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I accidentally assigned an email alias (@outlook.com) to the wrong hotmail account. I deleted it thinking I could just reassign it to the correct email account but apparently delete means kill it forever, not just delete it from this account :-(
I really need the specific email alias I created, is there anything I can do ?
Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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Hi,
Unfortunately, Microsoft’s policy is that once an email alias is deleted, it can no longer be reassociated with any Microsoft account, and there is no other way to reuse it. You would need to create a new alias that you can associate with the correct account.
Hi and thanks for your response @Estrella721
Does that mean I can't even put it back into the wrong email account ? that wouldn't be ideal but would be better than not having access to it at all
Yes, unfortunately, once the alias has been deleted, it cannot be added back to any Microsoft account, including the original account it was removed from.