Can you close down a Yahoomail/Hotmail/Gmail account?

The_Boss

I have one of each of those accounts I dont use and want to close. Is there any way to do so, or do you just not log into them for months?

richyrichuk

yes im sure u can close them. what account do u want to shut down??

The_Boss

richyrichuk wrote: »

yes im sure u can close them. what account do u want to shut down??

All 3 - they are just full of spam

Conor_3

And? Just delete all the messages. Anything in the Junk/Spam folder gets deleted automatically anyway.

The_Boss

Conor wrote: »

And? Just delete all the messages. Anything in the Junk/Spam folder gets deleted automatically anyway.

The 'and?' is that I want to close them down.

swebb

I use hotmail - any spam I just mark as junk and delete. The volume soon comes down. There is also the junk folder that receives rubbish that you can check.

swebb

The other thing is to email their support - I've done that with Hotmail and they reply quite quickly; within a couple days.

Stubert

Hotmail closes its self down if you don't login I think its once every 30 days. Well that certainly used to be the case, I presume it still is.

If you can't delete them why not just ignore them as they're only going to fill up with spam and if you don't log in they aren't going to bother you...

richyrichuk

Cancel your Hotmail email account

To close your Hotmail email account, follow the steps below.
IMPORTANT: Deleting your email account is a one-way process, so you'd better be 100% sure you really want to go ahead. Proceed at your own risk!

• Go to Hotmail.com and log into your account.
• Look for the "Help" link, which is in the top right of the screen.
• Type "Close account" into the search box at the top of the Help window.
• Choose the "Close your account" link.
• Follow the instructions on the screen to close your Hotmail account (there are separate processes depending on whether you have a free or a paid subscription).
• You may have to speak to MSN/Hotmail customer support to complete the process of closing your account.

NOTE: It takes time to delete your Hotmail account (30 days at the time this article was written) even after you close it.
Cancel your Yahoo Mail email account

If you don't log into a regular Yahoo Mail account for 4 months, it will automatically get deactivated.
If you want to close your Yahoo Mail account more quickly, you can do so, but you're going to have to wave goodbye to all of Yahoo's services, not just email. For instance, your Geocities web page, groups, auctions and all other Yahoo services will also be deleted. For a full explanation of the consequences of deleting a Yahoo account, see Yahoo's help system entry on the subject.
To close your Yahoo account (including Mail and all other services), follow the steps below.
IMPORTANT: Deleting your account is a one-way process, so you'd better be 100% sure you really want to go ahead. Proceed at your own risk!

• Go to Mail.Yahoo.com and log into your account.
• Look for the "Help" link, which is in the top right of the screen under the search box.
• Choose the "Account Configuration" link under the "Using My Yahoo! Mail Account" section of the main Help page.
• At the bottom of the page, you'll see a section called "Closing My Account". Choose the "How do I close my account?" link.
• Follow the instructions on the screen to close your Yahoo account.

NOTE: Even though your account will be instantly marked as being cancelled, it will actually be removed about 90 days later.

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superscaper

For closing Gmail/Googlemail account:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=8152

HoofeHearted

Info on closing hotmail account.
http://www.windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=baf3b47e-4618-49e1-ae2c-91e158a4cc76

Disabled after 270 days, deleted after 360 days of inactivity. Alternatively follow link on this page to close account immediately.