how to disable my messenger auto sign in on Outlook.com

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I already read and search frm any ...but still can't solve the problems. Help~~~~ I don't want messenger auto sign in, how to turn it off..

As previous suggestions, just click for invisible, but it will also invisible at my Skype software too , I just want to sign out on the Outlook.com mail not the Skype software.

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Hi Everyone,

I apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused you on your end. Please be informed though that the option to sign out of Messenger in Outlook.com is not available. Like what the previous moderators have mentioned, the current option that we have is to set your status as invisible. Also, if you are signed onto Windows Live Messenger, you have the option to Sign out from the web, this would disable your Web messenger in the meantime.

Please let us know if you have additional questions.

Thanks!

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Firstly, please don't swear. This is a family forum.

Secondly, the people on this forum, even MVPs, are not employed by Microsoft. We are just ordinary users like you who freely come on here to help other users. Demanding we "fix it" won't help.

Thirdly, I quite like outlook.com but, like you, I don't like the current messenger issue. It's one of the few hassles I have with outlook.com. Microsoft are not likely to see much of what is posted on these forums as they are only for supporting users, but if you use the link below you can leave feedback.

https://feedback.live.com/?scrx=1

I've used this link to complain about a couple of my dislikes about outlook.com.

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Hi Joe13_13,

I apologize for the frustration that this issue has caused on you.

I can see you wish to turn off Messenger in Outlook.com. Let me see how I can help.

I've simulated my Outlook interface and found out that the steps below turn off Messenger in Outlook.com:

1. Sign in your account.

Go to People or Mail Page.
Click on the human figure symbol and click on Invisible.

If issue persists, please let us know so we can help you further resolve your issue.

Thanks!

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2015-12-13T18:54:47+00:00

AN UPDATE- just this morning I logged into my Hotmail.com and it now says Outlook (preview) in the upper left part of the window pane. A little tutorial went by before I could access my email. Don't know what is going on with M$oft, but it changed after I posted the above, FYI. And it still defaults to AVAILABLE for messenger. Thanks, and am still open to any help.
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2015-12-13T10:14:02+00:00

Hi, I have used that method for quite a while, but find it no longer works (for me). Recently my Hotmail account would log-in with NO dot at either Visible or Invisible. Thought that might have been OK.

Now, in the last few weeks (maybe due to updates?) I login to my Hotmail account and I am Visible, until I manually change it. The "dot" defaults to the Visible position every time. I DO NOT use Messenger or SKYPE at all- at least not for now, and I would use SKYPE from the desktop, not from my email account if I ever did want to use it.

I login to 'username' at Hotmail.com but it comes up with Outlook.com in the upper left of the title bar.

I cannot edit my host file due to permission, even following the directions read here or in another similar post. And I cannot find any type of EDIT program if I use the 'Run' command as Administrator. My local User has Admin privileges, so I can't figure out why I cannot change privileges.

Also, one user suggests 127.0.0.1 and others 0.0.0.0 preceding the gateway.messenger.live.com domain, and others mention geo.gateway.messenger.live.com. It does look to me as if gateway.messenger.live.com is an updated domain (minus the ''geo"), but I don't know which is correct- 0.0.0.0 or the 127.0.0.1- any ideas? I've got to get to edit my hosts file first, permissions-wise.

I'm looking for the SAME help as everyone else here- privacy, the nuisance, all of the things Micro$oft seems to ignore from so many users.

I am running Win 8.1 and using IE11. I don't really want to download another app (AdBlockplus) to fix/help drive this issue underground, where it should be- a toggle for ON, or remove messenger/Skype from Hotmail altogether. I use neither, just Hotmail for some email, Outlook (NOT outlook.com, but part of office) and have no need for either to be incorporated in my Hotmail.

Any updates for a current status? Many thanks in advance! The initial workaround worked great until M$oft changed something about- umm maybe a month ago? Updated/corrected workarounds WELCOMED! Thanks in advance!
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