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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 MSN account should be deleted permanently after a waiting period.

Speed: 3 Difficulty: 3

Walkthrough to Delete Your MSN Account

Delete your MSN account in 11 steps.

1. Access the MSN website

Go to the MSN website by clicking the following link: https://www.msn.com/en-us.

MSN website

2. Log in to your MSN account

Click the profile icon in the top right.

Log into MSN website - profile icon

Log in to your Microsoft account.

Microsoft log in page

3. Access “My Microsoft account” menu

Click the profile icon in the upper right.

Then, click “My Microsoft account.”

My Microsoft account link

4. Click your profile icon and “My Profile”

You will be redirected to the Microsoft accounts page.

Click the profile icon with your initials in the upper right.

Then, click “My Profile.”

Microsoft account - My profile link

5. Click “Close account” under ‘Account info’

Scroll 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?”

Scroll down and click the “Continue with closing your account?” button.

Screen asking if you want to continue with closing your account

8. Click “Yes, close my account”

Select the “Yes, Close my account” button.

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 MSN account permanently.

Click “Close your account.”

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

Steps for closing your Microsoft account

10. 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 deleting your MSN account. During that time, you can log in to cancel the process.

Click the “Next” button.

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 MSN account.

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

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

Marking your Microsoft account for closure

You have deleted your MSN account.

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