Windows 10: Change sign in account (new email address) ?

Discus and support Change sign in account (new email address) ? in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; I have a new email address so I want my Microsoft sign in to be this email and not my old one. Does anyone know what to do and how to transfer existing... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by Skumball, Oct 29, 2015.

  1. Skumball Win User

    Change sign in account (new email address) ?


    I have a new email address so I want my Microsoft sign in to be this email and not my old one. Does anyone know what to do and how to transfer existing purchases to this new email so that signing in to Windows 10 uses my new email as the administrator?

    :)
     
    Skumball, Oct 29, 2015
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  2. Security Info Replacement - Changing my Microsoft sign in details

    In Settings > Accounts > Your account I want to change the current email address that I sign in with to my Microsoft account to a new email address. It appears as follows:

    [my name]

    [my email]

    Administrator

    I've gone through the Security Info Replacement procedure for my current account and asked Microsoft to change this to my new email. It can apparently take 30 days to complete. Will this procedure change my Windows 10 Microsoft account sign in and update
    the email address line as described above? I really don't want to use my old email address if possible as this will get confusing.
     
    Simon_Goddard, Oct 29, 2015
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  3. Quilnux Win User
    How do I change the Windows Live ID used for my phone?

    How do I change the Windows Live ID used for my phone?

    I had to change my email address and used the account.live.com page to change my email from the old one at work to a new hotmail account. But Windows Phone 7 settings won't let me change the email used to sign in. This is NOT a new Live ID account, I just
    changed the email address that I use to sign into my EXISTING Live ID.
     
    Quilnux, Oct 29, 2015
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Change sign in account (new email address) ?

    Hello Skumball, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

    If you like, you can change the primary alias for your Microsoft account to be the new email address.

    Microsoft Account Primary Alias Email Address - Change - Windows 7 Help Forums

    Afterwards, switch your account to a local account, then switch it back to a Microsoft account using the new email address. This will toggle your account to use the new address.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html
     
    Brink, Oct 29, 2015
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  5. Skumball Win User
    Thanks for the help Brink. I had previously created a new Microsoft account using my new email thinking I could transfer the old one across. Unfortunately that's not how it works so I now have to wait 60 days for Microsoft to close it before I can go down the aliases route. I'll try again in the new year I guess *Party
     
    Skumball, Apr 5, 2018
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