Windows 10: When I try to change my alias to my current email address the system tells me it is taken....

I try to change my alias to my current email address the system tells me it is taken. Yes it is taken by me! How can I fix this please.

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Alias email addresses

I want to add my primary email address as an alias and remove the current alias. But when I attempt to, the system comes back with "email address already taken" even though its my primary email address. How do I
get around this?

 

Alias email addresses

Hi

Thank you very much for such a prompt reply. I suspect I didn't describe my problem well enough!

When I carry out your initial step - start>settings>accounts>your info - I get the option to sign in with a
Microsoft account instead. As far as I know I am signed in with my ..msn.com account. This is what shows up as my primary account. However, this account is a legacy account that I do not use directly any more.
It is on permanent divert to my ....gmail.com account. I have tried to install this gmail account as an alias so that I can then change it to my primary email address. However, when I enter it as an alias the system tells me that the address is already taken
and to choose another address.

Cheers

Martin

 

Issues with logging in using alias email address

I had two email addresses as primary and secondary alias for my account. My old laptop(Win 8.1, my main PC is currently using Win 10), which I wanted to log on used the secondary alias email (primary back when it was my only PC), but the password didn't work. I decided to remove the secondary alias email from my account, to make a separate account in an attempt to be able to log onto my old laptop, however after what I thought was creation of a new account. turns out the two account somehow got merged into one (there was no intention of doing so and i saw no such option to choose), now I'm logging in into the same account using two different emails and passwords, with the currently main email address is being listed on my account as sign in email, but the email I intended to use for another account, instead is listed as primary alias (which I never wanted) and it doesn't seem like I'm able to change it in any way.

I would like to have the current main account use the listed sign in email (k.****** Email address is removed for privacy ***) as primary (and the only) alias, and have currently listed primary alias email (k****** Email address is removed for privacy ***) to be solely used for signing in and a primary alias for a secondary account. I don't want an option of signing into either of these account with the use of the other's email/password. I hope I described my issue and desired solution clearly enough.