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How to Delete Your Office365 Account

To delete your Office365 account, you need to complete a request process. After this, your Office365 account should be deleted permanently after a waiting period.

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Walkthrough to Delete Your Office365 Account

Delete your Office365 account in 10 steps.

1. Access the Microsoft Office website

Go to the Microsoft Office website by clicking the following link: https://www.office.com/.

Microsoft office website

2. Log in to your Microsoft account

Log in to your Microsoft account.

Log in to Office365

3. Click your profile icon and “My profile”

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

Microsoft 365 account homepage

Then, click “My profile.”

Microsoft settings "My profile"

4. Under Account info, click “Close account”

Scroll down to the “Account Info” section.

Click the “Close Account” link.

Office365 - "Close account" button

5. Click “Continue”

Scroll down and click the “Continue” button.

Office365 - "Continue" button

6. Click “Continue with closing your account?”

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

Office365 - "Continue with closing your account?" button

7. Click “Yes, close my account”

You will now see information related to closing your account.

Select the “Yes, Close my account” button.

Office365 - "Yes, close my account" button

8. 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.”

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

Close your Microsoft account steps

9. Click “Next”

You will be informed about the services you won’t be able to access after deleting your Office365 account.

Choose the number of days you want as a grace period in case you change your mind about deleting your Office365 account. During that time, you can log in to cancel the process.

Then, click the “Next” button.

Make sure your Microsoft account is ready to close screen

10. Click “Mark your account for closure”

Click all the checkboxes to confirm your understanding of the consequences of closing your Office365 account.

Select the reason for closing your Office365 account from the dropdown menu.

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

Mark your Microsoft Office365 account for closure

You have deleted your Office365 account.

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