the event that we change our mind, we can always activate it again .
At the same time we must bear in mind that during that period of time, the Outlook email account continues to receive messages. Well, once we take this into account, we can now click on the Next button.
In the next window we will find a series of check boxes that we will have to mark one by one. At the same time, at the bottom of the window, we find a section where we have to select a reason why we close the account. To finish, it is enough that we mark the account for its closure.
As we see, the Redmond- based firm wants to make it very clear to us what it means to close the account, in fact it does not seem to simplify the process, as we have seen. With everything and with it, as we mentioned before, we will always have a period of 60 days in case we regret it. In addition, this can be useful to recover a file from the account, or a specific contact or data.