Windows 10: Unlinking my personal email from an MS account - that someone else has added

Hi there,


My personal email address has been added to a MS account without my permission. I am not sure how this has happened, but I would like to get this removed as soon as I can. It's preventing me from adding my own personal email to my MS account and I worry that it is being misused.


Can you help ?


Thanks in advance!

:)

 

unlink email accounts

Hi, There are several methods or steps we can utilize to achieve your objective of unlinking your emails account with removing them. Before proceed with the different steps available, we need to further clarify on what applications or where on Windows
10 you would like to unlink the email accounts. For us to resolve your concern, kindly answer the questions below:

• The email account you wanted to unlink, is this a Microsoft account, an Outlook.com account or a third party email account?
• Where are you attempting to unlink your email account, is it on an email client you have on your desktop computer?
• If you are using an email client, are you using the Outlook desktop application or a third party email client?
• Are you pertaining to unlinking your email account from Windows 10 as a sign in option?

We look forward to your response to our queries.

 

adding family to MS account - win 10

Hi,



Thank you for sharing the detailed information. Let me help you.





It is not possible to create a Microsoft Account using a Gmail email id. I suggest you to create a new Account and associate it with your Microsoft Account. Check if it helps.

To create a Microsoft account

• 
  Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap
  Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
  
  (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click
  Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
  
• 
  Tap or click Accounts, and then tap or click
  Other accounts.
  
• 
  Tap or click Add an account.
  
• 
  Enter the account info for this person to sign in to Windows. There are four ways to do this:
  

• • 
    If the person you're adding already has a Microsoft account, enter it now.
    
  • 
    If the person you're adding doesn't have a Microsoft account, you can use their email address to create one. Enter the email address that person uses most frequently.
    
  • 
    If the person you're adding doesn't have an email address, tap or click
    Sign up for a new email address. It's free.
    
  • 
    If the person you're adding is a child, tap or click
    Add a child's account.
    

• 
  Follow the instructions to finish setting up the account.
  

Check if it helps.



I hope the information helps. If you need any further assistance, please feel free to contact us again. We will be happy to assist you accordingly.

 

Problem adding a POP3 email account

My apologies, got it working but I'd never dream of using it.
I have to click this




then select either my MS account or my POP account before I can view my emails.

It's horrible, it's like a phone app. Thunderbird for me.