Sign in to Hotmail: how to sign in to your Outlook account in 2019

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Despite the fact that the transition from Hotmail to Outlook has already been behind for several years, the truth is that today many users are unaware of the existence of this new service. The data is overwhelming: more than 1.5 million people a month Google how to log in to Hotmail or 'Hotmail Sign In'. The good news is that Microsoft has decided to keep the original addresses with the domain hotmail.com or hotmail.es, and this time we will show you the first steps to follow to log into Outlook with a Hotmail account.

Index of contents

How to sign in to Hotmail from Outlook

Advantages of Outlook.com over Hotmail.com

How to recover a forgotten Hotmail password in 2019

I can't log into a Hotmail account from Outlook

Can I recover a password without secret question or alternative mail?

How to create a hotmail.com account in Outlook

Microsoft Customer Service

How to sign in to Hotmail with Outlook

Logging into Outlook with Hotmail is really easy. Regardless of whether we have a Hotmail account with the domain hotmail.com or hotmail.es , the way to access is as simple as accessing the Outlook website through this link.

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Then, we will enter our usual credentials (email address and password: the web will automatically show us our inbox.

What advantages does Outlook have over Hotmail

The main novelty of Outlook with respect to Hotmail is based on Office 365, a Microsoft service that brings the entire office suite from the manufacturer to the browser and which we will talk about below.

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Accessing this service is as simple as going to the Office 365 page through this link. Within the platform, we will have full access to the following services:

  • MSN
  • Microsoft Word online
  • Microsoft Excel online
  • Microsoft PowerPoint online
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Microsoft OneDrive
  • Microsoft Flow
  • Microsoft Forms
  • Microsoft Task
  • Microsoft Sway
  • Skype
  • Calendar
  • Contacts

Both access and use of these services is free and unlimited , which means that we can use applications such as Word or Excel completely free of charge through the browser. Another advantage that Outlook offers us with Office 365 is based on the space in the cloud that the service offers for free: up to 5 GB to store documents , files, contacts and a myriad of items.

How to recover a forgotten Hotmail password in 2019

There are two methods to recover your Hotmail password. The first one is based on sending a simple code to our telephone number in the form of SMS. The reset process is as simple as entering the code in the appropriate box and entering a new password .

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The second method is based on using a secondary email account. In this case we will click on the option I do not have any of these tests and we will introduce an alternative email address. Next, Microsoft will send a verification code that we will have to use later to reset the password, as we can see below this paragraph.

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Once we have received the code, we will have to fill in all our personal data and answer the security question to verify our identity.

Can I recover a password without secret question or alternative mail?

The truth is that yes. If we do not have an alternate email address, we can create a new one and provide it to the recovery wizard later. It will be at this email address where Microsoft will send the recovery code. Then, we will fill in the form to recover the password with all our personal data, as well as with the answer to the secret question .

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Can you recover a Hotmail account without the secret question? Unfortunately no . Without the latter, we will not be able to recover the password unless we contact Microsoft's customer service directly.

I can't log into a Hotmail account from Outlook

Have you tried logging into your Hotmail account after years without doing so? In this case, it is very likely that Microsoft has permanently deactivated the account . The terms and conditions of use of the service specify the following:

  • Microsoft accounts become inactive if you do not sign in to them through the outlook.com page for more than a year or within the first 10 days after registering an account.
  • After an account is inactive, all messages, folders, and contacts are deleted from the system with no option to recover them.

How to create a hotmail.com account in Outlook

Although the page with the hotmail.com domain is no longer active, but instead redirects to outlook.com, the truth is that today you can create an account with that domain.

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The process in this case coincides with the process of creating an account with an outlook.com domain, only in this case we will have to click on the domain to change the address of the account. Currently three types of domain are offered:

  • outlook.es
  • outlook.com
  • hotmail.com

The steps to follow in all three variants are the same: enter the email address, user data and an alternative address or phone number to recover the password in case of loss.

Microsoft Customer Service

Do you want to contact Microsoft to recover your account or the username of your Hotmail or Outlook account? Currently the company offers the following contact channels:

Microsoft phone number

  • Argentina : 0 800 222 9467
  • Venezuela : 0 800 100 4610
  • Bolivia : 800 100 714
  • Brazil : 11 4706 0900
  • Spain : 902 197 198 (special pricing) and 91 754 70 10 (national prefix)
  • Chile : 56 2 25994914
  • Colombia : 1 587 0300
  • Ecuador : 1800 010 288
  • Uruguay : 000 4054 083
  • Falkland Islands : 305 418 9137
  • French Guiana : 0 805 51 0101
  • Paraguay : 009 800 542 0049
  • Peru : 51 1 7097831

Other ways of contact

We can contact Microsoft through the Support Center at this link or through the company's Twitter and Facebook accounts.