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Remove an email account from Windows Mail?


Windows 10 and 11 have the Mail app and if you want to remove an email account you can do it at any time, here is the solution!



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1.) ... Remove an email account in Mail!
2.) ... What happens if I remove an email account in Windows Mail!


1.) Remove an email account in Mail!


To remove an email account from Windows Mail, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Windows Mail app on your computer. You can usually do this from the Start menu or the taskbar.

  2. In the Windows Mail app, click the three horizontal lines icon in the top left corner to open the menu.

  3. Select "Accounts" from the menu.

  4. In Account Settings, you'll see a list of email accounts linked to the Windows Mail app. Select the account you want to remove.

  5. After you select the account, a menu will appear. Click “Remove Account” or “Delete Account.” This will remove the selected email account from the Windows Mail app. 
    ( ... see Figure-1, points 1 to 4 )

  6. You will be asked to confirm that you want to remove the account. Confirm the action.

The email account will now be removed from the Windows Mail app and all email and data that was associated with that account will no longer be available in the app. Make sure you back up important emails or data before removing the account.

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Remove an email account from Windows Mail!



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2.) What happens if I remove an email account in Windows Mail!




Removing an email account in Windows Mail has the following effects:

Email access:

You lose access to all emails that were associated with that account. These emails are no longer available in the Windows Mail app.

Contacts and Calendars:

If you also used this email account for contacts and calendars, this information will also be removed from the Windows Mail app.

Sync:

New emails, contacts, and calendar events will stop syncing to this account.

Settings:

All configuration settings for the deleted account are removed from the Windows Mail app.

Notifications:

You will no longer receive notifications for emails or calendar items associated with this account.


It's important to note that removing an email account from Windows Mail does not affect the account itself. The account itself still exists and you can still log in to and access that account via a web browser or other email app.

Before removing an email account from Windows Mail, you should make sure you back up any important emails or data from that account if you want to keep them. Once the account is deleted, the data will no longer be available in the Windows Mail app.





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