How do I delete Outlook and go back to Hotmail?

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I hate Outlook. I have 2 hotmail email accounts. It was rather tricky how Outlook suddenly took over my hotmail first hotmail email acct. I was signing in and clicked something and bam, hotmail quickly went away and a few seconds later Outlook took over. I didn't like it but couldn't find a way to change it back to hotmail. So I've been dealing with it for a couple of weeks (and not liking it at all).

Then tonight as I was signing in to my other hotmail acct, wow same thing happened, suddenly without any clear warning Outlook took over my second hotmail acct. I am bloody mad about this. They sent me an email just after they captured my hotmail accts. The email has 4 or 5 things in a list, like getting acquainted with Outlook type stuff. The first items have links associated with them so it is easy to go learn all about Outlook. The last thing on the list says something like "let us know what you think about Outlook, go to "Options" and choose "feedback". It's late and I searched all over for a place to find "Options" and could not find it anywhere.

I HATE Outlook. This was SO tricky getting me into this. There was no link option to confirm or any explanation. I was just signing in and click my usual stuff to start checking email and then captured my Outlook. Sorry to be so mad about this or expressing it to you. I just hate computer trickery like this. Something flashed so fast there was no time to read it and no time to understand or decide what to do, it was decided for me. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could tell me how to change it back to hotmail without closing email accts. If not, I will just close my decade old hotmail accts and go g-mail acct. Thanks in advance for your help.

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Hi,

I apologize for the inconvenience that this issue has caused you. You may try to switch back your account to Hotmail interface by clicking on the cog icon located at the upper right of the page and select Switch back to Hotmail. If this option is not available on your account, it is not possible to switch to the old interface.

Please be informed that all Hotmail users will be upgraded to Outlook.com and plans were shared when Outlook.com preview was launched. To ensure a smooth transition for all Hotmail customers, the upgrade will be gradual. This is the start of that upgrade process.

Thanks!

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Hi Everyone,

I understand that the upgrade to the new Outlook.com User Interface from the Old Hotmail User Interface is a root of concern for most of you.

I would like to inform you that Microsoft is upgrading its systems in order to serve everyone better. The new Outlook.com UI is the upgrade for the email system and it has a similar user interface with Windows 8. In order to cope up with the neverending changes and upgrades in the cyberworld, Microsoft is inclined to upgrade the user interface of its email service.

We also appreciate all of the feedback that has been provided in this thread. As previously provided by the other moderators, you can provide us feedback via this link:

Feedback for Outlook.com

For customers who have other issues, I encourage you to post your questions or you can also view the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) for Outlook.com and Self-Help Articles and Top Issues Resolutions via these links:

--> Self-help articles for Hotmail, Calendar, and Windows Live Mail

--> Top issues – resolutions directory for Hotmail, Calendar and Mail

--> FAQs for Outlook.com

I will now be locking this thread.

Thank you.

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Anonymous

2013-02-04T19:01:56+00:00

I have 4 children, we live away from them. If I want to forward something from another , I can't just go to contacts and check their names . I do not like Outlook as it is right now at all. Why does it come up in the inbox when I email a note. (2nd question). I guess I will have to go to another email service and try that. At 78 I am looking fot the simple way to do things. Guess its not possible.

R Macko
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Anonymous

2013-02-04T20:50:43+00:00

I was snatched out of hotmail and into outlook. After a lot of confusion, I returned to hotmail, but I was unaware that I had been given a guest. It was a virus and microsoft offered to clean it up for $40.00. How white of them. They are the **** holes who sold me Vista and cost me three months of sitting at the tube with tech support and cost me $400 in phone bills and an attorney to force Dell to replace the tower. Oh, microsoft security essentials couldn't find it's butt with both hands and a map, much less a virus.
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Anonymous

2013-02-05T19:47:41+00:00

Hi everyone,

Eventually all Hotmail users will be upgraded to Outlook.com. The launch of Outlook.com preview gave everyone an opportunity to learn together as we roll out and scale this new service. We will continue to listen closely and fine tune so Outlook.com experience will continue to improve.

We recommend that you keep your web browser up to date to get the most out of Outlook. If you’re not using an updated browser, some parts of Outlook might not work and it might not display properly.

If you’ve signed in to Outlook with a particularly old browser (like Internet Explorer 6), you’ll be automatically redirected to the Outlook basic experience.

Upgrading should only take a few minutes. To get started, choose one of the browsers below:

·  Internet Explorer

·  Google Chrome

·  Firefox

·  Safari

We appreciate feedback, both positive and negative. Please post the details of your feedback on this link so that it can be addressed properly.

Thanks!
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