If you’re an email user, it’s important to close your account if you want to stop receiving messages. This is especially important if you’re not sure who sent the message and if you don’t want to be associated with that person or their company. To close your account:
- Log in to your account and click on the “close account” link at the top of the screen.
- Type in your email address and password and click on the “close account” button.
- Your account will be closed and all of your messages will be deleted.
Sending or receiving an email with an invalid address is treated differently by many online services. Many providers allow you to either suspend or permanently delete your email account. Find the settings for the account and look for a button labeled “account deletion.” Each host has its own unique but easy-to-understand procedure to terminate accounts.
If you attempt to contact the recipient at the above address after canceling your account, it will bounce back.
Go to Tools and select Account Settings. Select File from the upper left corner of the Outlook window. Select Account Settings > Account Settings, then choose your account and hit Remove. A notification informing you that all offline cached material for this account will be erased appears.
