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How to Delete Your MSN Account

To delete your MSN account, you need to complete a request process. After this, your account should be permanently closed after a waiting period.

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Walkthrough to Delete Your MSN Account

Delete your MSN account in 11 easy steps.

1. Go to the MSN website

You can access the MSN website by clicking on the following URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us.

MSN website

2. Log in

Click on the upper right-corner profile icon.

Log into MSN website - profile icon

Log in to your Microsoft account.

Microsoft log in page

3. Access “My Microsoft account” menu

In the upper right corner, click on your photo or the icon that represents your profile.

Click on “My Microsoft account.”

My Microsoft account link

4. Click your profile icon and “My Profile”

You will be redirected to the Microsoft accounts page. Here, click on the icon in the upper right corner that contains your initials.

Then, click the “My Profile” option.

Microsoft account - My profile link

5. Under Account info, click “Close account”

Scroll down to the “Account Info” section.

Click the “Close Account” link.

Microsoft account - Close account option in account info

6. Click “Continue”

You will be redirected to another page belonging to Microsoft’s technical support.

Scroll down and click the “Continue” button.

Steps for closing Microsoft account

7. Click “Continue with closing your account?”

You will be redirected to another page.

Scroll down again and click the “Continue with closing your account?” button to proceed to the next step.

Screen asking if you want to continue with closing your account

8. Click “Yes, close my account”

You will now see information related to closing your account.

Click “Yes, Close my account.”

Microsoft screen asking if you want to continue closing your account

9. Click “Close your account”

You will now see the final steps for closing your account, along with a link to do so. Carefully read through these steps to close your account permanently.

Click “Close your account” to proceed to the next steps.

You can also access the deletion link directly using the following URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=523898.

Steps for closing your Microsoft account

10. Make sure your account​ is ready to close and click “Next”

You will be informed about the services you won’t be able to access after closing your account.

Choose the number of days you want as a grace period in case you change your mind about closing your account. During that time, you can log in to cancel the process.

Then, click “Next.”

Make sure your Microsoft account is ready to close page

11. Click “Mark your account for closure”

Check all the boxes to confirm your understanding of the consequences of closing your account.

Select the reason for closing your account from the dropdown menu.

Click “Mark account for closure” to complete the account closure process.

Marking your Microsoft account for closure

Congratulations! You have now successfully deleted your msn.com account! 

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